Mason County vs. Lexington Catholic (Girls)

Lexington Catholic High School
Lexington, Kentucky
January 20, 2006

©2006 by Ron Harrison

Mason County (13-5) vs. Lexington Catholic (15-1)

Mason County coach Paula Buser started the following lineup:  5-7 So. Kasey Litzinger, 5-9 So. De’Sarae Chambers, 5-7 Jr. Torrey Chambers, 5-6 So. Lacey Cline, and 5-5 Sr. Miranda Hales.  Lexington Catholic coach Greg Todd countered with 5-10 So. Natalie Novosel, 5-7 So. Briana Green, 6-0 Sr. Anaris Sickles, 5-7 Jr. Keyla Snowden, and 5-8 Sr. Nikki Davis.

Lexington Catholic led 13-10 in the first quarter but closed out the quarter with a 14-0 run on their way to a 95-56 victory over Mason County.  The Lady Knights scored 43 points off 23 Mason County turnovers and held a 23-0 advantage in bench scoring.

The victors shot 57.8% from the field, connected on 18 of 24 free throws, and pulled down 34 rebounds.  Mason County shot 36.8% from the field, connected on 12 of 13 free throws, and grabbed 33 rebounds.

Nikki Davis led six Lady Knights in double figures with 22 points, five rebounds, seven assists, and four steals.  Anaris Sickles added 17 points and six rebounds while Natalie Novosel chipped in with 13 points, six rebounds, seven assists, and five steals.  Keyla Snowden and 5-11 Jr. Kellie Cash recorded 12 and 10 points respectively, with Snowden adding six steals.  6-0 Fr. Malik Stevenson also reached double figures with 10 points, six rebounds, and five blocked shots.

Lacey Cline led Mason County with 27 points and 17 rebounds.  De’Sarae Chambers and Kasey Litzinger added 13 and 11 points respectively.  Torrey Chambers chipped in with five points and nine rebounds.

Mason County	10	15	15	16	-	56
Lexington Catholic	27	27	22	19	-	95

Mason County	(56)	-	Litzinger 11, D. Chambers 13 , T. Chambers 5, Cline 27, Hales 0.
Lexington Catholic	(95)	-	Novosel 13, Green 8, Sickles 17, Snowden 12, Davis 22, Wilson 3, Cash 10, Stevenson 10.

Acknowledgements

A special thanks to the Lexington Catholic stat crew Glen Gentry and Gary Long for providing the computer statistics for tonight’s game.

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