WAVERLY — The Southern Coffey County High girls basketball season came to an end against St. Paul in a Class 1A-II Substate semifinal loss Friday, 61-37.
The Lady Titans (12-10) kept the game close up until the second half, when St. Paul ended the game with a 37-20 run. St. Paul scored 22 points in the fourth quarter.
Jalea True and Josie Weers kept the Lady Titans in the game early with their 10 points combined in the first quarter. St. Paul’s Josey Harris hit a three and a couple of two-point baskets to pin SCC back at the end of the first, 13-10.
Weers then hit a couple of two-point floaters and a couple of free throws in the second quarter to keep Southern Coffey within striking distance.
Harris hit a couple more two’s for St. Paul while Elise Doherty drained four points of her own for the Indians.
SCC trailed St. Paul at halftime, 24-17.
That’s when the good things stopped happening for SCC. St. Paul got behind some Harris three’s and a Sophia Albertini three in the third to take a double-digit lead. SCC’s True went for four points in the third but the Lady Titans trailed heading to the fourth, 39-29.
St. Paul’s Kenna Doherty and Harris each exploded in the fourth quarter. Doherty went for nine points while Harris added on seven to secure a 61-37 victory for the bad guys.
True led SCC’s scoring with 17 points while Weers netted 11 points and Karley Ohl scored five.
Senior Lady Titans Ross Snovelle, Vonda Borntreger, Weers and True all played in their final games for Southern Coffey County High.
SCC (14/1-6-8—37) (FG/3pt-FT-F—TP): Snovelle 1-0-1-3, Weers 5-1-3-11, Borntreger 0-0-1-0, Ohl 2-1-2-5, True 7-4-2-18.
