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JV Lady Bucs conclude season with loss to Morgantown

TENNERTON – The Buckhannon-Upshur junior varsity Lady Bucs dug themselves an early hole that they weren’t able to get out of in a 45-22 home loss to Morgantown Monday evening in their season finale.

The JV Lady Bucs trailed by a 20-2 margin after one quarter with just a basket by Casadie Lahman being their only offense.

They got things going in the second quarter, winning it by a 13-8 margin with Regina Petrokovich firing in a pair of three-pointers for six points, Rosie Shackleford getting five points, and Lahman two.

They still trailed at the break by a 28-15 score.

The JV Lady Bucs managed just four points in the third quarter getting outscored by a 10-4 margin with NinaMae Coberly getting a basket and Lahman and Petrokovich each putting in a free throw.

That left them down by a 38-19 score going into the final quarter.

B-U stalled out in the fourth quarter, earning just three points: a basket from Lahman and a free throw by Olivia Shipley.

Liz Alsop led Morgantown with seven points.

Petrokovich and Lahman each paced the JV Lady Bucs with seven points. B-U ended their season with a 5-11 record.

The boxscore:

Morgantown 20  8  10  7 – 45

Buckhannon-Upshur 2  13  4  3 – 22

Morgantown 45

Liz Alsop 2 3-3 7; Abby Smith 3 0-1 6; Mylee Baines 3 0-0 6; Emma Howell 1 2-2 5; Paige Smith 1 3-4 5; Skyler Davis 1 2-3 4; Kate Larimer 2 0-1 4; Savanna Patterson 2 0-1 4; Lacie Hatcher 1 1-2 3; Miranda Burger 0 1-2 1; Kiara Gibson 0 0-1 0. Totals 16 12-20 45.

Buckhannon-Upshur 22

Regina Petrokovich 2 1-2 7; Casadie Lahman 3 1-7 7; Rosie Shackleford 2 1-4 5; NineMae Coberly 1 0-2 2; Olivia Shipley 0 1-2 1; Brooklyn Smith 0 0-0 0; Gracie Snider 0 0-0 0; Aubreyanna Mavety 0 0-0 0; Reagan McVay 0 0-0 0; Shania McCartney 0 0-0 0. Totals 8 4-17 22.

Three-point field goals – Morgantown: Howell 1. Totals 1; Buckhannon-Upshur: Petrokovich 2. Totals 2.  

Fouls – Morgantown: 14; Buckhannon-Upshur: 17.

Free throw percentage – Morgantown: 12-for-20 for 60.0 percent; Buckhannon-Upshur: 4-for-17 for 23.5.

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