FAIRMONT – An early full court press by the Class AAA No. 2 and unbeaten East Fairmont Bees forced the Buckhannon-Upshur Lady Bucs into nine turnovers in their first 11 possessions putting them down by a 15-3 score early in their Big 10 contest Thursday night.
The Lady Bucs were never able to recover from the poor start in an 82-41 setback as they committed 26 turnovers in the first half and 37 for the game.
Down 15-3, B-U’s Harley Dean scored on a putback and Alyssa Abel knocked down two free throws making it a 15-7 game.
Hodge’Nay Henderson ended the quarter with an old-fashioned three-point play pulling the Lady Bucs to within eight, at 19-11.
East Fairmont scored the first seven points of the second quarter for a 26-11 lead.
Kyndal Davis put in a lay-up to make it a 28-17 game, but the Bees went on a 19-0 run for a 47-17 advantage.
B-U trailed by a 49-19 score at the break.
Buckhannon-Upshur managed just two field goals in the third quarter, one from Abel and one from Rosie Shackleford getting outscored by a 19-4 margin.
That left the Lady Bucs down by a 68-23 score.
Down 77-29, the Lady Bucs scored went on an 8-0 run behind a lay-up from Abel, two straight baskets from Dean and free throws from Henderson and Makenzie Egress closing it to a 77-37 game.
B-U ended the game on a 4-0 run with two free throws from Henderson and a basket from Egress.
Kasey Rogers led the Bees with 18 points as East Fairmont improved to 11-0 overall and 4-0 in the Big 10 Conference.
Dean had a team-high 12 points for the Lady Bucs, who dropped to 2-8 overall and 1-5 in the Big 10 Conference.
The one stat line that was in favor of the Lady Bucs was rebounding as they held a 42-30 margin over the Bees.
The B-U-John Marshall game set for Saturday was wiped out by the weather.
The Lady Bucs will be back in action Tuesday at University for a 7:30 p.m. game.
The boxscore:
Buckhannon-Upshur 11 8 4 18 – 41
East Fairmont 19 30 19 14 – 82
Buckhannon-Upshur 41
Harley Dean 5-8 2-3 12; Hodge’Nay Henderson 2-7 4-5 8; Alyssa Abel 2-11 4-4 8; Gabby Parke 1-5 1-2 4; Makenzie Egress 1-4 1-2 3; Brooklyn Smith 1-2 0-0 2; Rosie Shackleford 1-1 0-0 2; Kyndal Davis 1-2 0-0 2; Casadie Lahman 0-2 0-0 0; Taylor Feather 0-0 0-0 0; Kylie Hull 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 14-42 12-16 41.
East Fairmont 82
Kasey Rogers 8-8 2-3 18; Kailee Haymond 7-11 0-0 16; Kenley Rogers 4-8 4-4 13; Brooklyn Shupe 4-6 4-6 12; Tarayn Myers 3-7 0-0 7; Absidee Carpenter 1-5 0-0 3; Kinley Opas 1-3 1-1 3; Emma Moore 0-3 2-2 2; Kinsey Hardesty 1-1 0-0 2; Jalyn Jenkins 1-7 0-0 2; Hailey Hauser 1-6 0-0 2; Sophia DeMary 1-2 0-0 2; Kyleigh Fridley 0-2 0-0; Kyah Stump 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 32-69 13-16 82.
Three-point field goals – Buckhannon-Upshur: Parke 1-3; Abel 0-1; Lahman 0-1; Henderson 0-1. Totals 1-6; East Fairmont: Haymond 2-4; Carpenter 1-5; Myers 1-2; Ken. Rogers 1-3; Fridley 0-2; Jenkins 0-2; Moore 0-1; Hauser 0-1; Opas 0-1; Totals 5-21.
Rebounds – Buckhannon-Upshur: Abel 9; Lahman 5; Henderson 5; Parke 5; team 5; Dean 4; Davis 3; Egress 3; Feather 1; Smith 1; deadball 1. Totals 42; East Fairmont: Haymond 4; Opas 4; DeMary 3; team 3; Jenkins 2; Ken. Rogers 2; Shupe 2; Stump 2; Carpenter 1; Fridley 1; Hardesty 1; Hauser 1; Moore 1; Myers 1; Kas. Rogers 1; deadball 1. Totals 30.
Assists – Buckhannon-Upshur: Lahman 5; Henderson 4; Smith 1. Totals 10; East Fairmont: Kas. Rogers 3; Haymond 2; Moore 2; Myers 2; Carpenter 1; Fridley 1; Jenkins 1; Opas 1; Ken. Rogers 1; Shupe 1. Totals 15.
Steals – Buckhannon-Upshur: Lahman 2; Abel 1; Parke 1; Smith 1. Totals 5; East Fairmont: Shupe 5; Moore 4; Kas. Rogers 4; Myers 3; Ken. Rogers 3; Jenkins 2; Haymond 1. Totals 22.
Blocked shots – Buckhannon-Upshur: Abel 1. Totals 1; East Fairmont: Haymond 1. Totals 1.
Turnovers – Buckhannon-Upshur: 37; East Fairmont: 11.
Fouls – Buckhannon-Upshur: 12; East Fairmont: 18.
