MORGANTOWN – A slow start cost the Buckhannon-Upshur junior varsity Lady Bucs in a 42-24 road loss to the University Hawks Tuesday night in Morgantown,
B-U managed just one field goal and one free throw, both from Makenzie Egress, in the first quarter and trailed by a 12-3 score.
The Lady Bucs rebounded to win the second quarter by a 9-6 margin with Taylor Feather scoring four points, Egress three and Kylie Hull two.
That left the Lady Bucs down by an 18-12 score at the intermission.
B-U went cold again in the third quarter with just one field goal from Egress, losing the quarter by a 15-2 score.
They went into the final quarter down by a 33-14 count.
The Lady Bucs won the fourth quarter by a 10-9 margin, but it wasn’t enough to overtake the Hawks.
Egress had four points while Martina Moto, Hull, and Gracie Gerwig each scored two in the final eight minutes.
Whitney Cox had a game-high 20 points to lead University.
Egress paced the B-U offense with 12 points.
The loss dropped the Lady Bucs to 0-8.
They will play again on Saturday hosting Robert C. Byrd at 1:30 p.m.
The boxscore:
Buckhannon-Upshur 3 9 2 10 – 24
University 12 6 15 9 – 42
Buckhannon-Upshur 24
Makenzie Egress 5 2-6 12; Taylor Feather 2 0-0 4; Kylie Hull 1 2-4 4; Martina Moto 1 0-0 2; Gracie Gerwig 1 0-0 2; Olivia Blonn 0 0-0 0. Totals 10 4-10 24.
University 42
Whitney Cox 7 4-4 20; Taylor Vanscoy 3 1-2 7; Aubree Johnson 3 1-2 7; Reese Bealko 2 0-2 4; Ragan Martin 1 0-0 2; Racheal Patterson 0 2-2 2; Karlie Drvar 0 0-2 0. Totals 16 8-14 42.
Three-point field goals – Buckhannon-Upshur: None; University: Cox 2. Totals 2.
Fouls – Buckhannon-Upshur:11; University: 10.
Free throw percentage – Buckhannon-Upshur: 4-for-10 for 40.0 percent; University: 8-for-14 for 57.1 percent.
