Lady Panthers pick up win against Hixson

The Ridgeland Lady Panthers grabbed a little momentum heading into 2022 with a 43-27 victory over Hixson in the seventh-place game of the Gordon Lee Chick-fil-A Christmas Tournament this past Thursday morning.

Ridgeland (2-9) knocked down nine 3-pointers against the Lady Wildcats, four in the first quarter alone. Haylee Collins had four those as she finished with a team-high 14 points. Madison Lennon and Lexie Young had two threes apiece to finish with eight and six points, respectively.

Cordasia Watkins finished with five points. Camby Arthur added three points. The trio of McKensie Miller, Desiree Powell and Annabel Hill had two points each, while Emma Fowler picked up one.

TRION 64, RIDGELAND 34

The Lady Panthers fell behind early and never recovered as they dropped a decision to the Lady Bulldogs in the first game of the tournament last Tuesday morning.

Trion, ranked No. 3 in the latest Class A Public School poll, led 31-11 at halftime before Ridgeland got its offense on track in the third quarter with 18 points. However, it was not enough to complete the comeback.

A total of 10 different players scored for the Lady Panthers, led by eight points from Watkins and six from Fowler. Hill added four points, while Lennon, Young and Collins had three each.

The scoring was rounded out by two points apiece from Miller, Arthur and Shayla Rosson, and one point from Powell.

DADE COUNTY 54, RIDGELAND 28

The Black-and-White got a season-high 11 points from Fowler on Wednesday morning, but it was not enough to get them past the Lady Wolverines in a consolation-round game.

Hill had four points for Ridgeland. Lennon and Arthur each scored three. Watkins, Miller and Ardeja Battle dropped in two apiece, while Powell added one.