All schools in Upshur County will close at 1 p.m. today. All B-UHS sporting events today are canceled.

JV Lady Bucs struggle on offense in loss to Elkins

TENNERTON – Just two players scored for the Buckhannon-Upshur junior varsity Lady Bucs in a 34-15 home setback to the Elkins Tigers Tuesday evening.

Casadie Lahman had eight points and Brooklyn Smith tacked on seven for B-U as that was it for their scoring.

The JV Lady Bucs lost the first quarter by an 11-6 margin with Smith scoring four points and Lahman two.

Buckhannon-Upshur didn’t score in the second quarter and trailed at the break by a 20-6 score.

Smith and Lahman each fired in a three-pointer in the third quarter which went to Elkins by a 9-6 margin.

That left the JV Lady Bucs down by a 29-12 score.

A three-pointer by Lahman in the fourth quarter was it for B-U scoring which Elkins won by a 5-3 score.

Addyson Cogar had a game-high 14 points for Elkins.

The loss dropped the junior varsity Lady Bucs to 4-10 on the year.

They will be back in action Thursday at Grafton. The game will start at 5:45 p.m.

The boxscore:

Elkins 11  9  9  5 – 34

Buckhannon-Upshur 6  0  6  3 – 15

Elkins 34

Addyson Cogar 6 2-5 14; Jaylen Tacy 1 3-4 5; Layla Fletcher 1 2-2 4; Erin Collins 1 0-0 2; Lauren D’Angelo 1 0-0 2; Karah Bennett 1 0-0 2; Rori Riddle 1 0-0 2; Katelyn Collins 0 1-2 1; Madeline Belan 0 1-2 1; Addison McDonald 0 1-6 1. Totals 12 10-21 34.

Buckhannon-Upshur 15

Casadie Lahman 3 0-0 8; Brooklyn Smith 2 1-2 7; Rosie Shackleford 0 0-2 0; Shania McCartney 0 0-2 0; Olivia Shipley 0 0-0 0; Regina Petrokovich 0 0-0 0; Shania McCartney 0 0-0 0; Grace Snider 0 0-0 0; Regan McVay 0 0-0 0; NinaMae Coberly 0 0-0 0. Totals 5 1-6 15.

Three-point field goals – Elkins: None:  Buckhannon-Upshur: Lahman 2; Smith 2. Totals 4.

Fouls – Elkins: 11; Buckhannon-Upshur: 17.

Free throw percentage – Elkins: 10-for-21 for 47.6 percent; Buckhannon-Upshur: 1-for-6 for 16.7 percent.

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