Worth County’s girls built up a 35 point lead midway through the third quarter, then had to weather a frantic Pattonsburg rally to clinch the GRC West last Monday with a 73-62 win. Worth County had previously won the GRC Showcase Title the Saturday before over Milan, but their GRC West matchup against Pattonsburg had gone unplayed due to inclement weather. A win by Pattonsburg would have handed the GRC West title to Stanberry, since Worth County would have had two conference losses. As it played out, Worth County shared the title with Stanberry, since both finished with one conference loss.
The game represented one of the highest point totals for the Tigers. They previously put up 76 points in a 76-56 win over Princeton back in 2017, when the current seniors were freshmen and made their first varsity debut, in the first game played in the renovated gym at Worth County. The Tigers subsequently scored 76 in Thursday’s 76-39 win over Maysville as well.
The two teams started out red hot, with Worth County holding a 7-6 lead over the Panthers at the 5:50 mark. But then Worth County started pulling away, as they scored the next 12 points. Regan Allee hit a 3-pointer off a pass from Megan Cassavaugh, Kaylee McElvain hit three free throws, Anna Gladstone added a steal and a drive, and Regan Allee scored off a drive to make it 19-6 at the 3:11 mark. The Tigers pulled away to a 27-13 lead after one.
Worth County continued to pull away in the second quarter as Anna Gladstone cleaned up off a miss in transition to start the period. Grace Warner countered with a free throw for the green shirts, but Anna got another putback, Kristin New scored two free throws, Regan Allee added a steal, and Anna Gladstone added a three point play to make it 38-14.
Warner and the Panthers made a stand for the next minute, but then Regan Allee hit a 3-pointer to spark a 9-0 run for the Tigers at the 2:54 mark. Anna Gladstone scored off a Regan Allee steal, Regan scored a drive down the left baseline, and Anna Gladstone scored off a drive with 1:34 left to make it 51-18. Pattonsburg scored the next four points before Regan Allee hit a free throw to make it 52-22 at the half.
The lead grew to as big as 35 twice in the third quarter as Regan Allee had the hot hand and Jill Hardy added five points. But Worth County started putting their subs in after the score got to 62-27; however, Pattonsburg was not ready to throw in the towel. All of a sudden, Jill Plymell, who had missed a ton of 3-point attempts during the first two and a half quarters, suddenly heated up and knocked off five 3-pointers in a span of just over four minutes during the latter part of the third quarter and the start of the fourth. When the dust was settled, the lead was down to 68-52 at the 4:47 mark of the fourth, and Worth County had to put their starters back in. The Panthers continued to make a charge, getting to the line at will in the latter stages before Worth County was finally able to run out the clock in the last two minutes to get the win.
Regan Allee had 26 points for Worth County. Anna Gladstone had 22, Kaylee McElvain 9, Jill Hardy 8, Merrideth Spiers 6, and Kristin New 2.
Regan Allee had 8 rebounds. Anna Gladstone had 7, EmiLee Brown 5, Jill Hardy and Kristin New 4, and Merrideth Spiers and Megan Cassavaugh 1 each.
Kristin New had 10 assists. Megan Cassavaugh had 5, Anna Gladstone and Regan Allee 3 each, Jill Hardy 2, and Kaylee McElvain and EmiLee Brown 1.
Kristin New had 7 tips. Regan Allee and Jill Hardy had 5, Anna Gladstone and Megan Cassavaugh 3, and Kaylee McElvain 1.
Regan Allee had 5 steals. Anna Gladstone and Megan Cassavaugh had 4, while Kristin New, Jill Hardy, and Kaylee McElvain had 1.
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