HAVILAND
– A 14-0 first quarter proved to be the difference Friday night at the
‘Palace’ as the Wayne Trace Lady Raiders recorded a 60-45 victory over
Edgerton in Green Meadows Conference girls’ basketball play.
Trailing 7-1 early in the contest, the red, white and blue scored 14 consecutive markers to take control of the contest.
A
Gracie Shepherd basket ignited the run, which was sparked by a Raider
defense that forced six Bulldog turnovers in the opening period.
Careen
Winans followed with back-to-back baskets for Wayne Trace before
hitting a three-point shot that put the Raiders in front for good at
10-7.
Two Shepherd free throws preceded another Careen Winans trey
that gave the Raiders a 15-7 advantage late in the quarter. Alivia
Farnham added another Edgerton bucket to pull the Bulldogs within 15-9
at the end of eight minutes of action.
With Wayne Trace on top 17-11, a Harper Myers basket started another Raider run that widened the gap to 25-11.
Careen Winans picked up a three-point shot before Myers hit one of two foul shots for a 23-11 advantage.
Myers chipped in a bucket as well for Wayne Trace while Caroline Winans made one of two free throws for a 26-12 lead.
Edgerton trimmed the deficit to ten at the half, getting a Farnham three-pointer to pull within 33-23 at the intermission.
The
Bulldogs pulled within seven points twice in the third quarter, cutting
the deficit to 33-26 and 38-31 both on Casey Everetts treys.
However, two Lexi Moore buckets and a Myers three-pointer widened the Raider lead to 45-31 at the end of three periods.
Wayne
Trace then put the game away in the fourth quarter, expanding the
margin to as much as 52-34 on a Shepherd bucket and 54-36 as Lexi Moore
scored.
Edgerton pulled within 56-42 in the final stanza on an Ava
Swank trey before Wayne Trace sealed the outcome at the free throw
line.
Careen Winans bucketed 16 markers to lead the way for Wayne
Trace with 16 points, four rebounds, four assists and four steals with
Shepherd putting up 15 markers and grabbing seven boards.
Harper Myers also reached twin digits with a dozen points, six rebounds and five steals.
Lexi
Moore (eight points, five rebounds), Caroline Winans (five points, five
assists, four steals) and Abby Moore (four points, four rebounds)
completed the scoring for Wayne Trace.
Edgerton was led by Alivia
Farnham with 14 markers while grabbing nine rebounds. Casey Everetts
chipped in 11 points with Ava Swank recording ten points.