CHESHIRE — The draught is over.

The River Valley Lady Raiders downed the Fairland Lady Dragons 63-54 Thursday to end a 22-game losing streak in the Ohio Valley Conference.

The Lady Raiders’ last win in the OVC dates back to Dec. 8, 2005, when they beat Chesapeake 45-42 in the conference opener.

After taking a 15-14 lead at the end of the first quarter, Fairland led 25-18 with 2:18 left in the first half.

But River Valley went on a 19-2 run from the end of the second quarter until the 5:19 mark of the third quarter to lead 37-27.

River Valley held its biggest lead of the game at 49-32 with 6:19 left to play.

MacKenzie Rucker and Shelby Fuller scored 11 points each to lead the Lady Dragons (3-5, 0-4). Destinee Spears and Megan Brooks added nine points each.

Brooke Marcum and Kelsey Sands had 11 points each for River Valley (6-3, 1-3).

Foul shooting played a key role in the game as Fairland made 16-of-32 from the line and River Valley was 25-of-44.

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FAIRLAND (3-5, 0-4): Destinee Spears 1 1 4-8 9, MacKenzie Rucker 4 0 3-6 11, Brianna Day 1 0 0-0 2, Lauren Phillips 1 1 1-4 6, Lauren Fulks 0 0 0-0 0, Jordan Fulks 3 0 0-0 6, Shelby Fuller 4 0 3-6 11, Megan Brooks 2 0 5-8 9. Totals: 16 2 16-32 54.

RIVER VALLEY (6-3, 1-3): Kelcie Baird 0 0 0-0 0, Amanda Hager 0 0 4-4 4, Rachel Walburn 2 0 2-4 6, Marissa Marcum 0 0 0-0 0, Kelsey Sands 1 0 9-11 11, Kirsten Carter 3 0 2-4 8, Courtney Circle 1 2 1-3 9, Molly Ruff 3 0 2-2 8, Mackenzie Cluxon 1 0 0-0 2, Iliana Corfias 1 0 0-2 2, Brooke Taylor 0 0 0-0 0 , Jenna Ward 0 0 2-2 2, Brooke Marcum 4 0 3-12 11. Totals; 16 2 25-44 63.