Trigg County’s early game road woes continued Saturday afternoon as a 21-4 Daviess County start was the difference in a 54-30 win for the Lady Panthers. The loss was Trigg’s third straight to start the 2020-21 season.
Trigg County was held without a field goal until Adri Phillips’ shot in the lane with 38 seconds left in the first quarter. By that time, Trigg County was trailing 18-4.
Brooklyn Daughtery had seven points in the first quarter for the Lady Panthers, who knocked down 7-of-16 shots in the first eight minutes.
The cold shooting continued in the second quarter for the Lady Wildcats, who hit just 3-of-24 first half shots. Meanwhile, Daviess scored 13 points off nine Trigg turnovers in the half.
Down 33-9 at halftime, Trigg began the second half on a 13-1 run keyed by 10 points from Olivia Noffsinger and Marleigh Reynolds to pull to within 34-22. That was as close as Trigg County would get.
The Lady Panthers scored the final six points of the third quarter to squash any Trigg ideas of a comeback.
Trigg County shot a little better in the second half [32%] but finished at 22-percent. The Lady Wildcats also failed to hit 50-percent at the free throw line for a third straight game.
Reynolds had nine points and nine rebounds for Trigg, and Adri Phillips added nine points and seven boards. Trigg was outrebounded 44-38.
Daviess County [2-0] got 12 points each from Katie Mewes and Adylan Ayer. The Lady Panthers hit just 30-percent from the field but knocked down 15-of-18 free throws and scored 17 points off 17 Trigg turnovers.
Trigg County [0-3] returns to action Monday at Dawson Springs.
TRIGG COUNTY 4 5 13 8– 30
Daviess County 18 15 7 14– 54
Trigg County [0-3] – Reynolds 9, Phillips 9, Noffsinger 8, T. Grubbs 2, I. Grubbs 2
Daviess County [2-0] – Mewes 12, Ayer 12, Hoagland 9, Daughtery 9, Payne 4, Spurrier 3, Owen 3, Paige 2,
