Green County girls break away from 30-30 tie

Green County’s Lady Dragons tallied 39 of the final 52 points to sprint past Campbellsville 69-43 in a Touchstone Energy Fifth Region All “A” Classic first-round game on Monday night in Greensburg.
The Lady Eagles used a 11-2 run of their own to tie the game at 17-17 early in the second quarter.
Cameron Jackson’s outfit took leads of 20-19 and 22-21 on a Tiffany Slone three-pointer, and two Slone free throws and also led at 25-23 on Heather Watson’s trey and 26-25 on Belene Garcia’s charity toss.
Watson’s four-point play, three-pointer and free throw, knotted the score at 30-30 with 7:20 left in the third period.
However, Green County scored the next nine points and 17 of the next 19 to pull away from the visitors.
Slone and Watson paced Campbellsville with 19 and 16 points, respectively.
Eighth-grader Kali Hedgespeth led four Lady Dragons in double figures with 15 points while Allie Ingram added 13, Rachel Marr 12 and reserve Chryslee Sherrill 10.

Bobby Brockman

Heather Watson totaled 16 points in the Lady Eagles' road loss to Green County in the Touchstone Energy Fifth Region All "A" Classic.

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