It’s been a busy few days for the Lady Marshals, playing four games in fives days that began with Friday’s loss to Graves County and a close battle with Ballard Memorial on Saturday that resulted in a 42-36 loss. Monday the Lady Marshals traveled to Washington County and picked up a 55-27 win then fell Tuesday to #5 Murray High 58-36.
Playing without their top two scorers in Tera Colson (ankle) and Cayson Conner (illness) and senior Chloe Kerrick (illness) against the Lady Tigers, the Lady Marshals scored the first points of the game on a 3-pointer by Layne Pea. Lex Mayes put up the next four points for Murray before the lead went back to the Lady Marshals on a basket by Kinley Edwards. Macey Turley and Edwards exchanged baskets for a 7-6 Marshall lead, the last lead they would have in the game, trailing 14-7 at the end of the first quarter.
Murray held the Lady Marshals to six second quarter points to lead 32-13 at halftime. Marshall’s six points came on baskets by Lorin Powell, Presley Jezik and Halle Langhi.
The Lady Marshals equaled the point total of Murray in the third quarter, both teams putting 14 on the board. The Lady Tigers held their 19 point lead going into the fourth quarter, stretching it out by three points to win by 22. The fourth quarter was highlighted by 3-pointers from Jezik and Emily Bridges.
Powell led the scoring for the Lady Marshals with nine points while Murray was led by their trio of players headed to play for the Lady Racers next season, Alexis Burpo with 19, Mayes with 14 and Turley with 11 as they move to 24-2 on the season.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | Final | |
| Murray | 14 | 32 | 46 | 58 |
| Marshall | 7 | 13 | 27 | 36 |
SCORING
Murray: Burpo 19, Mayes 14, Turley 11, Carver 6, Curtis 6, Jones 2
Marshall: Powell 9, Edwards 6, Jezik 5, Langhi 4, Pea 3, Bridges 3, Driver 3, Gunn 2, Whirley 1
Murray: FG 22/48, 3 PT 7/18, FT 7/10, Reb 24, Fouls 9, Ast 13, TO 4
Marshall: FG 13/31, 3 PT 4/6, FT 6/6, Reb 22, Fouls 10, Ast 10, TO 16
They Lady Marshals traveled to Washington County on Monday to play the Lady Commanderettes, a trip that will be remembered by the team forever as the red carpet was rolled out for the team in a show of support following the tragedy of Jan. 23. Elementary and middle school students lined the road into the school with signs and cheers for the Lady Marshals whose bus was led up to the school with a police escort.
From the moment they arrived to the moment they left, the Lady Marshals were met with open arms. Washington County set aside the admission charge and collected donations at the door as well as a silent auction and raised $7,000 for Marshall County shooting victims.
Following a 28-24 JV win, the varsity teams took the floor in a gym full of the Marshall County colors, instead of the red and blue of Washington County.
The Lady Marshals led 15-9 at the end of the first quarter and stretched the lead out to 32-14 in the second behind a 17-5 run. Conner scored nine of the Lady Marshals first half points on her way to a team high 14 in the game. Powell had eight first half points and eighth grader Halle Langhi added six on her way to nine in the game.
Washington County’s Madison Snellen’s 3-pointer near the end of the third quarter was the Lady Commanderettes only field goal of the quarter that ended on a 3-pointer by Conner for a 46-18 lead. Six of the Lady Marshals nine fourth quarter points came from Jada Driver, both from three point range, to finish the game out on a 55-27 win.
“It’s been amazing”, Head Coach Martin Clapp said of the reception from Washington County. Clapp felt his players were focused and said everyone got to play which was the goal.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | Final | |
| Marshall | 15 | 32 | 46 | 55 |
| Washington | 9 | 14 | 18 | 27 |
SCORING
Marshall: Conner 14, Langhi 9, Powell 8, Jezik 6, Driver 6, Edwards 5, Pea 3, Kerrick 2, Miller 2
Washington: Mattingly 17, Snellen 6, Thompson 5, Brady 4, Riley 4, Sagrecy 3
