PREP BASKETBALL ROUNDUP: Lady Panthers cruise past Breck (02/08)

Eleven players scored as the seventh-ranked Elizabethtown Lady Panthers rolled to a 67-40 win over homestanding Breckinridge County on Thursday.

Freshman forward Erin Boley led the Lady Panthers (18-6) with 14 points and seven rebounds, while sophomore guard Darien Huff had 13 points and three steals.

Sophomore center Reauna Cleaver chipped in with 11 points, eight rebounds and three blocks, while senior guard Anna Bowling added seven points, four assists and three steals.

ELIZABETHTOWN 67, BRECKINRIDGE COUNTY 40

Elizabethtown      16     20     16    15—67

Breckinrdige Co.    5     12      9    14—40

Elizabethtown (18-6)

Erin Boley 14, Darien Huff 13, Reauna Cleaver 11, Anna Bowling 7, Kaitlyn Coffman 6, Alexis Powell 4, Rachel Warden 4, Jessica Duwe 3, Deanna Downs 2, Toni Pfeiifer 2, Madison Lark 1. FG: 27-60. FT: 8-11. 3-pointers: 5-12 (Huff 2-2, A. Bowling 2-2, Duwe 1-2, Boley 0-1, Downs 0-1, Livie Bowling 0-1, Lark 0-3).Rebs: 32 (Cleaver 8, Boley 7, Coffman 4). Assists: 18 (A. Bowling 4, Warden 3, Lark 3). Steals: 15 (Huff 3, A. Bowling 3).

UP NEXT: Elizabethtown plays No. 11 Clay County at 3:30 p.m. Saturday in the Duke's Valentine's Classic at East Hardin.

BULLITT CENTRAL 52, CENTRAL HARDIN 42. The homestanding Lady Bruins (4-20) lost their second straight following a two-game winning streak.

Junior guard Aislynn Barnes paced Central Hardin with nine points, while sophomore guard Shelby Maggard scored eight and eighth-grade guard Mariah Helton had seven.

Sophomore forward Melanie Humphrey and junior guard Mikaela Worth each scored six.

BULLITT CENTRAL 52, CENTRAL HARDIN 42

Bullitt Central        8     13     12    19—52

Central Hardin       9      6     10    17—42

Central Hardin (4-20)

Aislynn Barnes 9, Shelby Maggard 8, Mariah Helton 7, Melanie Humphrey 6, Mikaela Worth 6, Caynan Powell 4, Quortesha Cross 2. FG: 12. FT: 12-21. 3-pointers: 6 (Helton 2, Worth 2, Barnes 1, Powell 1).

UP NEXT: Central Hardin hosts Adair County at 6 p.m. Saturday in the first game of a girl/boy doubleheader.

MEADE COUNTY 83, EDMONSON COUNTY 81, 2OT. The visiting Lady Waves (18-8) had to go to two extra periods to win their seventh straight and snap Edmonson County’s three-game winning streak.

No statistics were available.

UP NEXT: Meade County plays at North Hardin at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday.

BOYS

LOUISVILLE EASTERN 55, CENTRAL HARDIN 26. The visiting Bruins (10-11) were held to a season-low point total as Eastern won its third straight.

Senior guard Alex Crowder paced Central Hardin with six points, two steals and one assist, while senior forward T.J. Gordon and senior post Tyler McCullough each scored four.

The Bruins were held to 10-of-41 shooting from the field and 4-of-15 from the arc.

EASTERN 55, CENTRAL HARDIN 26

Central Hardin       7      5      4    10—26

Eastern              20     12     18      5—55

Central Hardin (10-11)

Alex Crowder 6, T.J. Gordon 4, Tyler McCullough 4, Troy Squires 3, Jacob Barnes 3, Troy Kerr 3, Evan Payne 3, Dillon Glenn 2. FG: 10-41. FT: 2-5. 3-pointers: 4-15 (Squires 1-7, Payne 1-2, Barnes 1-2, Kerr 1-1, Crowder 0-1, McCullough 0-1, Cody Elmore 0-1). Rebs: 28 (Kerr 3, Squires 2, Gordon 2, Glenn 2). Assists: 4 (Squires 1, Elmore 1, Crowder 1, McCullough 1). Steals: 7 (Crowder 2).

UP NEXT: Central Hardin hosts Bardstown at 7:30 p.m. Saturday in the second game of a girl/boy doubleheader.