STAFF REPORT
LaFAYETTE — What was a competitive first half on Thursday night at Macon County came apart after halftime as the Viqueens just couldn’t maintain pace in the second half.
The Lady Tigers outscored Community 24-7 in the second half and Community fell, 45-27.
While struggling to score in the paint, Community did manage to knock down a handful of 3-pointers in the first half to keep it close.
Brooklyn Yoes drilled a pair in the first quarter, and Savannah Pearson and Taylar Wessner each hit one in the second.
Macon County led 10-8 after the first quarter, but it was Community that rallied on a 12-11 run to cut the lead to one point by halftime.
But in the second half, the offense was simply put, a struggle.
Sara Flannagan’s lone basket in the third quarter marked the only points by the Purple and Gold in period.
She added the only other field goal in the second half in the fourth quarter as well, while Wessner was able to go 3-for-4 from the free throw line.
Macon County, meanwhile, was able to spread its offense among six players in the second half and also work its way to the line.
As a team, the Lady Tigers shot an efficient 7-of-10 attempts at the line in the second half alone.
Macon County’s Natalie Greene was the lone player for either team to reach double figures with 15 points.
Yoes, Wessner and Flannagan each finished with six points to lead Community.
Community 8 12 2 5 — 27
Macon Co. 10 11 12 12 — 45
Community: Brooklyn Yoes 6, Taylar Wessner 6, Sara Flannagan 6, Alyssa White 4, Savannah Pearson 3, Mattie Maxey 2.
Macon Co.: Natalie Green 15, Katie Jo Shockley 8, Allie Kate Austin 8, Chloe Solomon 6, Arianna Jones 3, Kaylee Slayton 3, Payton Crump 2.
3-Point goals: Community (4): Yoes 2, Pearson, Wessner; Macon Co. (6): Austin 2, Solomon 2, Shockley, Jones.
Halftime score: Macon Co. 21, Community 20.
