Trigg County scored 17 of the game’s first 20 points and led wire-to-wire in claiming a 55-18 win at Dawson Springs Monday to nab its first win of the girls’ basketball season.
It was a role-reversal for the Lady Wildcats from a week ago. Trigg opened its season against a team (Todd County Central) that had already played a game while the Lady Wildcats played their season opener. The result was a jittery Trigg team that committed 36 turnovers and lost the game.
Monday, Dawson Springs was playing its season opener and, like Trigg, seemed jittery at the start and saw turnovers get converted into Trigg points.
The Lady Panthers turned the ball over 12 times in the opening frame, mostly against the Trigg County press. The Lady Wildcats responded with a 21-7 lead after the first quarter and coasted to the win.
For the game, Trigg County converted 31 Dawson turnovers into 37 points.
Trigg County made 38-percent of its shots in each half and connected on 10-of-12 free throws – the first time in four games it was over 50-percent.
The Lady Wildcats put three players into double figures, led by T.T. Grubbs’ 17 points. Adri Phillips added 12 points and four assists, and Marleigh Reynolds came off the bench to score 11 points and take down 10 rebounds.
Trigg outrebounded the smaller Lady Panthers 36-18.
Dawson Springs, who has seen two of the program’s leading scorers transfer to other schools before the past two seasons began, got six points from Macy Drennan and five from Gracie Harper. The Lady Panthers were without the services of starter Brylee Spurlin Monday.
The win is Trigg’s sixth straight over the Lady Panthers.
Trigg County (1-3) was scheduled to play at Madisonville Thursday, but that game was postponed due to the Lady Maroons going into a two-week COVID shutdown.
Now, the Lady Wildcats have added a Saturday home game with Logan County at 3:30.
Dawson Springs will play Crittenden County Thursday in the All A Classic region semifinals at Livingston Central.
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Trigg County 21 14 13 7– 55
Dawson Springs 7 2 3 6– 18
Trigg County – T.T. Grubbs 17, Phillips 12, Reynolds 11, I. Grubbs 7, Noffsinger 2, Hyde 2, Sink 2, Barbee 2
Dawson Springs – Drennan 6, Harper 5, Ward 4, Putman 2, Huddleston 1
