Fulton County surprised many by knocking off Metcalfe County 45-44 to win the Cadiz Record 12 Games of Christmas Tournament at Wildcat Gym Thursday.
Metcalfe County couldn't solve Fulton County's zone defense, holding the Lady Hornets to six two-point field goals and seven 3-point field goals.
Fulton County used an 11-1 run midway through the fourth quarter to take a 45-39 lead and held on to win despite not scoring a point the final 1:34 of the game, which featured five ties and 10 lead changes.
Sharika Smith led Fulton County (5-5) with 16 points and five steals. Ellie Goodman added 8 points and 8 rebounds.
Metcalfe County (7-3) won every statistical category except rebounds, which they lost 32-24, and points.
Brandy Lee scored 15 points to lead the Lady Hornets.
Heath 58 University Heights 29 (Third Place) - Heath outscored UHA 34-13 in the second half as UHA hit just 5-of-23 shots in the second half.
Jamie Pritchett and Tish Tate each scored 13 points for Heath (7-2), who also got 8 points and 10 rebounds from Daria Kingsley.
UHA (4-4) was led by Elizabeth Bressler's 13 points. Heath's bench outscored UHA's reserves 24-2.
Logan County 63 Murray 38 (Fifth Place) - Logan County broke this game wide open in the third quarter by outscoring Murray 23-6.
Murray had 34 free throws compared to just nine for Logan or they final margin would have been considerably larger.
Logan County (5-3), whose only loss in the tournament was to fellow Fourth Region foe Metcalfe County, got 15 points from Brittany Roark and 14 more from Lora Miller.
Murray (2-6) hit just 11-of-47 shots (23%) from the field and had 27 turnovers. Stacey McClure led the Lady Tiger scoring with 12 points.
McLean County 48 Trigg County 37 (Seventh Place) - Just not a good three game stretch for the Lady Wildcats, who lost three games and another starting guard to injury.
McLean County took advantage of cold shooting from Trigg to outscore them 11-3 and take control of the game. Trigg shot just 25% from the field and 47% from the free throw line.
Janada Acree led Trigg County (2-7) with 21 points and 15 rebounds, while Melanie Want added 11 points and 7 rebounds.
Trinity Wortham, Trigg's third leading scorer, injured her knee in Trigg's Wednesday loss to Murray and will likely miss the rest of the year after an MRI Thursday revealed a tear of the ACL. The sophomore guard was averaging 8.3 points a game and had nine of Trigg's 12 three-point field goals this year. She is the second Lady Wildcat guard lost for the season to an ACL tear. Sophomore point guard Laykn Brooks was injured in the last soccer game of the season.
Trigg County returns to action next week in the McLean County RC Classic where they will play Fort Campbell in the first round.
Cinnamon Ashby led McLean County (1-8) with 19 points, while Emily Shocklee added 16 points and 7 rebounds.
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