Lady Saints defeat Lady Panthers 61-53

In a game with nine ties and nine lead changes, the St. Patrick Lady Saints defeated the Augusta Lady Panthers 61-53 in the semifinals of the 39th District Tournament at The Fieldhouse on Tuesday night.

Caroline McKay hit two 3-pointers in the first 90 seconds of the fourth quarter to give St. Patrick a 46-36 lead. Augusta scored five straight points to cut the lead in half. The Lady Saints answered with a 9-2 run to take their biggest lead at 55-43 with 2:05 left. The Lady Panthers put together a 7-1 run to get to within six with 1:05 to go, but could get no closer.

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McKay hit five 3-pointers and scored 20 points to lead four Lady Saints in double figure scoring. Lillian Klee had 12 points and 10 rebounds. Makenna Roush had 12 points and seven rebounds and Izzy Riggs added 11 points.

Megan Jones had 21 points and eight rebounds for Augusta. Laci Tackett scored 15 points and Reagan Tackett tossed in 12 points.

St. Patrick (16-14) will play Bracken County in the championship game on Thursday at 6 p.m.

Augusta ends the season with a 13-15 record. 

St. Patrick    11 17 12 21 — 61

Augusta       12 14 10 17 — 53

St. Patrick — McKay 20, Roush 12, Riggs 11, Gallensetin 6, Klee 12

Augusta — R. Tackett 12, Hinson 1, L. Tackett 15, Evans 2, Jones 21, Basford 2

Lady Royals defeat Augusta 71-57

Macey Littleton had a game-high 18 points and Sarah Payne hit five 3-pointers and scored 17 points as the Mason County Lady Royals snapped a four-game losing streak with a 71-57 win over the Augusta Lady Panthers in Augusta on Saturday night.

Four Lady Panthers scored in double figures led by Laci Tackett with 16 points. Megan Jones scored 15 points, Reagan Tackett tossed in 14 and Kenzington Hinson added 10. 

There were four ties and seven lead changes in the first half.

Mason County led 51-42 at the end of the third quarter and 60-46 in the fourth quarter. Augusta would get no closer than 10 points.

The Lady Royals hit 12 3-pointers in the game and made 11-of-14 free throws in the fourth quarter.

Mason County (8-11) will play at Bracken County on Monday night.

Augusta (6-10) will be at home against Robertson County on Monday night.

Mason County    20 18 13 20 — 71

Augusta             20 13 09 15 — 57

Mason County — Reed 9, Payne 17, Young 7, Littleton 18, 

Thomas 5, Sims 4, Burns 7, Thompson 3, Kirk 1

Augusta — R. Tackett 14, Hinson 10, L. Tackett 16, Evans 2, Jones 15

The Mason County Lady Royals beat the Augusta Lady Panthers 61-37

The Mason County Lady Royals outscored the Augusta Lady Panthers 40-20 in the second half in a 61-37 victory in the lower bracket semifinal game of the 39th District Tournament tonight at The Fieldhouse.

The Lady Royals scored 21 points off the Lady Panthers' 21 turnovers.

Mason County (16-9) had a 20-4 advantage in second chance points and 20-0 in points off the bench.

Avery Sims scored a game-high 18 points for the Lady Royals. Macey Littleton followed with 11 points and Sarah Payne added 10 points.

Augusta (8-17) was led in scoring by Reagan Tackett with 15 points. Megan Jones tossed in 10 points.

Mason County will play Bracken County in Thursday night's championship game.

Mason County    10 11 18 22 -- 61   

Augusta              11 06 08 12 -- 37

Mason County -- Burns 3, Payne 10, Littleton 11, Gibbs 5, Harrison 7, Thomas 1, Sims 18, Clayborn 2, Young 4

Augusta -- R. Tackett 15, L. Tackett 8, Young 4, Jones 10