Fourth Quarter Explosion Not Enough For Lady Cardinals To Beat Greenwood

FARMINGTON — A 36-point offensive explosion in the fourth quarter against 6A Greenwood wasn’t enough to overcome three quarters of frustration working against the Lady Bulldogs’ half-court trap.

The Farmington girls basketball team came up four points short and suffered its first loss at home this season, 63-59, on Jan. 9. The game was tied four times in the first 3:19, the last of which came at 9-9 when Alexis Roach attacked the goal, drew a foul and sank both charity shots. Greenwood then went on a 22-4 tear to close out the first half capitalizing upon oodles of Farmington turnovers. The Lady Cardinals had trouble figuring out how to operate against Greenwood’s constant trapping in halfcourt sets.

Greenwood led 31-13 at the half and 44-23 after three quarters before Farmington solved the riddle and erupted for 36 points in the final eight minutes of play. Greenwood junior guard Kyiah Julian scored 23 points, including 8 in the fourth quarter. She had two 3-pointers and went 3-for-4 at the foul line down the stretch. Freshman guard Kinley Fisher started and scored 13 for Greenwood.

Sophomore guard Makenna Vanzant, who also started last season as a freshman, led Farmington with 19 points. Madisyn Pense added 17 and junior forward Alexis Roach contributed 14.

GREENWOOD 63, FARMINGTON 59

Greenwood 15 16 13 19 — 63 Farmington 9 4 10 36 — 59 Farmington (13-3, 1-1): Makenna Vanzant 19, Madisyn Pense

17, Alexis Roach 14, Camryn Journagan 5, Joelle Tidwell 2, Madison Parsley 2. Greenwood (10-7, 2-0): Kyliah Julian 23, Kinley Fisher 13, Kaila Cartwright 9, Stormi Baggs 4, Haven Clements 4, Anglea Price 3, Ally Sockey 2, Harley Terry 2, Susannah Stein 2, Shea Goodwin 1.

Farmington 63, Clarksville 56

In her first game back in the Lady Cardinal lineup, Audrey Culpepper came up big, scoring 14 points to help the Lady Cardinals secure a 63-56 win at Clarksville Friday.

Farmington trailed 30-27 at halftime, but the Lady Cardinals outscored Clarksville 36-26 in the second half. Roach led the Lady Cardinals with 19 points while Vanzant added 17. Alexie Tibbs led Clarksville with 21 points, and Kyerra Cowell had 11.