Christian Fellowship’s Lady Eagles played in Community Christian’s 1st Lady Warrior Shootout Thursday through Saturday. The Lady Eagles dropped their first game 65-46 to St. Mary but rebounded nicely winning both games in the consolation round, 54-29 over Joppa-Maple Grove (IL) and 50-35 over Community Christian.
In their only loss of the tournament to St. Mary, the Lady Eagles struggled offensively in the first quarter, scoring one point on a free throw by Maddie Irvan and trailed 15-1 at the end of the quarter. Scoring picked up for CFS in the second quarter, led by Rachel Howard with six points and Lillian Burnett with four to trail 31-16 at halftime.
Burnett led in the third quarter with six points, five from Gracie Howard and four by Irvan to pull to within 14 of St. Mary. St. Mary out-scored the Lady Eagles 20-15 in the fourth quarter to win 65-46.
CFS: Burnett 12, Little 9, G. Howard 8, R. Howard 8, Irvan 5, Jaycie Jackson 2, Collie 2
CFS: TFG 19/65, 3PT 0/1, FT 8/16, REB 37
In their first game of the consolation round, CFS defeated Joppa-Maple Grove 54-29 and were led in scoring by Rachel Howard and Gracie Howard, both with 14 points.
CFS: R. Howard 14, G. Howard 14, Irvan 8, Jayden Jackson 6, Vaughn 4, Little 4, Burnett 2, Jaycie Jackson 2
CFS: TFG 25/59, 3PT 0/0, FT 4/6, REB 36
The Lady Eagles played host CCA in their final game on Saturday, beating the Lady Warriors 50-35 behind 16 points by Rachel Howard and 10 points from Burnett.
CFS: R. Howard 16, Burnett 10, G. Howard 9, Little 6, Irvan 5, Jayden Jackson 2, Jaycie Jackson 2
CFS: TFG 18/64, 3PT 0/0, FT 14/28, REB 45
The Lady Eagles are 7-7 and will play their next game at home on Jan. 7 against Community Christian Academy.
