Jim Walker

jim.walker@irontontribune.com

 

ASHLAND, Ky. — The St. Joseph Female Flyers got offensive.

The Female Flyers outscored the Rose Hill Christian Lady Royals 64-44 Thursday and improved to 15-2 on the season.

Hannah Miller and Amber Neal combined for 47 points. Miller scored a game-high 28 and Neal hit five 3-pointers as she scored 19 points.

“We shot the ball pretty well the whole game,” said St. Joseph coach Nick Miller.

“We played a lot of kids throughout the game. The kids off the bench scored some points for us.”

Myriah Porter scored 19 points and Paige Brammer had 13 to lead Rose Hill (3-17).

Hannah Miller hit three 3-pointers in the first quarter and scored 10 points as St. Joseph took a 17-5 lead.

Neal played copycat and scored 11 points in the second quarter and also hit three 3-pointers of her own as the lead went to 32-18 at the half.

Brammer had 7 points and Porter 5 as Rose Hill scored 13 in the quarter.

Miller came back to score 14 points in the third quarter to match Rose Hill’s total and the lead ballooned to 53-32.

Katie Roach scored 5 points to lead St. Joseph in the fourth quarter. Porter scored 7 points in the quarter including her 1,000th career point with less than two minutes to play.

St. Joseph plays at 6 p.m. Saturday at Manchester.

St. Joseph 17 15 21 11 = 64

Rose Hill 5 13 14 12 = 44

ST. JOSEPH (15-2): Katie Roach 2 1 0-2 7, Hannah Martin 0 0 0-0 0, Amber Neal 1 5 2-3 19, Rachel Martin 0 0 0-1 0, Hannah Miller 10 2 2-3 28, Sarah Snowden 0 0 0-0 0, Haley Bartram 1 0 0-0 2, Molly Miller 2 0 0-0 4, Lynsey Booker 1 0 2-2 4. Totasl: 17 8 6-11 64. Fouls: 17. Fouled out: None.

ROSE HILL CHRISTIAN (3-17): Myriah Porter 3 1 10-12 19, Paige Brammer 6 0 1-2 13, Madison Crum 2 0 2-6 6, Shainia Grant 0 0 2-3 2, Kirsten Wehmeier 2 0 0-0 4, Kendra Steele 0 0 0-0 0, Sarah Sizemore 0 0 0-0 0, Natalie Fyffe 0 0 0-0 0, McKenLee Sparks 0 0 0-0 0, Shelby Keating 0 0 0-0 0. Totals: 13 1 15-23 44. Fouls: 11. Fouled out: None.