Girls Basketball: No. 10 (4A) Locust Fork 67, J.B. Pennington 34
Published 7:38 am Tuesday, December 11, 2012
- Locust Fork guard Kimberly Horton drives her way past Peyton Dempsey of J.B. Pennington in the Hornets' victory Monday night.
Freshman guard Kasi McMillan scored 19 points and grabbed 10 rebounds, as 10th-ranked Locust Fork outran J.B. Pennington 67-34 in Monday night girls basketball play.
McMillan shot 64 percent from the floor, and also had three steals and a block. It keeps her season-to-date stats on a double-double pace — 11 points and 13.4 rebounds per game.
“Kasi, as a freshman, broke the school record for rebounds in a game,” Hornet coach Barbara Roy said.
She paired up with junior guard Selena Hart, who recorded a double-double of her own with 17 points and 12 rebounds. She was 3-of-6 from behind the 3-point line, and also dished out seven assists.
The Hornets (9-2) were in command from the outset, leading by 18 at halftime and holding the Tigers to a single point in the fourth quarter.
It was yet another solid performance from a Locust Fork squad that has only eight players on the roster — five juniors, a freshman and two eighth-graders.
“They’re a hard-working group of girls, all of them,” Roy said. “Kasi, Kristen [Cox] and and Brittany [Hudson] came up and played varsity as freshmen. A lot of times the young girls just come up and play — they’re just fearless.”
Roy is in her 11th season coaching the team.
Pennington (3-7) was led by Madison Casale with 11 points, including three treys, and Madison Butts with 10 points, including a pair of threes.
The Hornets host Springville on Friday, while the Tigers travel to Cleveland on Tuesday.