“We came out and did what we wanted and that was throw the first punch,” Green said. Johnson put the Lady Bears up 13-10 with three minutes left in the opening quarter.Ĭlark responded with an 11-2 run to go up by four, but Shelby McDaniel came off the bench to keep HCHS close as she scored twice including a drive to end the quarter that cut the deficit to 19-17. Clark pulled even on a 3-pointer by Igo and three-point play by Behanan. Her rebounding has been phenomenal,” Green said.Ĭox had two baskets in the opening three minutes as the Lady Bears moved the ball well in building an 8-2 lead.
“There’s no replacing Kaylea Gross, but Lainey has been great. The Lady Bears played most of the season without all-state center Kaylea Gross due to a knee injury, but Cox took on a bigger role and played especially well in the Lady Bears’ postseason run. Senior forward Lainey Cox saved perhaps her biggest game in a breakout campaign for the biggest stage as she finished with 17 points and a team-high nine rebounds. “I should have done a better job of kicking it out.” “The got really tight on me and when I got it down low they put two or three people on me,” she said. Green hit seven of 15 shots in the final game of her high school career before she moves on to the University of Kentucky next year.
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