TENNERTON – With just five rostered players available to compete, the Buckhannon-Upshur junior varsity Lady Bucs struggled with the John Marshall Monarchs in a 49-17 setback Saturday evening.
The Lady Bucs failed to score in the first quarter and trailed by a 25-0 count.
Buckhannon-Upshur rebounded to take the second quarter by an 8-7 margin with Makenzie Egress scoring four points and Martina Moto and Kylie Hull two each.
That put the Lady Bucs down 32-8 at the intermission.
B-U managed just one field goal in the third quarter, a three-pointer from Gracie Gerwig and trailed going into the fourth quarter by a 41-11 score.
The final quarter went to John Marshall by an 8-6 count as Egress had all six points for the Lady Bucs.
Nora Shock led John Marshall with 12 points while Kalyn Reese put in 10 points.
Egress paced Buckhannon-Upshur with 10 points.
The loss dropped the Lady Bucs to 0-12 on the season.
The Lady Bucs will be back in action Tuesday at Lewis County.
The contest will start at 5:45 p.m.
The boxscore:
John Marshall 25 7 9 8 – 49
Buckhannon-Upshur 0 8 3 6 – 17
John Marshall 49
Nora Shock 5 1-2 12; Kalyn Reese 4 2-2 10; McKenna Schlared 3 0-0 7; Lainee Farmer 2 0-2 4; Gracie Whitlatch 2 0-2 4; Janiya Zuk 1 2-4 4; Kurstin Ebert 1 1-1 3; Zoe Kosek 1 0-0 3; Megan Schwing 1 0-0 2; Tori Finley 0 0-0 0; Kameryn Wells 0 0-0 0. Totals 20 6-13 49.
Buckhannon-Upshur 17
Makenzie Egress 5 0-0 10; Gracie Gerwig 1 0-0 3; Martina Moto 1 0-0 2; Kylie Hull 0 2-4 2; Olivia Blonn 0 0-2 0. Totals 7 2-6 17.
Three-point field goals – John Marshall: Kosek 1; Schlared 1; Shock 1. Totals 3; Buckhannon-Upshur: Gerwig 1. Totals 1.
Fouls – John Marshall: 8; Buckhannon-Upshur: 13.
Free throw percentage – John Marshall: 6-for-13 for 46.2 percent; Buckhannon-Upshur: 2-for-6 for 33.3 percent.
