TENNERTON – The Buckhannon-Upshur junior varsity Lady Bucs dropped a 38-21 decision to the Bridgeport Indians at home Thursday night.
The Lady Bucs trailed by a 12-5 score after one quarter with Gracie Gerwig popping in a three-pointer and Makenzie Egress a short jumper for B-U.
The only offense for the Lady Bucs in the second quarter were two baskets from Egress and they trailed at halftime by a 17-9 score.
The Lady Bucs lost the third quarter by a 13-8 margin with Taylor Feather putting in four points Gerwig adding another trey and Kylie Hull putting in a free throw for B-U.
That left them down by a 30-17 score going into the final quarter.
Egress had the only four points for the Lady Bucs in the fourth quarter, which went to Bridgeport by an 8-4 score.
Hannah Watson led Bridgeport with 17 points.
Egress paced the B-U offense with 10 points.
The loss dropped the Lady Bucs to 0-11 on the year.
They were scheduled to play John Marshall on Saturday.
They will be back in action Tuesday at Lewis County with a 5:45 p.m. start.
The boxscore:
Bridgeport 12 5 13 8 – 38
Buckhannon-Upshur 5 4 8 4 – 21
Bridgeport 38
Hannah Watson 6 0-0 17; Jasmyn Brown 2 0-0 6; Audrey Kerr 2 0-4 4; Isabella McCullough 2 0-0 4; Danika Prescott 1 1-2 3; Kay Lee Auvil 1 0-0 2; Mahaylee Messenger 1 0-0 2; Ellie McCall 0 0-0 0; Cherry Clark 0 0-0 0. Totals 15 1-6 38.
Buckhannon-Upshur 21
Makenzie Egress 5 0-0 10; Gracie Gerwig 2 0-0 6; Taylor Feather 2 0-0 4; Kylie Hull 0 1-4 1; Olivia Blonn 0 0-0 0; Martina Moto 0 0-0 0. Totals 9 1-4 21.
Three-point field goals – Bridgeport: Watson 5; Brown 2. Totals 7; Buckhannon-Upshur: Gerwig 2. Totals 2.
Fouls – Bridgeport: 9; Buckhannon-Upshur: 8.
Free throw percentage – Bridgeport: 1-for-6 for 16.7 percent; Buckhannon-Upshur: 1-for-4 for 25.0 percent.
