Lady Bears defeat Lady Saints in district semis

Nicole Archibald scored a game-high 17 points to lead the Bracken County Lady Bears to a 73-27 win over the St. Patrick Lady Saints on Monday night in the semifinals of the 39th District Tournament at Bracken County.

Savannah Kelsch added 10 points for the Lady Bears (16-14) who have won three straight games and seven of their last nine.

Emma Gallenstein led St. Patrick (2-15) in scoring with 14 points and Lillian Klee added 10 points.

Bracken County led 19-2 at the end of the first quarter and 39-7 at halftime. The running clock began when the Lady Bears led 47-11 with 5:02 remaining in the third quarter. The biggest lead was 68-21 with 2:22 left in the game.

Bracken County advances to the championship game to play the winner of Tuesday night's game between Augusta and Mason County.

Bracken County        19 20 15 19 — 73

St. Patrick                02 05 12 08 — 27

Bracken County — Archibald 17, Colvin 2, K. Johnson 4, E. Johnson 8,  Ahrens 4, Sharp 3, Bachman 1, Kelsch 10, Lippert 9, Burton 2, Smith 4, Bauer 9

St. Patrick — Kimball 3, Klee 10, Gallenstein 14