CHESAPEAKE — Usually, the Fairland Lady Dragons like to jump out early and rack up a lot of points in the first quarter.
This time, the Lady Dragons decided to wait until the third quarter to blow the game wide-open as they beat the Chesapeake Lady Panthers 67-28 on Friday in an Ohio Valley Conference game.
Fairland still had a comfortable 14-point halftime lead but came out of the locker room and outscored Chesapeake 26-5 and coasted to the easy win.
Fairland took a 17-9 first quarter lead as 4 different players scored. Kamryn Barnitz hit a 3-pointer and scored 6 points and Bailey Russell and Addison Godby had 4 points each.
Abbey Isaacs scored 4 points, Kate Ball hit a trifecta and Abby Mitchell added a basket for the Lady Panthers.
The Lady Dragons extended the lead to 32-18 in the second quarter as Barnitz hit a triple and scored 5 points while Godby added 4 points.
Chesapeake converted 7-of-8 from the foul line. Erin Hicks was 3-of-4 while both Ball and Mitchell were 2-of-2.
The Lady Dragons exploded for 26 points in the third quarter and opened up a 58-23 lead.
Godby and Russell scored 6 points each while Ava Layne and Addison Cornell scored 5 points each.
Godby had 16 points to lead a balanced offense for Fairland (10-1, 6-1). Barnitz scored 14, Russell had 12 and Layne added 9.
Ball scored 9 points, Isaacs 8 and Hicks 7 for Chesapeake (6-4, 2-4).
Fairland 17 15 26 9 = 67
Chesapeake 9 9 5 5 = 28
FAIRLAND (10-1, 6-1): Taegan Leep 0 0 2-2 2, Isa Taliaferro 1 1 0-0 5, Ava Layne 3 0 3-3 9, Addison Godby 8 0 0-1 16, Siera Pemberton 0 0 0-0 0, Addison Cornell 2 1 0-2 7, Stella Whitley 1 0 0-0 2, Kamryn Barnitz 3 2 2-2 14, Bailey Russell 2 1 5-7 12, Khloe Walters 0 0 0-0 0. Totals: 20 5 12-17 67. Fouls: 17. Fouled out: None.
CHESAPEAKE (6-4, 2-4): Mollie Moore 0 0 0-0 0, Sara Dillon 0 0 0-0 0, Ern Hicks 0 1 4-6 7, Chloe Parrott 0 0 0-0 0, Abbey Isaacs 2 0 4-4 8, Kate Ball 1 1 4-4 9, Ciera Akers 0 0 0-0 0, Cierra Nichols 0 0 0-0 0, Abby Mitchell 1 0 2-2 4. Totals: 4 2 14-18 28. Fouls: 11. Fouled out: None.
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