GRAFTON – The Buckhannon-Upshur Lady Buc offense continues to sputter as they managed just 11 field goals in a 47-34 setback to the Grafton Bearcats Tuesday night in Big 10 Conference action.
The 34 points was a season-low for the Lady Bucs as they failed to reach 50 points for the sixth straight game.
Buckhannon-Upshur managed to shoot the ball at just a 30.5 clip (11-for-36).
B-U owned a 5-2 lead early behind a basket from Gabby Parke, a free throw from Alyssa Abel and a lay-up from Hodge’Nay Henderson, but they wouldn’t score the rest of the quarter as Grafton scored 12 unanswered for a 14-5 lead.
Abel scored the first five points of the second quarter for B-U making it a 14-10 contest, but Grafton responded with back-to-back baskets for an 18-10 advantage.
Henderson drilled a trey to make it 18-13, but B-U would never get any closer the rest of the way.
Grafton closed the half on a 12-3 run putting Buckhannon-Upshur down 30-16 at the intermission.
A three-pointer by Parke closed out the third quarter leaving the Lady Bucs down by 15, at 39-24, going into the final eight minutes of action.
A late 5-0 run from B-U behind a three from Parke and a lay-up from Abel made it a 44-32 contest, but the Lady Bucs couldn’t get any closer.
Kenna Keener led Grafton with a double-double with 26 points and 10 rebounds.
Abel paced B-U with 13 points and six rebounds.
The Lady Bucs dropped to 1-6 overall and 0-4 in the Big 10 Conference.
They will be back in action Thursday hosting Liberty at 7 p.m.
The boxscore:
Buckhannon-Upshur 5 11 8 10 – 34
Grafton 14 16 9 8 – 47
Buckhannon-Upshur 34
Alyssa Abel 5-9 3-5 13; Hodge’Nay Henderson 3-9 2-2 9; Gabby Parke 3-6 0-0 8; Harley Dean 0-2 2-2 2; Casadie Lahman 0-5 1-2 1; Brooklyn Smith 0-3 1-2 1; Kyndal Davis 0-2 0-0 0; Rosie Shackleford 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 11-36 9-11 34.
Grafton 47
Kenna Keener 11-14 4-6 26; Hadley Horne 5-10 4-9 15; Jazalynn Ray 1-6 0-0 2; Kelsey Massie 1-3 0-0 2; Emma Johnson 1-1 0-0 2; Kambree Delaney 0-3 0-0 0; Kambree Delaney 0-3 0-0 0; Bailey Satterfield 0-0 0-0 0; Macy Johnson 0 0-0 0; Ruth Horne 0-0 0-0 0; Amariah Cain 0-0 0-0 0; Lillie Crimm 0-0 0-0 0; Madelyn Fryer 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 19-37 8-15 47.
Three-point field goals – Buckhannon-Upshur: Parke 2-3; Henderson 1-5; Smith 0-2; Lahman 0-4 Totals 3-14; Grafton: H. Horne 1-3. Ray 0-1; Delaney 0-2. Totals 1-6
Rebounds – Buckhannon-Upshur: Abel 6; Dean 5; Parke 4; team 3; Davis 2; Lahman 2; Henderson 1; deadball 1. Totals 24; Grafton: Keener 10; deadball 5; H. Horne 3; Massie 3; Ray 3; Delaney 2; R. Horne 1; team 1. Totals 28.
Assists – Buckhannon-Upshur: Parke 5; Lahman 2; Abel 1; Henderson 1. Totals 9; Grafton: Ray 6; H. Horne 2; Keener 1. Totals 9.
Steals – Buckhannon-Upshur: Lahman 4; Abel 3; Henderson 3; Dean 1; Smith 1. Totals 12; Grafton: Ray 4; H. Horne 3; Massie 2; Keener 2; Johnson 2. Totals 13.
Blocked shots – Buckhannon-Upshur: Davis 1. Totals 1; Grafton: Keener 2. Totals 2.
Turnovers — Buckhannon-Upshur: 22; Grafton: 20.
Fouls – Buckhannon-Upshur: 15; Grafton: 19.
