CHESAPEAKE — Defense was the name of this game and it was a name used by both teams.
The Chesapeake Lady Panthers stopped the Ironton Lady Fighting Tigers 37-24 on Thursday in an Ohio Valley Conference game.
Erin Hicks scored 6 points and Kate Ball 4 as Chesapeake took a 12-5 first quarter lead.
Peyton Deer drained a trifecta for Ironton.
Ironton cut the deficit to 18-13 at the half as Emerson White buried a shot from behind the arc, Addison Neal had 3 points and Mia Weber added a basket.
Brooklyn McComas hit a 3-pointer, Hicks went 2-for-2 and Abbey Isaacs 1-for-2 at the foul line for Chesapeake.
But Ball drilled a 3-pointer and had 5 points while Hannah Webb and McComas each knocked down 3-pointers in the third quarter and the lead went to 30-19.
Lexi McCall, Murray and White had baskets for Ironton.
The Lady Panthers outscored Ironton 7-5 in the fourth quarter as Webb had 3 points with Ball and Isaacs each making a basket.
Deer hit another trey and White 2 free throws for Ironton.
Ball scored 11 points, Hicks had 8 while Isaacs, McComas and Webb all scored 6 points to pace the LadyPanthers.
White had 7 points and Deer 6 for Ironton (4-9, 2-6).
Ironton 5 8 6 5 = 24
Chesapeake 12 6 12 7 = 37
IRONTON (4-9, 2-6): Peyton Deer 0 2 0-0 6, Addison Neal 1 0 1-2 3, Lexi McCall 1 0 1-4 3, Addison Murray 1 0 0-0 2, Mia Weber 1 0 0-2 2, Chloe Patterson 0 0 0-0 0, Emerson White 1 1 2-2 7. Totals: 5 3 4-10 24. Fouls: 10. Fouled out: None.
CHESAPEAKE (7-5, 3-5): Sara Dillon 0 0 1-1 1, Erin Hicks 2 0 4-4 8, Abbey Isaacs 1 0 4-6 6, Clairynn Romans 0 0 0-0 0, Kate Ball 4 1 0-0 11, Brooklyn McComas 0 2 0-0 6, Hannah Webb 1 1 1-2 6, Abby Mitchell 0 0 0-0 0. Totals: 8 3 10-13 37. Fouls: 13. Fouled out: None.
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