Lady Longhorns fall to Lady Rebels

The Marengo Academy Lady Longhorns fell to the South Choctaw Academy Lady Rebels 74-44 in Linden on Tuesday night. Mary Grace Sheffield led the Lady Longhorns with 22 points.

The Lady Longhorns held the game close in the first quarter, which ended with the Lady Rebels holding a 17-15 lead. However, the Lady Longhorns gave up 23 second quarter points to the Lady Rebels, while only scoring 13. The Lady Longhorns trailed 40-28 at the half.

The scoring was close in the third quarter, with the Lady Longhorns getting 14 points while giving up 18 points. That stretched the Lady Rebel lead to 58-42. The Lady Rebels tacked on 16 points in the fourth, while the Lady Longhorns only managed two points, both coming from free throws.

In addition to Sheffield’s 22 points, Trinity Wilkinson hit for 11 and Riley Newton accounted for nine. Raegan Pritchett was the only other Lady Longhorn on the board with two points. Emily Phillips and Faith Copeland tallied 21 points each for the Lady Rebels. Lillie Johnson added 11, Karley McDaniel scored nine and Katie Harwell added two 3-pointers. Kallie Watts, Brooke Harwell and Jordan Strawn contributed three, two and one point, respectively.