CHESAPEAKE — Kate Ball held the fort and then Abbey Isaacs bombed it.
Ball’s scoring kept Chesapeake close and then Isaacs 3-point shooting barrage and scoring rallied the Lady Panthers to a 41-33 Ohio Valley Conference win over the Coal Grove Lady Hornets on Thursday.
“Abbey really carried up offensively in the second half,” said Chesapeake coach Chris Ball.
“It was another hard-fought, ugly game by both teams that we were able to sneak away with.”
Emma Lively scored 3 points with Izzy Kitts and Jenna Anson adding baskets as Coal Grove took a 7-2 first quarter lead.
Ball scored the lone basket for Chesapeake (11-8, 5-7).
Kelli Vanderhoof and Anson had baskets with Abbie Deeds coming off the bench to convert 3 of 4 free throws for Coal Grove, but Ball hit a pair of 3-pointers and Chloe Parrott had a basket as Chesapeake cut the deficit to 14-10 at the half.
Isaacs stormed the scoreboard by making three 3-pointers and scoring 16 points in the third quarter as the Lady Panthers took a 28-24 lead.
Kendall Taylor scored 6 points with Deeds and Lively making 2 free throws each for Coal Grove (8-10, 4-8).
In the fourth quarter, Isaacs drilled two more 3-pointers, Erin Hicks made a trifecta and Ball added 3 points as Chesapeake added to its lead.
Taylor scored 5 points including 3 of 3 at the line while Kasey Vanderhoof made 2 foul shots and Kitts added a basket as Coal Grove tried to battle back.
Isaacs finished with a game-high 22 points and Ball scored 11 points.
Taylor had 11 points to pace a balanced Coal Grove offense that had seven players score.
Coal Grove 7 7 10 9 = 33
Chesapeake 2 8 18 13 = 41
COAL GROVE (8-10, 4-8): Kendall Taylor 3 0 5-5 11, Kalli Vanderhoof 1 0 0- 2, Kasey Vanderhoof 0 0 2-4 2, Shay Collins 0 0 0-0 0, Emma Lively 1 0 3-5 5, Isabelle Kitts 2 0 0-0 4, Jenna Anson 2 0 0-0 4, Harmonee Boggs 0 0 0-0 0, Abbie Deeds 0 0 5-6 5. Totals: 9 0 15-20 33. Fouls: 15. Fouled out: Anson.
CHESAPEAKE (11-8, 5-7): Sara Dillon 0 0 0-0 0, Erin Hicks 0 1 0-0 3, Chloe Parrott 1 0 1-2 3, Abbey Isaacs 3 5 1-2 22, Clairynn Romans 0 0 0-0 0, Kate Ball 2 2 1-2 11, Ciera Nichols 1 0 0-0 2, Abby Mitchell 0 0 0-0 0. Totals: 7 8 3-6 41. Fouls: 16. Fouled out: None.
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