CHILLICOTHE — Things were looking up for the Coal Grove Lady Hornets, but not in the way they wanted.
Coal Grove faced the Belpe Lady Eagles and their 5-foot-11 inside tandem of Halley Alloway and Gracie Bills.
The twin towers combined for 33 points in Belpre’s 48-31 win over the Lady Hornets in the Division 6 district semifinals on Tuesday.
“We handled their press pretty well which they ran pretty much the entire game,” said Lady Hornets’ coach Nick Miller.
“They have two good post players that killed us. Our biggest issue was scoring. I don’t know what percentage we shot, but it definitely wasn’t very good.”
For the game, the Lady Hornets were just 12-of-38 from the field for 31.5 percent and 2-of-20 from the 3-pointer line for 10 percent.
Belpre (16-7) took a 12-7 first quarter lead as Alloway and Bills scored 4 points each. Jenna Anson had 4 points for Coal Grove.
The Lady Eagles took a 24-18 halftime lead as Alloway and Bills scored 6 points each.
Izzy Kitts hit a 3-pointer and scored 9 of Coal Grove’s 11 points in the quarter.
With Coal Grove trailing by just 6 points at the half, Belpre came out of the locker room and outscored Coal Grove 12-3 in the third quarter to lead 36-21.
“I thought we were right in the game and then we had a 3-point quarter and we’re down 15 points going into the fourth,” said Miller.
Anson had all 3 of Coal Grove’s points.
The Lady Hornets were just 1-of-18 from the field in the quarter including 0-of-9 from behind the arc.
Bills had 7 points as four different players scored for Belpre in the fourth quarter.
Anson had 6 points and Kendall Taylor hit a 3-pointer for the Lady Hornets.
Anson finished with 15 points and Kitts scored 10 for Coal Grove (11-13).
Bills had 21 points and Alloway got 12.
Coal Grove 7 11 3 10 = 31
Belpre 12 12 12 12 = 48
COAL GROVE (11-13): Addi Meyer 0 0 0-0 0, Hailey McKnight 0 0 0-0 0, Kendall Taylor 0 1 0-0 3, Kalli Vanderhoof 0 0 0-0 0, Kasey Vanderhoof 0 0 1-2 1, Emma Lively 0 0 0-0 0, Rianna Best 0 0 0-0 0, Izzy Kitts 2 1 3-4 10, Jenna Anson 7 0 1-1 15, Addi Best 0 0 0-0 0, Harmonee Boggs 1 0 0-1 2. Totals: 12-38 5-8 31. 3-pt goals: 2-10. Rebounds: 12-O 20-D = 32. Assists: 6. Steals: 6. Turnovers: 13. Fouls: 13. Fouled out: None.
BELPRE (16-7): Larissa McDaniel 1 0 0-0 2, Julia Way 2 0 1-2 5, Madison Lauer 0 0 0-0 0, Addy Stewart 0 0 0-0 0, Shy Miller 2 0 0-0 4, Khloe Cooper 1 0 2-2 4, Gracie Bills 7 0 7-8 21, Calli Meredith 0 0 0-0 0, Haley Alloway 5 0 2-3 12, Savannah Cross 0 0 0-0 0. Totals: 18 0 12-15 48. Fouls: 12. Fouled out: None.
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