The Lady Marshals played two games Saturday and Sunday in The Grind Session’s National Monument Hoopfest in Washington, D.C. The team visited many of our nation’s treasured monuments and then focused on basketball, coming away with wins in both games 53-52 over Woodrow Wilson and 85-50 over Takoma Academy (MD).
In their Saturday game against Hoopfest host Woodrow Wilson, the Lady Marshals led 12-5 at the end of the first half but it was a much tighter game near the end. They led by five at halftime and stretched it back out to a 10 point lead going into the fourth quarter where Woodrow Wilson poured it on, out-scoring the Lady Marshals 20-11 but they held on to win by one. Cayson Conner led with 13 points earning Most Valuable Player honors. Woodrow Wilson was led by two players with 17 points, Tara Cousins and Edmee Brown-Egue.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | Final | |
| Woodrow Wilson | 5 | 18 | 32 | 52 |
| Marshall County | 12 | 23 | 42 | 53 |
Marshall County: Conner 13, Langhi 12, Powell 8, Colson 7, Jezik 7, Miller 6
Woodrow Wilson: Cousins 17, Brown-Egue 17, White 15, Houghton 2, Chirambo 1
Marshall County: 2FG 16/36, 3 PT 3/14, FT 12/23, REB 27, AST 8, TO 30, PF 19
Woodrow Wilson: 2FG 17/39, 3 PT 3/9, FT 9/20, REB 40, AST 7, TO 33, PF 16
Sunday’s game against Takoma Academy (MD), the Lady Marshals took control early with a 26-9 first quarter lead on their way to win by 35 points. Conner led with 15 points while Jade Berryman scored half of the points for Takoma Academy with 25. Tera Colson earned MVP honors with eight points and eight assists.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | Final | |
| Marshall County | 26 | 50 | 66 | 85 |
| Takoma Academy | 9 | 14 | 30 | 50 |
Marshall: Conner 15, Powell 12, Langhi 14, Jezik 13, Miller 13, Colson 8, Lovett 4, Pea 2, Darnall 2, Stokes 2
Takoma Academy: Berryman 25, Allen 17, Fyfield 3, Smith 2, Tall 2, Hill 1
Marshall County: 2FG, 3 PT 8/18, FT 13/20, REB 32, AST 27, TO 20, PF 16
Takoma Academy: 2FG 8/26, 3 PT 5/11, FT 19/23, REB 25, AST 5, TO 38, PF 18
Marshall County (7-1) will host the Lady Marshal Holiday Classic Dec. 20-22. The Lady Marshals will play three games Thursday at 1:00 against Caldwell County, Friday at noon against Dyer County (TN) and Saturday at 10:00 am against Washington County.
Lady Marshal Holiday Classic schedule:
Thursday, Dec. 20
1:00 Marshall County vs Caldwell County
3:00 Washington County vs Carlisle County
5:00 Henderson County vs Dyer County
7:00 Graves County vs Meade County
Friday, Dec. 21
10:00 Washington County vs St. Mary
12:00 Marshall County vs Dyer County
2:00 Graves County vs Caldwell County
4:00 Henderson County vs Meade County
Saturday, Dec. 22
10:00 Washington County vs Marshall County
12:00 Caldwell County vs Dyer County
2:00 Graves County vs Henderson County