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Lady Bears suffer first loss at East Central

By: Michael D. Gunnell, Southwest Sports Information
Keturah Bingham

Women's Basketball | 12/4/2017 11:13:00 PM

Game one of MACJC South Division play went the way of the East Central Lady Warriors Monday night in Decatur as they handed the Lady Bears their first defeat of the season, 70-61. The loss dropped the Lady Bears to 6-1 overall while East Central moved to 7-0 overall.

The first quarter featured five ties and three lead changes. The Lady Bears took their biggest lead of the period, 14-11, on an Amari Pittman trey with 3:08 on the clock. East Central then six of the final eight points of the quarter to take a 17-16 lead headed to the second quarter.

Quarter number two was much like the first, with three ties and a pair of lead changes. The Lady Bears went up 20-18 on Danyelle Lewis' jumper with 6:58 on the clock before East Central scored eight of the next nine points to go on top 26-21 with 4:04 before halftime.

After the Lady Bears tied the game at 27-27 on a Kacie Fountain free throw, East Central scored the final five points of the quarter to take a 32-27 lead at intermission.

A Peyton Papenburg basket with 8:46 left in the third quarter cut the Lady Bears' deficit to 32-29. Outscoring the Lady Bears 12-7 over the next 6:02, East Central then increased their lead to 48-36, with 2:44 on the clock, before taking a 54-42 lead into the final quarter.

A Keturah Bingham three pointer with 8:15 left in the game cut the East Central lead to 54-45. East Central then outscored the Lady Bears nine to four to take their largest lead of the night, 63-49, with 4:16 to go.

The Lady Bears made a comeback attempt, going on a 9-2 run capped by a Bingham layup with 1:35 to play and trimming the East Central lead to 65-58. But, that would prove to be as close as they would get as East Central held on for the win.

Lewis scored 12 points in the game to lead the Lady Bears' offense while Bingham was also in double figures with 10 points. Rachel Thompson led the Lady Bears on the boards with 12 rebounds while Fountain recorded five assists. The Lady Bears went 11-19 from the free throw line.

Diamond Wraggs scored 21 points for East Central to lead all scorers. She and her teammates hit 18 of 30 free throws.

The Lady Bears close out the 2017 portion of the schedule Thursday night at home when they host the Louisiana College Lady Wildcats JV squad in their annual Holiday Hoops contest. Tipoff is set for 6:00.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Players Mentioned

Keturah Bingham

#4 Keturah Bingham

F
6' 0"
Sophomore
Danyelle Lewis

#3 Danyelle Lewis

G
5' 7"
Sophomore
Peyton Papenburg

#10 Peyton Papenburg

G
5' 8"
Sophomore
Rachel Thompson

#15 Rachel Thompson

F
5' 9"
Sophomore
Kacie Fountain

#1 Kacie Fountain

G
5' 8"
Sophomore
Amari Pittman

#14 Amari Pittman

G
5' 7"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Keturah Bingham

#4 Keturah Bingham

6' 0"
Sophomore
F
Danyelle Lewis

#3 Danyelle Lewis

5' 7"
Sophomore
G
Peyton Papenburg

#10 Peyton Papenburg

5' 8"
Sophomore
G
Rachel Thompson

#15 Rachel Thompson

5' 9"
Sophomore
F
Kacie Fountain

#1 Kacie Fountain

5' 8"
Sophomore
G
Amari Pittman

#14 Amari Pittman

5' 7"
Freshman
G