JIM WALKER

jim.walker@irontontribune.com

 CHESAPEAKE — Whatever Coach Chris Ball did at halftime, he needs to keep doing it.

Chesapeake led by just one point at halftime, but the Lady Panthers came alive in the second half and pulled away to a 60-37 Ohio Valley Conference win over the Rock Hill Redwomen on Tuesday.

The Lady Panthers had 4 players in double figures as Abbey Isaacs scored 20, Kate Ball had 15, Erin Hicks 11 and Ciera Nichols added 10.

J’lynn Risner scored 13 and Haylee Dance 10 for Rock Hill.

“We little foul trouble, we have some new girls who had some jitters and Rock Hill played well in the second quarter. Abby had a nice game and shot the ball well. Erin Hicks handled the ball for us. They had a junk defense for Kate and the other girls picked it up,” said Coach Ball.

“We were able to score more consistently with our pressure in the second half. They have a couple nice players and they’re well-coached, but Kate hit a few shots and Abbey was aggressive.”

Chesapeake (1-0, 1-0) took a 12-5 first quarter lead as Isaacs hit a pair of 3-pointers and Ball scored 4 points.

The Redwomen came back strong in the second quarter and got within 23-22 at the half.

Risner hit a triple and scored 9 points, Myles Bailey got her first varsity points with a trifecta and Abigail Payne added a basket in the scoring surge.

Ball and Chloe Parott combined for 9 points for the Lady Panthers.

But in the third quarter, the Lady Panthers erupted and outscored Rock Hill 20-7.

Hicks hit a 3-pointer and scored 7 points, Isaacs had 6 points, Nichols got 4 points and Ball hit a trifecta.

Bailey hit another 3-pointer for Rock Hill while Risner and Payne scored 2 points each.

It wasn’t much different in the fourth quarter as Chesapeake outscored the Redwomen 17-8.

Isaacs scored 8 points, Nichols had 4 more points and Ball drilled another 3-pointer.

Dance had 4 points including a pair of free throws and Bailey added a basket to account for all of Rock Hill’s points in the quarter.

Rock Hill 5 17 7 8 = 37

Chesapeake 12 11 20 17 = 60

ROCK HILL (0-1, 0-1): Myles Bailey 1 2 0-0 8, Haylee Dance 3 0 4-6 10, J’lynn Risner 5 3 0-1 13, Abby Schug 0 0 1-2 1, Abigail Payne 1 0 2-2 4, Sammy Bamer 0 0 1-2 1. Totals: 10 3 8-13 37. Fouls: 9. Fouled out: None.

CHESAPEAKE (1-0, 1-0): Sara Dillon 0 0 0-0 0, Erin Hicks 3 1 2-2 11, Chloe Parott 1 0 2-2 4, Abbey Isaacs 7 2 0-0 20, Clairyan Romans 0 0 0-0 0l, Kate Ball 4 2 1-2 15, Ciera Nichols 5 0 0-1 10. Abby Mitchell 0 0 0-0 0. Totals: 20 5 5-7 60. Fouls: 11. Fouled out: None.