CHESHIRE – Time was not on the Chesapeake Lady Panthers side.

Friday, December 29, 2000

CHESHIRE – Time was not on the Chesapeake Lady Panthers side.

River Valley was at the foul line shooting what could have been the game-tying free throw with 1.7 seconds remaining.

But the Lady Raiders missed the shot and Chesapeake grabbed the rebound. The ball was knocked loose, fell to the floor, and Brittany McDade picked up the ball and scored to lift River Valley past the Lady Panthers 48-47.

"We should never have been in that situation," Chesapeake coach Chad Belville said. "I can’t fault my girls. Our girls played their hearts out. River Valley is playing well right now. They lost to Logan by one in overtime and beat Gallipolis at Gallipolis."

Erin Sutphin had a game-high 23 points to lead the Lady Panthers, 3-5. Kim Frye had eight rebounds, three assists, and five steals.

River Valley was led by Nicole Watkins with 16 points.

Chesapeake led the entire game until the end of the game.

Watkins, who had 14 of her points the fourth quarter, hit a 3-pointer with 25 seconds left to put River Valley ahead. Sutphin answered with a 3-pointer to put Chesapeake ahead 47-46 with 20 seconds left.

Chesapeake 16 6 13 12 – 47

River Valley 9 11 10 16 – 48

CHESAPEAKE (3-5): Erin Sutphin 5 4 1-2 23, Michelle Elkins 1 0 0-0 2, Emily Delimpo 2 0 3-8 7, Kim Frye 1 0 5-5 7, Jennifer Rice 1 0 0-0 2, Michelle Christian 1 0 1-2 3. Totals: 11 4 10-18 47. Fouls: 18. Fouled out: None. Rebounds: 25 (Frye 8, Delimpo 4, Sutphin 4). Assists: 14 (Frye 3). Steals: 15 (Frye 5, Sutphin 5). Turnovers: 11.

RIVER VALLEY: Julia Mollohan 0 0 1-2 1, Cynthia Ward 3 1 0-0 9, Christine Baird 0 2 0-0 6, Nicole Watkins 3 2 4-4 16, Chelsea DeGarmo 2 0 3-6 7, Brittany McDade 3 0 2-4 8. Totals: 11 5 10-16 48. Fouls: 17. Fouled out: DeGarmo.

Minford 54, South Point 34

MINFORD – The Minford Lady Falcons made a big first quarter lead stand up in a 54-34 rout of the South Point Lady Pointers Thursday.

Minford jumped out to an 18-2 first quarter lead and coasted to the win.

"We just can’t seem to get off to a good start the first quarter," South Point coach John McClung said. "But our girls are playing hard. And (Allison) Perdue had her best game of the year. Minford just hurt us on the boards and got too many second shots."

Perdue had 17 points, 10 rebounds, and six steals to lead the Lady Pointers.

Amanda Porter scored 19 points and Andrea King 14 to pace Minford.

South Point 2 14 8 10 – 34

Minford 18 9 8 19 – 54

SOUTH POINT: Whitney Morrison 2 0 1-2 5, Sara Stevens 1 0 2-6 4, Ashley Leighty 0 2 1-3 7, Allison Perdue 5 0 7-10 17, Jessica Shockley 0 0 0-1 0, Julie Stevens 0 0 1-2 1. Totals: 8 2 12-25 34. Fouls: 17. Fouled out: None. Steals: 13 (Perdue 6). Rebounds: 21 (Perdue10).

MINFORD: Christie Skaggs 1 0 0-0 2, Andrea King 5 0 4-4 14, Brittany McGraw 2 0 0-2 4, Jessica James 1 0-1 2, Erica Lawrence 0 0 1-2 1, Mandy Miller 1 0 2-4 4, Janice Coriell 2 0 0-0 4, Lori Arthur 0 0 2-2 2, Brittany Rudd 2 0 0-0 4, Amanda Porter 9 0 1-2 19, Totals: 23 0 10-16 54. Fouls: 19. Fouled out: None.