By JIM WALKER

Tribune Sports Editor

 

They’re back.

The poor shooting woes for the Ironton Lady Fighting Tigers returned Monday in a 43-30 loss to the Wheelersburg Lady Pirates.

Ironton’s shooting had picked up in recent weeks, but the Lady Tigers were just 12 of 40 from the field and only 4 of 14 at the foul line this time.

“Nothing was falling. It was one of those nights,” said Ironton coach Doug Graham. “Wheelersburg’s an athletic team, they’re well-coached and the Schmidt girl is a good shooter. You can’ afford to have an off-night against them.”

Eric Schmidt scored 21 points for the Lady Pirates (12-7) to lead all scorers.

Emily Davis had 8 points, Karlee McMackin and Lexy Washington 7 each and Ariel Schweickart 6 for Ironton (5-14).

Wheelersburg led by as many as 10 points in the first quarter before Schweickart’s layup made it 14-6.

Fay Proehl’s layup put the Lady Pirates up 21-12 in the second quarter but McMackin converted a 3-point play and it was 23-15 t the half.

Ironton went on a 9-0 run to start the second half — six by Davis — and McMackin’s baseline shot at the 3:21 mark gave the Lady Tigers their only lead at 24-23.

Schmidt hit a 3-pointer as Wheelersburg regained the lead and it was 30-24 at the end of the quarter.

Wheelersburg scored the last 7 points of the third quarter and the first 7 of the fourth quarter to go up 37-24.

Ironton hosts Huntington on Thursday in the final regular season game.

Wheelersburg 14 9 7 13 = 43

Ironton 6 9 9 6 = 30

WHEELERSBURG (12-7): Sadie Ruby 0 0 2-5 2, Fay Proehl 3 0 0-1 6, Brooklyn Yeley 1 2 0-0 8, Loran Spradlin 3 0 0-2 6, Erica Schmidt 6 3 0-0 21, Brooklyn Adams 0 0 0-1 0, Paige White 0 0 0-0 0, Hannah Cyrus 0 0 0-0 0, Maggie Stegman 0 0 0-0 0, Sarah Willis 0 0 0-0 0. Totals: 18-41 2-9 43. 3-point goals: 5-18. Rebounds: 7-21=28 (Spradlin 7, Proehl 5). Team rebounds: 3. Assists: 5 (Ruby 3). Steals: 3.Turnovers: 10. Fouls: 15. Fouled out: None.

IRONTON (5-14): Emily Davis 4 0 0-2 8, Ariel Schweickart 2 0 2-4 6, KarleeMcMackin 3 0 1-2 7, Alicia Murphy 10 0-2 2, Lexy Washington 2 0 3-4 7, Jordan Leach 0 0 0-0 0, Taylor Hannon 0 0 0-0 0, Saige Fields 0 0 0-0 0, Macy Wise 0 0 0-0 0. Totals: 12-40 4-14 30 30. 3-point goals: 0-3. Rebounds: 12-18=30 (Washington 10, Murphy 7, Davis 4). Team rebounds: 3. Assists: 6 (Murphy 2, Schweickart 2). Steals: 2 (Davis 2). Turnovers: 9. Fouls: 12. Fouled out: None.