Fort Gay, W. Va. — Tolsia ( 11-10 ) celebrated Senior night this past Saturday and the Lady Rebels fell to South Point, Ohio ( 14-8 ) in a game that was closer then the final score of 62-45.
Tolsia started hot in the opening period and led 14-12 after one, in the second quarter the Lady Pointers outscored the Lady Rebels 19-11 and took the lead into halftime 31-25.
In the second half Tolsia won the third quarter 12-11 and only trailed by five points heading to the final stanza. South Point hit four three pointers to stretch the lead out and went on for the victory.
Parsley led all scorers on the game with 20 points, Nichols had 7 and Cloud hit two three pointers for 6 points, Junior Mariah Finley tallied 8 points, Sarah Jude and Marlee Marcum had 2 points each.
South Point 12 19 11 20 – 62
Tolsia 14 11 12 8 – 45
Tolsia 66 Tug Valley 32
On Thursday night the Lady Rebels traveled to Rival Tug Valley and came away with a lopsided victory. Tolsia led 28-15 at half and poured in on in the second half to come away with the road win. The Lady Rebels had four hit double figures. Sarah Jude was top scorer at 18 points, Tasha Nichols had 16 points, Mariah Finley finished with 14 points, Taylor Parsley tallied 10 points, Allyssa Cloud 5 points, Taylor Ball and Marlee Marcum had 2 points each.
Tolsia 14 12 24 16 – 66
Tug Valley 8 7 5 12 – 32
The Lady Rebels will travel to Logan on Wednesday night to finish up the regular season. Tolsia for the #2 seed in the upcoming Region 4 Section 2 tournament and will host #7 Tug Valley on Friday at home at 7:00.
Tolsia Head Coach Ric Morrone
COACH’S COMMENTS
“… South Point really shot the ball well from outside, we tried man, zone and a couple junk defenses. They took us off the dribble when we came out on the shooter. Coach Adams does a great job with them and we knew it was going to be a challenge from the get go.”
“…I’m happy, not happy we lost but these girls will remember senior night for the experience. We could have brought a different team in here for Senior night but that’s not how we do things around here.”
“…I think we grew up tonight, we didn’t quit and they played so hard throughout. We have three awesome seniors who I could on forever about finished their regular season home careers here and all three are very special to us and we wish them well. We are not done and hope to host another home game when postseason rolls around next Friday night.”
