Lady Marshals pick up 21st win over Calloway County

Miyah Davis dishes the ball off under the goal in the Lady Marshals 55-28 win over Calloway County.
Miyah Davis dishes the ball off under the goal in the Lady Marshals 55-28 win over Calloway County.

MURRAY – Twenty-one points from Hannah Langhi helped lead the Lady Marshals to a 55-26 win over Calloway County, a team they will play again on February 23rd in the 4th District Tournament.

Hannah Langhi fought off defenders to score 21 points in the Lady Marshals win.
Hannah Langhi fought off defenders to score 21 points in the Lady Marshals win.

The Lady Marshals won their 21st game of the season with two games left on their regular schedule while the Lady Lakers dropped to 6-20.

A three from Miyah Davis and basket by Langhi gave the Lady Marshals an early 5-0 lead, going on to lead 11-7 at the end of the first quarter. The Lady Marshals held Calloway County to just two second quarter points from Charlee Settle to stretch their lead out to 22-9 at halftime, getting six of their 11 points from Davis who hit two straight threes in the quarter.

Calloway pulled to within nine points following a three from Alicia Hornbuckle in the third quarter and would equal that deficit again on a basket by Chasity Ross but would get no closer from there with Lady Marshals Paige Henson, Briley English, Nikki Fehrenbacher and Langhi combining to out-score the Lady Lakers 11-2 from that point on to lead 38-20 at the end of the quarter.

A basket and free throw by Langhi stretched the Lady Marshals lead out to 23 to start the fourth quarter, going on to out-score the Lady Lakers by nine in the final eight minutes for a 55-28 win.

Saturday evening at Reed Conder Gymnasium, the Lady Marshals will celebrate Senior Night in a game against Fulton City at 6:00 and will play their final regular season game at Madisonville-North Hopkins on Tuesday.

SCORING
Marshall: Langhi 21, English 11, Davis 10, Fehrenbacher 5, Henson 4, Miller 2, Emery 2
Calloway: Ross 8, Settle 7, Hornbuckle 5, Arnett 4, Fritts 2, Friedrich 2
Marshall: Field Goals 19/44, 3-pointers 6/17 (Davis 3, English 3), Free Throws 11/18, Rebounds 28 (Langhi 7), Fouls 13, Assists 11 (Fehrenbacher 6), Turnovers 8
Calloway: Field Goals 10/29, 3-pointers 1/6, Free Throws 7/11, Rebounds 19, Turnovers 15

 1st   2nd   3rd   4th   Final 
Marshall   11   11  16  17    55
Calloway    7    2  11   8    28