TENNERTON – The Buckhannon-Upshur junior varsity Lady Bucs wrapped up their 2023-24 campaign with a 81-18 loss to Morgantown Wednesday evening.
The Lady Bucs had to play another game with no subs with just five players dressed for the contest.
The Lady Bucs fell behind by a 22-2 score after one quarter with the lone basket belonging to Martina Moto.
A three-pointer from Moto was the only points for B-U in the second quarter as they trailed by a 51-5 score.
Moto hit another three-pointer, Makenzie Egress and Kylie Hull each knocked down a basket and Taylor Feather added a free throw for the Lady Bucs in the third quarter, which went to Morgantown by a 17-8 margin.
That left Buckhannon-Upshur down by a 68-13 score going into the fourth quarter.
The Lady Bucs lost the final quarter by a 13-5 count with Feather scoring three points and Hull two.
Balderson made six three-points for Morgantown and led them with 36 points.
Moto paced the B-U offense with eight points.
The Lady Bucs closed out their year with a 0-16 record.
The boxscore:
Morgantown 22 29 17 13 – 81
Buckhannon-Upshur 2 3 8 5 – 18
Morgantown 81
L. Balderson 14 2-4 36; C. Messerly 5 1-3 12; F. Smith 5 0-0 10; A. Paulsen 4 1-2 9; B Hall 3 0-0 6; B. Nelson 2 0-0 4; C. Kendzarski 2 0-0 4. Totals 35 4-9 81.
Buckhannon-Upshur 18
Martina Moto 3 0-0 8; Taylor Feather 1 2-4 4; Kylie Hull 2 0-2 4; Makezine Egress 1 0-2 2; Gracie Gerwig 0 0-0 0. Totals 7 2-8 18.
Three-point field goals – Morgantown: Balderson 6; Messerly 1. Totals 7; Buckhannon-Upshur: Moto 2. Totals 2.
Fouls – Morgantown: 13; Buckhannon-Upshur: 5.
Free throw percentage – Morgantown: 4-for-9 for 44.4 percent; Buckhanon-Upshur: 2-for-8 for 25.0 percent.
