Bowling Green wins 17th straight
Southern Sports & Travel
The Bowling Green Lady Bucs rolled into Centreville last night sporting a 20-1 record, a Class AA #1 ranking and riding a 16 game winning streak but struggled in picking up a 42-32 district win over the home-standing Lady Tigers. Freshman Reagan Moody and sophomore Melissa Crowe combined for 23 points to lead Bowling Green to their 21st win of the season but more importantly 4-0 in District 6-AA play.
Centreville looked to be up to the challenge as the Lady Tigers got a 3-point bucket from Katie Berry and a steal and lay-in from Tori Rouse to take a quick 5-0 lead just over one minute into the contest.
(Above) Reagan Moody (#13) led Bowling Green with 12 pts
Bowling Green got on the board at the 5:18 mark on a Reagan Moody free throw and the Lady Bucs then reeled off 13 straight points as five different players contributed to a 14-0 run to take a 14-5 advantage with 41 seconds left in the opening quarter of play.
Centreville’s Katie Berry halted the run with a basket in the paint at the 23 seconds mark but Bowling Green closed the quarter on a Caroline Haik offensive rebound and put back to give the Lady Bucs a 15-7 lead in a quarter of play in which six different Bowling Green players notched a basket.
After two Ashton Crum free throws trimmed the deficit to 15-9 to start the second quarter Bowling Green stretched their lead to ten points at 19-9 on a Melissa Crowe bucket and a Caroline Haik assist to Crowe at the 5:55 mark but Centreville kept it close as Renee Miley canned a 17 foot jumper and Harley McKey hit two free throws to narrow the margin to 19-13 with 3:21 left in the half.
Centreville would head into the locker room at the half down 23-17 following a Tori Rouse bucket off a Bowling Green turnover.
Centreville’s late second quarter momentum carried over into the start of the third quarter. Harley McKey hit on one of two free throws to cut the lead to 23-18 ten seconds into the quarter and after a Melissa Crowe lay-in at the 7:02 mark put Bowling Green back up by seven at 25-18 the Lady Tigers drew to within four points on a Katie Berry 3-pointer from the wing.
(Above) Centreville's Katie Berry (#11) had a game high 21 points
Bowling Green stretched back out to a 29-21 advantage on Caroline Haik’s offensive rebound and put back and a 10 foot jumper from Ashley Foret but the Lady Bucs couldn’t shake Centreville.
Centreville entered the final quarter down eight points at 33-25 but Bowling Green’s Reagan Moody drained a 3-pointer from the wing to push the lead to 36-25 just thirty seconds into the quarter.
Centreville managed to get back to within eight points on a Katie Berry drive with 3:57 remaining but would get no closer as Bowling Green picked up their 21st win of the season with a 42-32 road win.
Bowling Green was led by Reagan Moody with 12 points, Melissa Crowe added 11, Caroline Haik 6, Mackayla Dykes 5 and Ashley Foret and Breanna McNeese 4 each.
Katie Berry led Centreville with a game high 21 points, Tori Rouse had 4, Harley McKey 3 and Ashton Crum and Renee Miley 2 apiece.
Bowling Green improves to 21-1 and 4-0 in district play. The Lady Bucs will host rival Oak Forest on Tuesday.
Centreville falls to 0-4 and will host Silliman on Tuesday.
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