Trigg County overcame a sluggish three quarters of play and responded with a 25-9 fourth quarter run that was enough to send them past Cannelton, Ind. 63-49 in the consolation bracket of the McLean County RC Cola Classic Thursday night in Calhoun.
The Lady Wildcats will play Whitesville Trinity tonight at 5:30pm in the fifth place game. The Lady Raiders beat Crittenden County 58-51 in the other consolation game.
Trigg led 15-14 after one quarter but trailed 27-25 at halftime and 40-38 after three quarters.
"It was a two-point game for most of the night before we turned it on and decided to play," said Lady Wildcat head coach Matt Wilder. "We ran the fast break well and got layups or fouled every time down the floor in the fourth quarter."
Laquisha Boyd led the Lady Wildcats with 24 points, including 8-of-11 at the free throw line. Janada Acree added 15 points, and Brooke Allen came off the bench to score nine points. Kelci Winn and Audrey Futrell both scored four points. Melanie Want scored three points, and Kalesha Williams and Dori Sheehan both scored two for the Lady Wildcats, who hit 13-of-26 at the free throw line.
Courtney Glenn led Cannelton (1-11) with 20 points.
Trigg County improves to 3-8 with the win, their first in a post-Christmas holiday tournament since 1992.
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