The Mason County Lady Royals suffered a heartbreaking loss Saturday in the seventh place game of the Lady Panther Invitational Tournament in Pikeville.
The Paintsville Lady Tigers made two free throws with three- tenths of a second on the clock to edge the Lady Royals 56-54.
Mason County led 41-30 with 5:38 left in the third quarter and were up 43-35 before Paintsville scored 13 straight points to begin a 16-2 run that gave the Lady Tigers a 51-45 lead with 3:46 remaining in the game.
Paintsville was up 53-50 with 2:10 to go. Lexi Young made back-to-back layups to give the Lady Royals a 54-53 lead with 1:35 to play.
Young fouled out with 1:04 left. Paintsville hit 1-of-2 free throws to tie the game.
Mason County missed a layup with 15 seconds remaining.
Paintsville played for the last shot, drew a foul and hit the game-winning free throws.
Young scored 15 points and pulled down seven rebounds. Carlee Buttery made three 3-pointers and scored 13 points and Olivia Hughes finished with 12 points and seven rebounds.
The Lady Royals (7-5) will play the Rowan County Lady Vikings Tuesday at 6 p.m. in a quarterfinal round game of the Kentucky 2A Championships Section 6 Tournament at The Fieldhouse.
Paintsville — Keeton 5, Kinner 17, Vannoy 6, Preece 18, Music 2, Lafferty 8
Mason County — Reed 7, Hughes 12, Downs-Perry 6, Young 15, Fox 1, Buttery 13
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