Lady Rockets win snow-flipped encounter

EDDYVILLE, Ky. – On a night when Crittenden County couldn’t answer the door at its own place, the Lady Rockets knocked improvised host Lyon County out early and completed a sweep of the Fifth District with a 67-50 victory on Friday.

The Lady Rockets have now won 17 games, just eight from the most ever in a season with six games to play, plus the district tournament. 

CCHS was the scheduled host of the game, but because its students were out of school for snow, the game was moved to Lyon where the Lady Rockets had already beaten Lyon earlier in the season. This time Crittenden opened the show with a celebration of senior Taylor Guess breaking Lyon County’s Saundra Oliver Ramey’s Fifth District scoring record. Ramey set the record in 1981 and she appeared on the jumbo screen at Eddyville before the game to congratulate Guess, who announced just before tipoff that she had been offered a scholarship to play basketball at Lyndsey Wilson College in Columbia, Ky.

Guess promptly scored 38 points – two fewer than she’d dropped in the first meeting with Lyon this season. 

The Lady Rockets will be at home Saturday at 3pm against Mayfield. 

Lyon County 11 29 38 50
Crittenden County 17 40 57 67
LYON – Cotham 12, Taylor 10, Holland 11, Defew 5, Collins 12, Perry, Coursey, Brasher, Downing. FG 19. 3-pointers 2 (Cotham, Holland). FT 9-18.
CRITTENDEN – Guess 38, N.Boone 6, A.Boone 8, Evans 8, Hatfield 5, Federico 2, Hunt, McDaniel, Rushing, Holeman, Stewart. FG 23. 3-pointers 6 (Guess 4, N.Boone 2). FT 13-17.