New Palestine's three-game GBB winning streak came to an end Wednesday night as the Dragons fell to Lawrence Central 60-49 on the road.
The Dragons jumped ahead early, but LC used a 17-2 first-quarter run to pull ahead to a double-digit lead. LC forced several first-half turnovers and led 19-8 late in the quarter.
NP's Bethany Murrell hit a half-court shot at the first-quarter buzzer and she had seven of her team's 11 early points. The Bears were able to build a 34-25 lead going into halftime, led by 15 points from guard Kacey Johnson. Murrell had 12 of the Dragons' 25 points in the first half.
Despite falling behind by 12 on the first possesion of the third after a 3-pointer by Calyn Hosea, the Dragons made several runs to cut into LC's lead in the third quarter, and cut the deficit to two on several occasions. LC's McKenzy Telfair hit a 3-pointer out of the corner at the buzzer to give the Bears a 42-37 edge, and LC then scored the first four points of the fourth quarter. NP cut the deficit to four on several occasions, but the Bears were able to stave off each run.
LC had 12 second-chance points -- outrebounding the usually-strong-on-the-glass Dragons 34-29 -- and added and 28 points off NP's 23 turnovers.
Murrell had 14 points to lead the Dragons. Stephenson added 12 points and three assists. Kyleigh Smock had nine points on 3-of-4 shooting and two steals. Abby Seifert -- the HHC's top rebounder -- had eight points and nine rebounds.
Johnson led LC with 22 points, five rebounds and six steals, while Hosea added 15 points nad eight reobunds.
The Dragons are now 9-10 on the year. They will conclude the regular season Saturday at Pendleton Heights. Our friends at WEEM-91.7 will have the live broadcast of that game.
You can listen to the archive of the NP-LC game at HancockCountySports.com. Join us this weekend for boys basketball -- NP at Yorktown on Friday and Eastern Hancock at Greenfield-Central on Saturday. Join our crew at 7:10 p.m. each night!
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