McCONNELSVILLE - The Morgan Lady Raiders put three players in double figures as they scored a 57-49 Muskingum Valley League win over Crooksville on Wednesday night.
Darian Apperson tallied 12 of her game high 18 points in the first quarter as Morgan led 16-15 after one quarter. The Lady Ceramics finished the second quarter on a 12-0 run to lead 31-25 at the break.
The Lady Raiders erased an eight point third quarter deficit behind nine points from Tianna Allen to lead 41-38 after three frames.
Vada Clemens would score eight fourth quarter points including two big three pointers to finish off the win.
Allen and Clemens each added 16 points. Clemens also had nine assists while Allen had six steals. Morgan won the rebounding battle 32-22 with Chani Hopkins grabbed nine boards for the winners.
The win kept Morgan in second place in the MVL standings and snapped Crooksville's eight game winning streak.
Fact Box
Morgan 57, Crooksville 49
Crooksville 15 16 07 11 - 49
Morgan 16 09 16 16 - 57
Crooksville (9-4, 5-4)
Brianna Finck 4, 0-0, 9; Hannah Cavinee 2, 0-0, 6; Sedona Sowers 4, 0-0, 12; Jaden Derwatcer 2, 2-2, 8; Shelbi Van Meter 5, 3-3, 13; Hiliary Taylor 0, 1-2, 1; Storm Smith 0, 0-0, 0.
Totals: 17-53, 6-7, 49
Three Pointers (9-25) Sowers (4), Derwacter (2), Cavinee (2), Finck (1).
Rebounds 22 (Finck 6, Van Meter 5); Assists 11 (Derwacter 5, Finck 3); Steals 11 (Finck 4); Turnovers 24.
Morgan (8-4, 6-3)
McKayla Kangas 1, 0-0, 3; Christina Campbell 0, 0-0, 0; Vada Clemens 4, 4-6, 16; Laura Davis 1, 0-0, 2; Tianna Allen 6, 2-2, 16; Darian Apperson 9, 0-0, 18; Chani Hopkins 1, 0-0, 2. Arissa Nelson 0, 0-0, 0.
Totals: 22-46, 6-8, 57
Three Pointers (7-15): Clemens (4), Allen (2), Kangas (1).
Rebounds 32 (Hopkins 9, Apperson 8, Allen 7); Assists 20 (Clemens 9); Steals 16 (Allen 9) Turnovers 26.
JV Game: Morgan 32 Crooksville 19 - M: Tiffany Hopkins 12
Next Game: at Maysville Saturday JV game at 6 pm.
Caldwell 50, Newcomerstown 42
Newcomerstown 13 11 11 7 - 42
Caldwell 13 12 15 10 - 50
NEWCOMERSTOWN
Allie Hinton 8 9-12 28, Amber Kennedy 0 0-0 0, Lexi Montgomery 2 0-0 5, Sam Watson 0 0-0 0, Molly Popapak 0 0-0 0, Karli Peach 3 2-5 8, Annie Johns 0 1-2 1, Paige McMullen 0 0-0 0. Totals 13 12-19 42.
CALDWELL (2-10, 1-6)
Laiken Figel 0 0-0 0, Megan DeVol 6 1-2 13, Jennifer Leasure 4 4-8 12, Lexy Schell 2 1-3 6, Breanna Sawyer 3 0-2 6, Ciarra Petry 4 0-2 11, Tiffany Yerian 0 0-2 0, Rachel McKown 1 0-0 2. Totals 20 6-19 50.
Team stats: Newcomerstown: Shooting: 13-53 (25 percent); 3-point goals: 4 (Hinton 3, Montgomery 1); Rebounds: 28 (Hinton 11); Assists: 4; Steals: 10 (Hinton 6); Turnovers: 17; Caldwell: Shooting: 20-54 (37 percent); 3-point goals: 4 (Petry 3, Schell 1); Rebounds: 25 (Leasure 15); Assists: 13 (Petry 3, Schell 3, DeVol 3); Steals: 9 (Schell 4); Turnovers: 21.
JV: Caldwell 40, Newcomerstown 16
Next game: Caldwell at Shenandoah Monday at 6 p.m.
Fort Frye 56, Buckeye Trail 15
Fort Frye 9 11 22 14 - 56
Buckeye Trail 6 6 0 3 - 15
FORT FRYE (11-2, 6-1)
Michelle Adkins 2 0-0 5, Shawntell Parsons 0 0-0 0, Natalie Hart 0 0-0 0, Lexi Skinner 0 0-0 0, Brooke Borich 4 0-0 11, Micayla Hupp 3 1-2 7, Morgan Liedtke 3 1-2 10, Taylor Buchanan 5 2-2 12, Deidra Combs 4 0-0 8, Megan Liedtke 1 1-2 3. Totals 22 5-8 56.
BUCKEYE TRAIL
Catie Smith 2 2-2 6, Paige McCort 0 0-0 0, Kayleigh Smith 0 1-2 1, Allison Sichina 2 0-0 4, Katie Larrick 2 0-0 4, Alexis Williams 0 0-0 0, Bailey Cross 0 0-0 0, Ashlee Nichols 0 0-0 0, Megan Warne 0 0-0 0, Janessa Flood 0 0-0 0. Totals 6 3-4 15.
Team stats: Fort Frye: Shooting: 17-50 (34 percent); Rebounds: 16 (Morgan Liedtke 4, Buchanan 4); Assists: 10; Turnovers: 4; Buckeye Trail: Shooting: 6-27 (22 percent); Rebounds: 17 (Larrick 5).
JV: Fort Frye 50, Buckeye Trail 5
Next game: Huntington St. Joe at Fort Frye at 6 p.m. Saturday
The Lady Raiders will play at league-leading Maysville on Saturday night.
Caldwell 50, Newcomerstown 42
The Caldwell Lady Redskins picked up their second win of the season Wednesday night as they beat Newcomerstown 50-42. Caldwell, now 2-10, was led by Megan DeVol's 13 points. Jennifer Leasure added 12, while Ciarra Petry chipped in with 11.
Allie Hinton had a game-high 28 points for Newcomerstown.
Caldwell shot 20-for-54 (37 percent) from the floor compared to just 13-for-53 (25 percent) for Newcomerstown.
Newcomerstown actually held the edge in rebounding and turnovers, but could not shoot well enough to get a victory.
Leasure led everyone with 15 boards on the night.
Caldwell is back in action Monday when it goes on the road to play Shenandoah.
Fort Frye 56, Buckeye Trail 15
Fort Frye rebounded nicely from its second loss of the season against River with an absolutely dominating display over Buckeye Trail Wednesday night.
The Lady Cadet defense held Buckeye Trail to 6-for-27 (22 percent) shooting on the night en route to a 56-15 victory.
Dan Liedtke's squad is now 11-2 on the year and 6-1 in Pioneer Valley Conference play.
Taylor Buchanan (12), Brooke Borich (11) and Morgan Liedtke (10) all hit double digits in scoring for Fort Frye, while Deidra Combs added eight and Micayla Hupp chipped in with seven.
Liedtke and Buchanan each had a team-high four rebounds. FFHS?was only up 20-12 at halftime, but outscored Trail 22-0 in the third quarter to break it wide open. Fort Frye will look to keep it up Saturday when it hosts Huntington St. Joe in a non-conference tilt.
