ADAMS TOWNSHIP — Miami Trace’s Lady Panthers opened defense of their South Central Ohio League title Saturday with a 55-32 win over Clinton-Massie at the Lebanon Road gym.
The Lady Panthers are now 3-0 overall, while Clinton-Massie levels its record at 2-2.
Juniors Victoria Fliehman and Tanner Bryant shared team high-scoring honors for Miami Trace with 12 points each.
Clinton-Massie sophomore Faith Cottrell was the game’s leading scorer with 14 points. Sophomore Emily Ireland scored six points and senior Madilyn Newton had five.
“We start three seniors, a sophomore and a junior,” Clinton-Massie head coach Tim McGraw said. “We’re kind of a mixture. We’ve got girls in spots where they haven’t had to play before.
“We have a lot of girls who are ready to step up and play. They are very capable of carrying on those roles, but we just ran into a very tough and very good Miami Trace team today.”
Miami Trace’s defense created problems for Clinton-Massie in the early going. The Lady Falcons turned the ball over on their first four possessions. Trace led 17-3 at the end of the first period.
Clinton-Massie had 10 turnovers in the first quarter and began the second quarter with turnovers on its first two possessions. Miami Trace opened a 25-5 lead with 4:27 to play in the first half.
Cottrell scored on back-to-back trips and Brooke Rose helped make it a 6-0 Massie run as the Lady Falcons began to find the shooting range but it was still a 13-point game.
Scoring first in the third quarter, Clinton-Massie pulled to within 10 points of the Lady Panthers. That was as close as the Lady Falcons could get, however, the remainder of the ball game.
SUMMARY
December 3, 2016
@Clinton-Massie High School
Miami Trace 55 Clinton-Massie 32
MT 17.11.17.10…..55
CM 03.13.10.06…..32
(55) MIAMI TRACE (fg-3fg-ft-tp) Olivia Wolffe 0-0-0-0 Cassidy Lovett 1-0-0-2 Becca Ratliff 2-2-0-6; Hanna Reisinger 2-1-4-9; Shaylee McDonald 1-1-0-3; Morgan Miller 2-1-0-5; Victoria Fliehman 3-2-4-12; Tanner Bryant 4-0-4-12; Tori Evans 0-0-0-0; Samantha Ritenour 2-0-0-4; Tori Riley 1-0-0-2. TOTALS 18-7-12-55. Free throw shooting: 12 of 14 for 86 percent. Combined field goal shooting: 18 of 49 for 37 percent. Three-point field goal shooting: 7 of 16 for 44 percent. Turnovers: 8. Rebounds: 22 (9 offensive). Assists: 12. Steals: 17.
(32) CLINTON-MASSIE (fg-3fg-ft-tp) Emily Ireland 1-0-4-6; Johanna Theetge 0-0-0-0; Faith Cottrell 5-1-3-14; Brooke Rose 1-0-1-3; Haley Conley 1-0-0-2; Alana Smith 0-0-0-0; Piper Hurlburt 0-0-0-0; Sydney Leary 1-0-0-2; Hannah Doss 0-0-0-0; Madilyn Newton 2-1-0-5; Savannah Myers 0-0-0-0. TOTALS 11-2-8-32. Free throw shooting: 8 of 10 for 80 percent. Combined field goal shooting: 11 of 25 for 44 percent. Three-point field goals: 2 of 8 for 25 percent. Offensive rebounds: 4. Turnovers: 27.
