Glenhayes, W.V. — The Tolsia Lady Rebels ( 12-10 ) closed out the regular season with a 56-38 Senior day victory over Belfry ( 10-17 ) on Saturday at Rebel Arena.
Lady Rebel Seniors
Jacey Crum and Kilee Preece
Senior Jacey Crum hit 4 three pointers and finished with 22 points, Kalynn Salmons added 6 points and 6 assists, Carly Johnson netted 6 points, Senior Kilee Preece and Olivia Kelly had 4 points each, Greenlee Vance and Peyton Johnson had 2 points each.
The Lady Rebels hit 5 three pointers and went 9 of 11 from the free throw line.
Tolsia 28 Chapmanville 25 ( Friday )
The Lady Rebels won a defensive battle on the road over the Lady Tigers.
Jacey Crum hit 3 three pointers and finished with 11 points, Carly Johnson added 7 points, Olivia Kelly tallied 5 points, Kalynn Salmons netted 3 points and Piper Pack chipped in with 2 points.
Tolsia hit 5 three pointers and went 7 of 14 from the free throw line.
Buffalo 49 Tolsia 37 ( Thursday )
Olivia Kelly led the Lady Rebels with 10 points, Jacey Crum added 9 points, Kalynn Salmons netted 7 points. Greenlee Vance tallied 6 points, Piper Pack had 3 points and Carly Johnson chipped in with 2 points.
The Lady Rebels hit 4 three pointers and went 9 of 13 from the free throw line.
The #4 seeded Lady Rebels will open up the Class A Region 4 tournament at Rebel Arena on Thursday versus #5 seed Wahama at 7:00.
Tolsia Head Coach Ric Morrone
COACH’S COMMENTS
“…Great win for us, I want to give a big thank you to Coach Thornsbury and the Belfry program for coming up here on short notice. We were really up against it with two other teams backing out. They really played hard and will be a tough out this postseason and in the future. We are going to play them home and home next season as well.”
“… The two seniors you can’t hardly say enough about. Perseverance is big word that me and you probably don’t know what it means but a lot of people do. These girls started out in the state tournament as freshmen and probably thought they had it figured it out but last year we won seven games and Preece suffered a season ending injury during the summer. But both of them are relentless and love the game, they wanted to be here and stayed all four years and that’s the ones you want to work with.
“… I’m so proud of them they embraced Lady Rebel basketball from the beginning and have been ambassadors all four years. We had one dynamic duo with Autumn Block and Kerigan Salmons and we got another duo with Jacey Crum and Kilee Preece.”
