The Lady Lancers started out the substate tournament in high fashion Wednesday night against the Altoona-Midway Jets with a 60-15 win.
The contest, held in the Allen Community College gymnasium, was one-sided from the start. The Jets struggled to hit from the field, the Lancers did not.
“Tonight was probably one of our best shooting percentages yet,” head coach Ben Vaughn said.
Kurston Gilliland hit first for the Lancers. Madison Covey took the reigns from there. She had five field goals in the quarter, three of which came back-to-back. The Lancers went on a 15-0 run with another shot from Brooklynn LaCross.
The Jets broke the streak with a jumper from Ashley Caylor with 1:50 remaining in the quarter. The buzzer sounded with the score held at 21-2.
Brytton Strickler started the offensive performance for the second quarter, with two 2s from the field. The Lancers were in the bonus midway through the second quarter.
The Jets began to have a bit of luck before the half ended. Jordyn Graham hit a free throw, and two field goals off of fast breaks. The score was edged to 30-9 before the break.
“We were a lot better on defense, we forced a lot of turnovers,” Vaughn said.
Gilliland took her familiar role as the lead scorer for the second half. Gilliland, along with Emmalee Seabolt, LaCross and Strickler, mounted a 14-0 run on the Jets midway in the third. The 49-12 score was representative of a strong third quarter effort from the Lancers.
The running clock made short work for the remainder of the game. Strickler hit a foul shot, followed by three field goals for Gilliland.
Gilliland led in scoring for the Lancers with 22 points, followed by a strong 15-point performance from Covey. Strickler had nine, LaCross contributed eight points.
“I was really happy with the way we played tonight,” Vaughn said, “Especially with not being able to practice the past couple days because of the snow storms.”
The Lancers will play tonight against Southern Coffey County at the ACC gym, in the second round of Class 1A, Division II substate play.
Altoona-Midway (2-7-3-3—15)
Crest (21-9-19-11—60)
Altoona-Midway (FG/3pt-FT-F-TP): Caylor 1-0-1-2, Garcia 0-1-0-1, Burris 0-0-4-0, LaCrone 0-0-5-0, Culter 1-1-1-3, Lane 0-0-2-0, Graham 3-1-0-7, Coble 1-0-3-2. TOTALS: 6-3-16-15.
Crest (FG/3pt-FT-F-TP): Strickler 3-3-3-9, Gilliland 11-0-1-22, LaCross 3-2-3-8, Seabolt 1-2-2-4, Kellar 1-0-3-2, Covey 6/1-0-3-15. TOTALS: 25/1-7-15-60.
Crest High girls roll
