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Kelly heats up in rivalry but Pacers continue to rule

Written by Register Staff

Thursday, 04 February 2010

The Rising Sun Lady Shiners hit a season best nine 3-pointers and gave
the Switzerland County Lady Pacers all they could handle but Coach Wayne
Ellegoods girls managed to hold onto a 58-48 win to complete a sweep of
the Ruler of the River rivalry series ... The Rising Sun Lady Shiners hit a season best nine 3-pointers and gave
the Switzerland County Lady Pacers all they could handle but Coach Wayne
Ellegoods girls managed to hold onto a 58-48 win to complete a sweep of
the Ruler of the River rivalry series on Tuesday, Jan. 26 at Vevay.
The Pacers ended a three-game losing streak which started after
defeating Rising Sun in the finals of the River Town Classic at South
Dearborn.
Rising Sun leading scorer Katie Duncan, ORVC Player of the Week, opened
the game with a basket and Kayla Kelly hit the first of a career high
five 3-pointers to give Rising Sun an early 5-0 lead. Switzerland County
answered with a 14-1 run but the Shiners bounced back to stay within
seven points for the rest of the half.
Kayla always plays well against Switzerland County, said Shiner Coach
Jim Jackson. Perhaps thats because of family ties which includes cousin
Lindsay Scott.
Kelly, a senior, finished with a season high 15 points in her final
head-to-head battle against her cousin, who finished with three points.
It was the final matchup on the hardwood for the longtime family rivalry.
The Pacers led at each stop& 12-6, 22-19, 43-34 and 58-48.
Switzerland Countys Kristen Perry finished with a career-high 25 points
including 9-of-10 from the free throw line to go with 11 rebounds for a
double-double.
Duncan scored 20 points, including a pair of 3-pointers, and had 13
rebounds to lead Rising Sun and Kelly was 5-of-6 from behind the arc to
account for all of her 15 points. Rising Sun was 9-for-20 on 3-pointers
as a team.
Senior Teryn Elder added eight points, including a pair of 3-pointers,
and six assists for the Shiners with Chelsea Bowman adding two and one
each by Kelsey Baillie and Samie Lozier.
The Pacers hit 19-for-25 at the free throw line while the Shiners were
just 7-for-11.
Rising Sun closed out the Ohio River Valley Conference season with a 2-4
record and a fifth place finish.
Switzerland County enters the final week of the regular season with a
2-2 ORVC mark with games remaining against Southwestern and Shawe.
Rising Sun dropped its third of four straight road games with a 49-42
loss at Morristown on Saturday.
Its a game we should have won but we had 31 turnovers, noted Coach
Jackson.
The 5-13 Shiners were scheduled to play at Madison on Tuesday and close
the regular season at home against former Shiner Abby (Carrigan)
Friends Lawrenceburg Lady Tigers tonight (Thursday).

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