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TENNERTON – The seventh-ranked Buckhannon-Upshur Lady Bucs used a 21-0 run to start the game against the Elkins Tigers en route to an easy 67-37 victory in Big 10 Conference action Tuesday night at the high school.
Elkins didn’t score their first point until 1:02 into the second quarter and B-U led by as many as 38 before settling on the 30-point win.
“We put Elkins away early, and that is what we needed to do,” remarked Buckhannon-Upshur head coach Rob Kittle. “This is our fifth game in eight days, so it was huge for us to get off to a good start and let us rest our legs because it has been a tough grind for us. I was happy with the way we came out and jumped on them early. We were able to get some easy shots early and get off to a good start and were able to put it in cruise control after that. We needed a night like this.”
Gabby Parke led the Lady Buc with 18 points, going eight-for-10 from the floor, and added five rebounds and three steals.
“As a team, we really aren’t concerned with who has the most points as long as we get the win,” stated Parke after the victory. “We played a good game tonight. I thought our defense led to a lot of our offense tonight.”
The Lady Bucs had 20 steals on 23 Elkins turnovers.
Kittle complimented his sophomore guard for her play against Elkins.
“Gabby did a great job of running the court of us,” noted Kittle. “She hit a couple of key threes for us as well.”
Alyssa Abel got the ball rolling for Buckhannon-Upshur with an uncontested lay-up just seven seconds into the game.
Oliva Ellis, who finished with 10 points, turned in an old-fashioned three-point play when she made her free throw after being fouled on her lay-up, treating the Lady Bucs to a 13-0 lead.
A lay-up by Kenna Maxwell wrapped up the first quarter giving B-U a 17-0 advantage.
Shelby McDaniels made an outside jumper, and Parke scored on a lay-up to start the second stanza giving B-U their 21-0 lead.
Madeline Belan finally put Elkins on the board with a putback with 6:58 showing up the second-quarter clock.
Abel scored from underneath, and Parke uncorked a trey after that to give the Lady Bucs a 26-2 lead with 5:32 remaining in the half.
Maxwell made a lay-up and sank her free throw after being fouled to end the first-half scoring giving the Lady Bucs a 34-8 advantage at the intermission.
Leading 44-18, Kendal Currence put in consecutive baskets to up the B-U lead to 48-18 with 1:41 left in the third quarter.
B-U owned a 52-25 lead heading into the fourth quarter.
The Lady Bucs opened the fourth quarter on an 11-0 run for their biggest lead of the game, at 63-25.
Elkins ended the contest on a 12-4 run.
The victory over Elkins came on the heels of a 28-point road victory over East Fairmont Monday night as Kittle complimented his team on the back-to-back wins.
“I thought the team played well,” concluded Kittle. “We did a great job of seeing the floor and making some nice passes. We had some exceptional assists that led to some easy baskets for us. I am very happy with how we have played this week as a team and how we have shared the ball.”
Elkins didn’t have a scorer reach double digits as Celia Ricottilli led them with nine points.
Elkins dropped to 5-12 on the year overall and 1-9 in the Big 10 Conference.
The Lady Bucs, who improved to 16-4 overall and 10-2 in the Big 10 Conference, will be back in action Thursday at Grafton. That game will begin at 7:30 p.m.
The boxscore:
Elkins 0 8 17 12 – 37
Buckhannon-Upshur 17 17 18 15 – 67
Elkins 37
Celia Ricottilli 3-9 0-0 9; Niya Nutter 3-9 0-1 7; Karah Bennett 3-3 0-0 7; Anna Belan 2-5 0-0 5; Jalen Florence 1-11 0-0 3; Laney Fletcher 1-5 0-0 2; Emerson Haddix 1-1 0-0 2; Madeline Belan 0-1 2-2 2; Gracelin Corley 0-4 0-4 0; Aaliyah Hogue 0-2 0-0 0Hannah Davis 0-1 0-1 0. Totals 14-51 2-8 37.
Buckhannon-Upshur 67
Gabby Parke 8-10 0-0 18; Olivia Ellis 4-6 1-1 10; Shelby McDaniels 3-9 2-2 9; Kenna Maxwell 4-11 1-1 9; Alyssa Abel 3-5 1-2 7; Kendal Currence 3-12 0-0 6; Kyndal Davis 2-4 0-0 4; Rosie Shackleford 1-1 0-0 2; Casadie Lahman 1-1 0-0 2; Brooklyn Smith 0-1 0-0 0; Regina Petrokovich 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 29-62 5-6 67
Three-point field goals – Elkins: Ricottilli 3-9; Florence 1-9; A. Belan 1-2; Nutter 1-1; Bennett 1-1; Houge 0-1. Totals 7-23; Buckhannon-Upshur: Parke 2-4; Ellis 1-2; McDaniels 1-3; Maxwell 0-4; Smith 0-1; Petrokovich 0-1. Totals 4-15.
Rebounds – Elkins: team 7; Corley 6; Fletcher 5; A. Davis 4; Florence 3; Nutter 3; Bennett 2; M. Belan 2; deadball 2; A. Belan 1; Haddix 1; Hogue 1. Totals 37; Buckhannon-Upshur: Abel 9; McDaniels 6; Maxwell 5; Parke 5; team 5; Currence 3; Davis 3; deadball 1; Shackleford 1; Lahman 1; Petrokovich 1. Totals 40.
Assists – Elkins: M. Belan 2; A. Belan 1; Bennett 1; Corley 1; Davis 1; Fletcher 1; Hogue 1. Totals 8; Buckhannon-Upshur: McDaniels 6; Maxwell 4; Ellis 3; Currence 2; Lahman 1. Totals 16.
Steals – Elkins: Bennett 3; Nutter 2; A. Belan 1; Corley 1; Davis 1. Totals 8; Buckhannon-Upshur: Abel 4; McDaniels 4; Currence 3; Maxwell 3; Parke 3; Lahman 2; Davis 1. Totals 20.
Blocked shots – Elkins: Florence 3. Totals 3; Buckhannon-Upshur: Currence 2. Totals 2.
Turnovers – Elkins: 23; Buckhannon-Upshur: 15.
Personal fouls – Elkins: 7; Buckhannon-Upshur 15.
