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Basketball Lady Bucs never get it going in 50-42 setback to Trojans

ROMNEY – The Buckhannon-Upshur Lady Bucs had trouble scoring in their road contest with the Hampshire Trojans Friday night in a 50-42 setback.

The final score made the game appear a lot closer than it actually was as B-U trailed by 22 early in the fourth quarter before closing the game on an 8-0 run in the final 74 seconds.

The Lady Bucs scored just 21 points in the first quarters of action, matching those 21 points in the final eight minutes.

B-U was down 6-0 before Alyssa Abel finally put them on the scoreboard with a lay-up 2:31 into the contest.

A short jumper by Harley Dean left the Lady Bucs down by just three, at 8-5, but Hampshire closed the quarter on a 7-2 run for a 15-7 lead after one quarter,

Hampshire started the second quarter on an 8-0 run before a Casadie Lahman lay-up ended the B-U drought leaving them down 23-9 with four minutes showing in the canto.

A basket from Dean from underneath made it 23-11 but Hampshire scored seven straight for a 30-11 advantage with 1:09 left in the first half.

Gabby Parke turned in an old-fashioned three-point play with one second in the half to make it a 32-15 game in favor of the Trojans.

B-U managed just two field goals from Abel and a free throw from Parke and Abel in the third quarter as they trailed by a 41-21 margin heading into the final eight minutes of action.

Down by 22, at 45-23 a minute into the fourth quarter, B-U went on an 11-0 run over the next four minutes but still trailed by a 45-34 score with 4:15 remaining.

Hampshire answered with a 5-1 run keeping the Lady Bucs down by 15, at 50-35, with 1:28 left, before the Lady Bucs closed the game out with an 8-0 run.

Hampshire, which was led by Della Knight’s double-double of 13 points and 12 rebounds, improved to 3-5 on the season.

B-U was led by Parke’s 19 points.

Buckhanon-Upshur won the rebounding battle by a 33-30 margin as Abel had a team-high seven rebounds.

The loss was the fourth in a row for the Lady Bucs as they dropped to 1-4 on the year.

The Lady Bucs will now be off until Thursday, Jan. 4 when they host North Marion for a 7:30 p.m. start.

The boxscore:

Buckhannon-Upshur 7  8  6  21 – 42

Hampshire 15  17  9  9 – 50

Buckhannon-Upshur 42

Gabby Parke 7-16 4-6 19; Alyssa Abel 4-9 1-2 9; Harley Dean 3-8 1-2 7; Hodge’Nay Henderson 1-4 1-4 3; Casadie Lahman 1-1 0-0 2; Kyndal Davis 1-6 0-0 2; Rosie Shackleford 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 17-44 7-14 42.

Hampshire 50

Della Knight 5-12 3-4 13; Izzy Blomquist 4-13 2-2 10; Dakota Strawderman 4-5 0-0 8; Kora McBride 2-4 1-2 7; Ava Call 2-3 1-1 5; Natalie Sions 2-4 0-0 4; Dani Knight 0-2 2-2 2; Jaleigh Dixon 0-1 1-2 1; Nevaeh Litchfield 0-1 0-0 0; Bailey Saville 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 19-45 10-13 50.

Three-point field goals – Buckhannon-Upshur: Parke 1-6. Totals 1-6; Hampshire: McBride 2-3; Blomquist 0-5; Call 0-1; Knight 0-2. Totals 2-11.

Rebounds – Buckhannon-Upshur: Abel 7; Dean 5; Henderson 4; Lahman 4; team 4; deadball 4; Davis 3; Parke 1; Shackleford 1. Totals 33; Hampshire: Della Knight 12; McBride 4; Blomquist 3; Sions 3; Dani Knight 2; Litchfield 2; Call 1; team 2; Strawderman 1; deadball 1. Totals 30.

Assists – Buckhannon-Upshur: Parke 5; Lahman 3; Henderson 1; Shackleford 1. Totals 10; Hampshire: Blomquist 4; Call 2; Dixon 1; Dani Knight 1; McBride 1; Sions 1. Totals 10.

Steals – Buckhannon-Upshur: Parke 5; Abel 2; Dean 2;  Henderson 2; Davis 1; Lahman 1. Totals 13; Hampshire: Call 3; Sims 3; Della Knight 2; Dixon 2; McBride 1. Totals 11.

Blocked shots – Buckhannon-Upshur: Abel 1; Dean 1. Totals 2; Hampshire: Sions 1; Strawderman 1. Totals 2.

Turnovers – Buckhannon-Upshur: 24; Hampshire: 23.

Personal fouls – Buckhannon-Upshur: 11; Hampshire: 18.

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