After winning two of three games in the South Central Bank-Halton Classic at Allen County-Scottsville High School last week, the Logan County Lady Cougars will take a 7-4 record into Friday’s Clash of the Lady Cats at Russellville Friday at 6 p.m..
Coach Finley Baird’s team beat Covington Holmes 79-64 and Nelson County 78-43 in the three-day round robin, but the Lady Cougars lost 67-58 to host AC-S. The Lady Patriots went undefeated in their tournament and have the most wins in the region with a 12-3 record.
Senior Blayke Bingham received the lone scholarship that went to a player in the Classic, presented by Dollar General.
Here’s a look at the Lady Cougars’ season so far:
LCHS 52, Warren East 48
Paige Vanzant scored 15 points, Sarah Beth Hale 13, Kennedy Nichols 7 and Addie White 6 in the win. Hale and Vanzant each hit a pair of 3-pointers and White one.
Nichols pulled down 13 rebounds with Bingham and Hale grabbing 6 each and Vanzant 5.
Hailey Hymer scored 14 points and Lucy Patterson 9 for East. Carolina Foster hit 7 of 14 free throws, but the Lady Raiders got only 14 of 38 foul shots to fall. Forrester had 15 rebounds and Patterson 10. Thanks to Logan’s defense, the Lady Raiders struggled overall in shooting, hitting 16 of 59 field goal attempts for 27 percent.
Clarksville Christian 56, LCHS 42
Nichols scored 15 points and Hale 10. Nichols hit 7 of 9 field goal attempts, and White sank both of her 3-point attempts, but Vanzant was off, hitting just 1 of 9 shots.
Kennedy grabbed 12 rebounds, but second place was a distant 5 recorded by Hailie Borders, Vanzant, and Bingham.
Graves County 60, LCHS 38
The only game the Lady Cougars have not been competitive in was played at Owensboro Catholic in the Independence Bank Classic.
No Lady Cougar reached double figure scoring. Brittany Garrett led the way with 8 points while Bingham and Hale scored 7 each, and Vanzant and Nichols 6 each. The Lady Cougars were awarded only 13 free throws, hitting 7. They took only 4 shots from long range with Bingham hitting the only successful one.
Bingham and Nichols each pulled down 7 rebounds, Garrett 5 and Carlie Alvis 4.
Graves County was 9 of 21 from 3-point range and 9 of 22 from the foul line. Four of Coach Aaron Beth’s Lady Eagles finished in double figures with Raychel Mathis scoring 21, Bailey Wilson 15, Sophie Calloway 11 and Taylor Carrico 10.
Graves has since won the FNB Holiday Classic at South Warren and finished second in the Lady Marshals Holiday Classic at Marshall County.
LCHS 62, Warren Central 28
Hale hit 3 of 6 three-point attempts on the way to 15 points. Kennedy had a double-double with 14 rebounds and 13 points. Vanzant added 9 points and Borders 7. Also scoring were Alvis, Garrett, Kaylin Page, White and Bingham. White and Vanzant each hit a 3-ponter.
Borders added 9 rebounds with White, Vanzant and Garrett getting 5 boards each.
Alyssa Conner scored 15 and La Aunhni Lewis 8 for Central, but the reminder of the Lady Dragons managed only 5 points total.
Logan out-rebounded Coach Joe Hood’s team 51-23.
LCHS 43, Franklin-Simpson 41
In a game that was tight all the way, Logan County’s Kennedy Nichols scored on an inbounds play with 40 seconds remaining, and the Lady Cougar defense forced Franklin-Simpson into an off-balance 3-pointer at game’s end. As a result, LCHS won 43-41. Nichols finished with 12 points with White and Hale scoring 11 each. Nichols added 13 rebounds.
Evyn McCutchen led Coach Lex Lindsey’s Lady Cats with 17 points. Hadley Turner scored 7 points and pulled down 10 rebounds.
LCHS 46, Daviess County 34
Nichols had a super game with 15 points and 14 rebounds. Hale and Vanzant added 10 points each.
LCHS 79, Hopkinsville 72
Coach Baird’s team showed it could win high-scoring contests, too.
Paige Vanzant scored 34 points, which resulted in her being named Daily News Player of the Week. Hale added 17 points and White 10. Nichols had another double-double with 12 each of points and rebounds.
Yogianah McKnight scored 21 for the Lady Tigers with Breon Oldham adding 19 and Jayla Rose 14. McKnight was 5 for 5 from 3-point range and 8 of 8 overall. Rose hit 6 of 8 free throws to go with her 9 rebounds.
Metcalfe County 70, LCHS 64
White responded to her first starting assignment of the season by scoring 13 points and grabbing 5 rebounds. Vanzant led the way with 15 points and tied Nichols for the team rebounding lead with 8. Hale was third in both categories with 11 points and 6 rebounds.
Kaylee Harbison had a sensational game for the Lady Hornets with 29 points and 11 rebounds. Braelyn Davis scored 15, Jaycie Harper 12 and Macy Welsh 10.
LCHS 79, Covington Holmes 64
In their first game of the Allen County round robin event, Paige Vanzant scored 25, Hale 19 and Nichols 16. Kennedy Nichols also had 13 rebounds while Alvis and Bingham each had 7 boards. Vanzant connected on 10 of 14 free throws and Hall 7 of 10. The rest of the team went 6 of 17 at the line.
The most important fact from this game was that Paige’s twin sister, Peyton Vanzant, not only was able to play for the first time this season, but she responded with 7 points and 4 rebounds.
Hale hit 4 of 6 three-pointers while the Vanzant twins each got one to fall from long range. Nichols, meanwhile, was 7 of 9 from the field.
AC-S 67, LCHS 58
Despite Paige Vanzant scoring 21 points and Sarah Beth Hale 20, the Lady Cougars lost to the 12-3 host Lady Patriots. Shots from outside the arch weren’t falling often. Hale was 2 for 7 and Bingham 1 for 4, and the rest of team went 0 for 7 from long range.
Bingham and Borders were each 2 for 2 at the line while Paige Vanzant was 7 of 11.
Nichols had 7 rebounds, Hale 6 and White 5.
Sarah Sutton totaled 26 points, Mason Towery 13 and Taylor Carter 12 for the Lady Patriots. Sutton also had 12 rebounds and Chloe Cook 8.
LCHS 78, Nelson County 53
Statistics from this game have not yet been reported.