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FAIRMONT – Casadie Lahman had a double-double with a game-high 15 points and a game-high 10 rebounds to lead the Buckhannon-Upshur Lady Bucs to a convincing 59-32 victory over the homestanding Fairmont Senior Polar Bears Tuesday night in Big 10 Conference action.
Lahman also added a team-high six assists and five steals in the victory which ended a four-game slide for the Lady Bucs.
B-U recorded 19 steals off 32 Fairmont Senior turnovers which allowed them to double up the Polar Bears in field goal attempts by a 65-33 margin.
The Lady Bucs trailed just once, by a 3-2 count, and went on an 8-0 run after that for a 10-3 lead with 1:45 left in the opening quarter.
Brooklyn Smith knocked down a trey to end the quarter putting the Lady Bucs up by a 13-7 score.
Buckhannon-Upshur dominated the second quarter limiting the Polar Bears to just one field goal and four points.
They opened the quarter on a 9-0 run capped off by two Alyssa Abel free throws for a 22-7 advantage with 4:12 remaining in the quarter.
Lahman wrapped up the quarter with a putback and a three-pointer to treat the Lady Bucs to a 30-11 halftime advantage.
Inside baskets by Harley Dean and Kyndal Davis started the third quarter giving the Bucs a 34-11 lead.
Up 39-18, the Lady Bucs closed the canto with a 13-0 run that ended on a Lahman putback. That put Buckhannon-Upshur up by a 52-18 score going into the final eight minutes.
After a lay-up by Makenzie Egress that put B-U up b a 56-20 score, Fairmont Senior went on an 12-0 run to close it to 56-32 before Smith closed out the game with a three-pointer.
Cheyanne Bishoff led Fairmont Senior with 11 points.
Fairmont Senior dropped to 1-18 on the year and 1-12 in the Big 10 Conference.
Dean had 13 points and Smith 11 for the Lady Bucs, who improved to 4-15 overall and 3-9 in the Big 10.
They were slated to close out their regular season Wednesday hosting Morgantown and will play University next Wednesday on the road in their sectional opener.
The boxscore:
Buckhannon-Upshur 13 17 22 7 – 59
Fairmont Senior 7 4 7 14 – 32
Buckhannon-Upshur 59
Casadie Lahman 7-12 0-0 15; Harley Dean 5-9 3-5 13; Brooklyn Smith 4-7 0-0 11; Alyssa Abel 2-11 6-6 10; Kyndal Davis 2-6 0-0 4; Hodge’Nay Henderson 1-15 2-4 4; Makenzie Egress 1-2 0-2 2; Rosie Shackleford 0-2 0-0 0; Taylor Feather 0-1 0-0 0; Kylie Hull 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 22-65 11-17 59.
Fairmont Senior 32
Cheyanne Bishoff 5-12 1-4 11; Maliyah Young 2-4 3-4 7; Breanna Lupton 2-3 0-0 4; Joclyn Sylva 1-6 2-4 4; Kaelin Hamilton 0-3 4-4 4; Amy Wells 1-1 0-0 2; Breauna Copney 0-3 0-0 0; Josey Urse 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 11-33 10-17 32.
Three-point field goals – Buckhannon-Upshur: Smith 3-4; Lahman 1-5; Henderson 0-5; Totals 4-14; Fairmont Senior: Sylva 0-2; Bishoff 0-1; Lupton 0-1. Totals 0-4.
Rebounds – Buckhannon-Upshur: Lahman 10; Abel 8; Davis 6; Dean 5; deadball 4; Egress 3; Henderson 3; Shackleford 3; team 3; Smith 2; Feather 1; Hull 1. Totals 49; Fairmont Senior: Bishoff 6; Sylva 6; Young 4; Hamilton 3; team 3; deadball 2; Lupton 2; Wells 2; Copney 1. Totals 29.
Assists – Buckhannon-Upshur: Lahman 6; Henderson 3; Feather 2; Davis 1; Dean 1. Totals 13; Fairmont Senior: Bishoff 2; Lupton 1; Young 1. Totals 4.
Steals – Buckhannon-Upshur: Lahman 5; Abel 4; Henderson 4; Davis 2; Smith 2; Egress 1; Feather 1. Totals 19; Fairmont Senior: Bishoff 4; Young 2; Hamilton 1; Lupton 1; Sylva 1. Totals 9.
Blocked shots – Buckhannon-Upshur: Davis 1; Egress 1; Smith 1. Totals 3; Fairmont Senior: Young 3; Sylva 1. Totals 4;
Turnovers – Buckhannon-Upshur: 18; Fairmont Senior: 32.
Fouls – Buckhannon-Upshur: 18; Fairmont Senior 16.
