Leake
on their game in blowout of Lamar
Southern
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The
seven time defending Class AA State Champion Leake Rebelettes closed out their last
home game of the regular season with a convincing 74-31 trouncing of seventh
ranked Lamar last night in Madden.
Hannah
Peoples scored a game high 25 points and Anna Kat Nowell added 14 points and 9
assists as top ranked Leake improved to 31-0 and will close out the regular
season schedule today as they travel to Winona.
(Above) Hannah Peoples (#5) of Leake elevates as she nails one of her seven 3-pointers
Leake
scored ten seconds into the contest as Mary Grace Key converted a Lamar
turnover into a transition basket but the theme of the first quarter would be
the torrid shooting of senior guard Hannah Peoples.
Peoples
would nail a 3-pointer from the top of the key to give the Rebelettes an early
5-0 lead but Lamar fought back as Allison Justus canned a 17 foot jumper and
Natalie Williams hit from 15 feet to pull the Lady Raiders to 5-4 with 6:04
left in the opening quarter.
Peoples
hit another 3-pointer, this time from the wing, to push the Leake lead to 8-4
and the guard displayed her patented jumper at the 4:12 mark with her third
3-pointer to extend the advantage to 13-6 but back came Lamar.
Allison
Justus hit her second jumper of the quarter and the Lady Raiders got past the
Leake press as Lallie Bennet served up an assist to Allie Shirley for a
transition bucket to trim the deficit to 13-10 with 3:04 left in the quarter.
(Above) Lamar's Olivia Mabry (#0) tries to pass over the Leake press in the 1st half
Anna
Kat Nowell gave Leake some breathing room at 16-10 with a 3-pointer from the
corner and after Lamar’s Allie Shriley hit from 15 feet out Leake would begin
to pull away.
Hannah
Peoples hit a 3-pointer from the deep corner and then made Lamar pay after a
turnover as the senior drained her fifth 3-pointer of the quarter to extend the
Leake lead to 22-12 with 1:01 remaining in the quarter.
A
fast break basket from Mary Grace Key and a Peoples offensive rebound and put
back gave Leake their biggest lead at 26-12 with 21 seconds left in the first
quarter.
Lamar
would get an Allison Justus basket to close the quarter looking at a 26-14
deficit.
Leake
would open the second quarter with a 9-2 run to grab their biggest lead at
41-18 and after Lamar’s Lallie Bennett scored on a fast break lay-in Leake
closed the quarter with another 9-2 run to take a comfortable 50-22 lead into
the half.
It
would only get worse for Lamar as the second half got underway as Leake came
out and ran off ten straight points to push the lead to 60-22 with 5:26 left in
the third quarter.
In
the 10-0 run five different Rebelettes scored including Hannah Peoples’ seventh
3-pointer of the night.
(Above) Leake point guard Anna Kat Nowell (#21) looks for a cutter in the 1st quarter
Leake
began substituting freely midway through the quarter and would hold a 65-31
lead heading into the final eight minutes of play.
Hannah
Peoples scored a game high 25 points (Seven 3-pointers), Anna Kat Nowell added
14 and 9 assists, Hannah Moore 11 points, Mary Grace Key and Ivy Foster 6 each,
Brandy Quick 5, Chloe Thaggard 3 and Khristen Evans and Bayly Moss 2 apiece.
Lamar
(22-7) was led by Olivia Mabry with 10 points, Allison Justus and Lallie
Bennett 6 each and Allie Shirley with 4.
Post Game with Leake Head Coach Doyle Wolverton
