Crittenden County escaped Christian County Thursday with a 50-47 win in a game featuring two of the top teams in the Second Region.
In this contest, there was a great deal of hacking and whacking that led to numerous foul shots and five girls fouled out, including Crittenden starters Addie Hatfield and Natalie Boone. Three of Christian’s top four scorers also fouled out in the fourth period, limiting the Lady Colonels’ size advantage down the stretch.
The Lady Rockets led most of the game. It’s largest lead was nine points in the first period before Christian County went on a 9-0 run to tie it. From there, the margin was rarely larger than three points, but Crittenden only trailed once the entire game. That came midway through the third period. It was tied again at 47 with less than a minute to go.
Crittenden closed out the victory at the foul line, but barely made enough to win. Taylor Guess, who scored a team-high 24 points, was 2-for-4 in the final minute and Elliot Evans made 1-of-2 to put Crittenden ahead for good with 38 seconds to go. The Rocket girls missed 6 of 13 fourth-quarter freebies and only three Crittenden girls scored in the whole game. Anna Boone finished with 17 and Evans had nine. Guess grabbed 19 rebounds.
Christian County turned the ball over twice in front court in the final minute and missed two shots just before the buzzer that could have forced overtime.
Going into the contest, the Lady Rockets had matched up against the Colonel girls only twice over the previous 13 years, including Crittenden’s regional championship victory over Christian County in 2011. The Rocket girls last saw Christian County in a 2015 holiday tournament and lost.
With its win, the Lady Rockets improved to 7-0 against Second Region opponents and 9-3 overall. The Crittenden girls went into the Christian County matchup ranked No. 5 in the KHSAA’s Second Region power rankings while the Lady Colonels (5-8) are No. 6.
Crittenden will be at home for a matinee 3pm start Saturday against 2-9 University Heights.
Guess, who is chasing the Fifth District career scoring record, now has 2,193 points, needing 159 to break the league’s 42-year-old . She averages 25 points per game.
Crittenden County 13 25 37 50
Christian County 8 22 35 47
CRITTENDEN – Guess 24, A.Boone 17, Evans 9, N.Boone, Federico, Hunt, Hatfield. FG 14. 3-pointers 2 (A.Boone, Guess). FT 19-29.
CHRISTIAN – Northington 3, McGregor 10, Bagwell 15, Day 3, Harris 13, Powell, Bradley 3. FG 12. 3-pointers 2 (McGregor, Bagwell). FT 12-26.
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