Washington County Enterprise-Leader
All Over In First Quarter
LADY CARDS ROUT GENTRY
FARMINGTON — Farmington scored all the points needed to win in the first quarter by jumping ahead 33-8 on the way to a 66-32 rout of Gentry in 4A-1 girls basketball action.
Tori Kersey poured in 25 points for Farmington to lead all scorers with Carson Dillard ( 13) and Megan Hernandez (10) joining her in double figures. Trinity Johnson hit a pair of 3-point shots, scoring all 8 of her points in the first period while Morgan Brye finished with 7 points.
The conference game played Tuesday, Jan. 26 at Gentry was decided early with four Farmington starters combining for a 33-point explosion in the first period. Trinity Johnson broke an early 2-2 tie by swishing a 3-pointer. Her second trey came off Kersey’s offensive rebound, pushing the lead out to 10-2, and she blocked a Gentry 3- point attempt midway through the quarter. Gentry in-bounded on the side but Brye rejected their next shot in the lane.
Kersey added a third Farmington block later in the quarter. Alyssa McCarty got the rebound and scored a layup for Gentry, but the Lady Pioneers gave up a steal to Trinity Johnson, who went the length of the court for an easy deuce to cap a wild first quarter by Farmington.
Brye, the only Lady Cardinal starter who didn’t score in the opening salvo, got the first bucket of the second on a fast-break assist from Dillard. Farmington added 15 more points in the second quarter to 8 for Gentry to open up a commanding 48-16 lead at halftime.
Gentry managed to rally, outscoring the Lady Cardinals 13- 8 in the third, but trailed 56-29 going into the fourth quarter. Farmington finished the game on a 10-3 run, aided by blocking two more Gentry shots to win big, 66-32.
Jaiden Wilmouth hit double digits with 12 points for Gentry with McCarty and Emily Toland scoring 7 points each. Ashlyn Little added 5 for the Lady Pioneers.