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

Short-handed JV Lady Bucs struggle in 56-12 loss to Bees

FAIRMONT – The Buckhannon-Upshur junior varsity Lady Bucs were only able to bring five players with them to their road contest with the East Fairmont Bees Thursday night.

The final result was a 56-12 setback.

B-U trailed by an 18-2 score after one quarter and was down 37-4 at the intermission.

They were outscored in the second half by a 19-8 margin.

Makenzie Egress led the Lady Bucs with eight points while Kylie Hull and Martina Moto each had two.

Kinley Opas paced East Fairmont with 14 points while Abisdee Carpenter tallied 12.

The loss dropped the Lady Bucs to 0-7 on the season.

Their contest on Saturday with John Marshall was cancelled due to the weather.

They will be back in action Tuesday at University for a 5:45 p.m. tip off.

The boxscore:

Buckhannon-Upshur 2  2  4  4 – 12

East Fairmont 18  19  11 8 – 56

Buckhannon-Upshur 12

Makenize Egress 4 0-0 8; Kylie Hull 0 2-2 2; Martina Moto 1 0-0 2; Taylor Feather 0 0-0 0; Olivia Blonn 0 0-0 0. Totals 5 2-2 12.

East Fairmont 56

Kinley Opas 6 0-0 14; Abisdee Carpenter 4 0-0 12; Emma Moore 3 0-0 7; Kasey Rogers 2 3-4 7; Hailey Hausser 2 2-2 6; Addison Thomas 2 0-0 4; Kinsey Hardesty 1 0-0 2; Kyah Stump 0 2-2 2; Shyanne Griffin 1 0-0 0. Totals 21 7-8 56.

Three-point field goals – Buckhannon-Upshur: None; East Fairmont: Carpenter 4; Opas 2; Moore 1. Total 7.

Fouls – Buckhannon-Upshur: 8; East Fairmont: 5.

Free throw percentage – Buckhannon-Upshur: 2-for-2 for 100.0 percent; East Fairmont : 7-for-8 for 87.5 percent.

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