Lady Panthers back over .500 as end of regular season approaches

The Ridgeland Lady Panthers took one on the chin from region frontrunners Northwest Whitfield in Tunnel Hill this past Tuesday, but the Black-and-White would bounce back on Friday as they went on the road and handled Walker County rival LaFayette in a Region 6-AAAA contest.

Northwest girls 63, Ridgeland 28

In Tuesday’s opener, the (Class AAAA) No. 6-ranked Lady Bruins held the Lady Panthers to one of their lowest point totals of the season.

Sarah Meadows was held to just nine points, while Brylee Dunn finished with eight in the loss.

Ridgeland 51, LaFayette 29

Meadows, the fourthleading scorer in the state according to stats complied by MaxPreps at 25.8 points per game, added to that average on Friday.

The senior guard had 21 points in the first half and finished with 31 as the Lady Panthers (11-10, 5-4) completed the season sweep of their county and region rivals with a win in LaFayette’s Dan Priest Gymnasium.

Meadows also had five steals for the Blackand-White, who led 14-5 after one quarter of play and 33-15 at intermission.

The visitors from Rossville would put the game away in the third, outscoring the Lady Ramblers, 18-8, as both teams emptied the benches in the final eight minutes.

Amaya Harrington

had eight points and four boards in the victory, Brylee Dunn had six points, 10 rebounds, five blocks and four assists. Haley Sandridge and Fran King combined for 15 rebounds to aid the cause.

Ridgeland will look to improve on their record this Friday when they travel to Pickens for a 6 p.m. region game. They will return home the following day to face Trion at 4 p.m. in a nonregion game.

The Lady Panthers will close out the regular season with two games against seventhranked Heritage. They will host the Lady Generals on Tuesday, Jan. 31 before playing at Heritage on Friday, Feb. 3. Friday’s game is a makeup from a game postponed by weather back in early January.