CALIFORNIA (Pa.) – The Buckhannon-Upshur Lady Bucs took a 10-5 lead after one quarter of play against West Greene (Pa.) and never looked back in a 51-27 victory Tuesday night in the 2021 California (Pa.) Holiday Hoop Festival.
The Lady Bucs built on their lead in the second quarter and led at the break by a 27-17 score.
The Lady Bucs dominated the third quarter limiting West Greene to just one point as they took a 41-18 lead head into the fourth quarter.
They extended their advantage to 24 points at the end of the game.
“We got off to a slow start and didn’t make a lot of shots early,” noted Buckhannon-Upshur head coach Rob Kittle. “We came out with a dominant third quarter and our shot selection was very good. We moved the ball great, but we just didn’t make a lot of shots early though. Defensively we did a great job of speeding them up and they were rushing a lot shots and we were able to create a lot of turnovers.”
Kendal Currence led the Lady Bucs with 16 points while Shelby McDaniels chipped in 13 and Kyndal Davis 10.
The win improved the Lady Bucs to 5-0 on the season.
They will wrap up play in the Holiday Hoop Festival Wednesday as they play Pittsburgh Allderdice (Pa.) at 1 p.m.
The boxscore:
Buckhannon-Upshur 10 17 14 10 – 51
West Greene 5 12 1 9 – 27
Buckhannon-Upshur 51
Kendal Currence 8 3-8 16; Shelby McDaniels 5 2-2 13; Kyndal Davis 5 0-0 10; Gabby Parke 3 1-2 7; Alyssa Abel 1 1-2 3; Rosie Shackleford 1 0-0 2; Kenna Maxwell 0 0-0 0; Olivia Ellis 0 0-0 0; Brooklyn Smith 0 0-0 0; Regina Petrokovich 0 0-0 0. Totals 22 6-8 51.
West Greene 27
Anna Durbin 6 2-4 14; Katie Lampe 2 0-0 6; Lexi Six 1 0-0 3; Kiley Meek 1 0-0 2; Kasie Meek 0 1-2 1; Brooke Barner 0 1-4 1; Madison Gaso 0 0-0 0. Totals 10 4-10 27.
Three-point field goals – Buckhannon-Upshur: McDaniels 1. Totals 1; West Greene: Lampe 2; Six 1. Totals 3.
Fouls – Buckhannon-Upshur: 11; West Greene: 12.
Free throw percentage – Buckhannon-Upshur: 6-for-8 for 75.0 percent; West Greene: 4-for-10 for 40.0 percent.
