Louisville, Ky. — After a big 58th district victory Friday the Lawrence Co. Girls ( 5-4 ) got on a bus and rode four hours and defeated the #9 team in the state Anderson Co. 50-46 at Mercy High school in the Raatz Fence/O’Shea’s Classic.
KY. Miss Basketball candidate Kensley Feltner had another great showing in Louisville on Saturday afternoon.
Kensley Feltner led the Dawgs with 26 points and 10 rebounds, Sophie Adkins tallied 9 points and pulled down 7 rebounds, Kaison Ward 8 points and 6 rebounds, Abby Nelson added 5 points, Leandra Curnutte chipped in with 2 points.
Lawrence Co. hit 1 three pointer and went 13 of 19 from the foul line.
The Bearcats ( 18-3 ) were led by Lainey Johnson with 19 points, Ella Baum 8 points, Jenna Satterly 6 points, Jenna Beasley 4 points, Abby Wells, Faith Hyatt and Faith McGregor had 3 points apiece.
Anderson Co. hit 8 three pointers and went 2 of 5 from the foul line.
Lawrence Co. 68 Floyd Central 66 ( Friday )
Kensley Feltner poured in 35 points and pulled down 12 rebounds to lead the Bulldogs to another 58th District victory.
Leandra Curnutte looks to make a move Friday versus Floyd Central.
Sophie Adkins tallied 14 points and 6 rebounds, Kaison Ward added 9 points and 4 rebounds, Abby Nelson netted 6 points, Leandra Curnutte chipped in with 4 points and 4 rebounds.
Lawrence Co. hit 4 three pointers and went 24 of 28 from the foul line.
The Bulldogs will return to action on Wednesday with a trip to Floyd Central at 7:00 and then head to Prestonsburg on Friday at 6:00.
Lawrence Co. Head Coach Melinda Feltner
COACH’S COMMENTS
“… What a great weekend for our girls. We told them when we met at 8:30 on Saturday morning to watch film on Anderson County that they had all the excuses in the world to not go to Louisville and win. We played a tough district game, was out late and had a long drive to Louisville to play Anderson County. But we also told them it would be a great opportunity for us to prove what we could do. We definitely had the worst shooting day we’ve had all year from 3. We were horrible, 1-19 from beyond the arc and still was able to gut out a win against the 9th ranked team in the state at the time. It was a great win for our girls. I’m extremely proud of them.”
“… We also picked up a huge district win not playing our best on Friday night. Very proud of our girls effort and mentality to do whatever it takes to win the ball game.”