Lady Raiders hold South Dearborn to 25 points to grab their sixth straight win

Josh Barnett - Sports Editor

The three points the Lady Raiders' defense gave up in the first quarter of their game at South Dearborn pretty much set the tone as they cruised to a 15 point victory Tuesday night. Although South Ripley scored just 40 points in the game, their defense held the Lady Knights to just 25. The win marks SR's sixth straight victory and pushes their record to 13-2 on the season.

In the first quarter just two Raiders scored, but it was good enough to give them a 9 point lead after they outscored the Knight 12-3. Erin Collier scored 8 of the 12, which included a last second three-pointer to push the Raiders ahead by 9, and Julie Lipperd scored the other four.

South Dearborn more than doubled their first quarter performance in the second scoring 8 points, but the deficit stayed at nine as the Raiders matched the 8 points. Going into halftime South Ripley was leading 20-11.

Collier scored 10 points in the first half and Lipperd had 8. Ciara
McGuire scored the teams other two points.

Neither team scored a lot again in the third quarter, but South Ripley still managed to add a couple points to their lead as they outscored the Lady Knights 8-6. Going into the fourth quarter the Raiders were sitting on an 11 point lead.

South Ripley's defense held South Dearborn to under double-digit scoring four the fourth straight quarter as they held them to just 8 points. The Raiders added 12 to their total to grab the 15 point victory.

Lipperd led South Ripley finishing just one rebound shy of a double-double with 14 points and 9 rebounds. Collier was the second leading scorer and the only other Raider to finish in double-digit scoring with 10. She also had a team high 8 assists. Ciara McGuire scored 6 points and Ashley Thomas chipped in 4.

The Lady Raiders are hosting Brownstown tonight (Thurs.) with hopes of grabbing their seventh straight win. That game is scheduled to start at 6:00 pm with the JV playing first.

Lady Eagles score five points in final :28 to defeat Switzerland Co.

Josh Barnett - Sports Editor

In the final seconds of the Lady Eagles' game at Switzerland County JCD's Janelle Hardesty had a steal which led to three point field goal by Emily Einhaus to give the Eagles a one point lead. On the very next play Alisha Lord stole the in-bounds pass forcing the Lady Pacers to foul. Einhaus went to the line with 5.8 seconds remaining and drained both free-throws to give JCD a three point lead and eventually the win. With the 52-49 win the Lady Eagles push their record to 9-6 overall and 2-0 in conference play.

JCD jumped out to an early lead by outscoring their counterpart 11-9 in the first quarter. In the second quarter Switz. Co. cut into the lead knocking it down to one after outscoring JCD 13-12 in the quarter. Going
into halftime the Eagles were leading 23-22,

The Lady Pacers took over the lead in the third outscoring JCD 16-10 to take a 5 point lead going into the final quarter.

In the fourth quarter Jac-Cen-Del scored a game high 19 points, which led to the final two scores by Einhaus to win the game.

Janelle Hardesty led JCD with 22 points and 5 assists. Einhaus had a team high 9 rebounds to go with her 12 points. Traci Siebert scored 10 points and Cassidy Krieg chipped in 4.

Ashley Chase led Switzerland County with 22 points followed by Jaclyn Ranz with 13.

The Lady Eagles play again this Saturday on the road against conference opponent Rising Sun. That game is scheduled to start at 1:00 pm with the JV playing first.