Lady Rockets lose 4th straight at BG tournament

Lady Rockets Andrea Federico and Elliot Evans
work to guard Central Hardin's Juliana Stith.

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Crittenden County’s Christmas curse reached a holiday break low over the weekend at Bowling Green when CCHS slogged through a four-game losing skid finished off by a 58-50 loss to Central Hardin. Crittenden finished last place at the eight-team South Warren Holiday Bash.

It wasn’t what most observers had expected after the Lady Rockets opened the season 5-2 and sleighed into the holidays on a roll after beating Fifth District rival Lyon County.

Since beating the Lyons on Dec. 15, CCHS has lost five of its last six, all on the road at neutral holiday tournament sites.

As has consistently been the case this season, the Lady Rockets shot in the lower 30 percent range in the loss to Central Hardin (4-10). Crittenden went five minutes in the last quarter without a bucket and shot just 22 percent in that period. 

The Rocket girls were hot handed out of the chute though, and led for a moment in the opening period, before falling behind by double figures before halftime. They never got much closer.

Lady Bruins junior point guard Juliana Stith, who averages 20 points, was unstoppable although CCHS tried various options to defend her. She handled the ball, ran the offense and poured in a game-high 28 points. CCHS sophomore Anna Boone had 22 and classmate Elliot Evans added 13.

The Lady Rockets, now 6-7 on the season, will play again on Thursday at Webster County.

Crittenden Co. 14 20 38 50
Central Hardin 14 32 48 58
CRITTENDEN – Boone 22, Evans 13, Holeman, Federico 6, Rushing 2, Hodge 5, Stewart 2. FG 14. 3-pointers 2 (Evans, Hodge). FT 20-22.
Link 5, Stitch 28, Blair 10, Vanderberg 2, Higgins 13, Calllahan, Johnson. FG 22. 3-pointers 3. FT 11-13.