Christian Fellowship lost 63-56 to Livingston Central at home on Jan. 23 but Tuesday in Smithland, earned a season split in a 44-38 win and they improve to 12-11. The Lady Eagles were led in the win by Gracie Howard with 19 points, 15 coming in the second half.
A close game from the opening tip with nine ties throughout, the first at 6-6 to end the first quarter after CFS led the entire quarter before the Lady Cardinals tied it on a basket by Lauren Wring.
Livingston took their first lead of the game on a second quarter opening basket by Gracie Downey, tied again by Lillian Burnett for CFS at 8-8. A basket by Renee Shields gave the Lady Eagles the lead back they held until 12-12 and the first half ended on a 14-14 tie.
Like the second quarter, Downey opened the third with a basket that put Livingston back on top, tied again on a basket from Shields, the first of four ties in the quarter. Maggie Downey gave Livingston the lead at 22-20 before CFS closed out the third quarter on a 6-0 run, getting two baskets from Burnett and one by Howard to lead 26-22.
Howard scored to open the fourth quarter to give CFS a six point lead, the largest of the game. Livingston battled back to force the final tie at 30-30 followed by a 7-1 run by the Lady Eagles, highlighted by the first three of the game from Jayden Jackson to lead by six again at 37-31.
Livingston put together a 7-0 run to take a 38-37 lead with 1:52 remaining. Howard dropped in two free throws to put CFS back up by one at 1:33, the start of seven straight from the eighth grader to finish out the win by six.
The Lady Eagles will celebrate Senior Night on Friday when they play Fort Campbell.
CFS 6 14 26 44
Livingston 6 14 22 38
Scoring
CFS: Gracie Howard 19, Lillian Burnett 12, Renee Shields 6, Jayden Jackson 3, Edie Litte 2, Alyssa Warren 2
Livingston: Lauren Wring 12, Gracie Downey 9, Maggie Downey 8, Ayla Salazar 4, Emersyn Ramage 3, Calista Jennings 2
CFS: FG 20/32, 3 Pt 1/4, FT 3/7, Reb 17
Livingston: FG 18/47, 3 Pt 1/3, FT 1/2, Reb 32
