St. Albans                    10   13  17   15  =   55

Parkersburg South        09   25  16   36  =  86

South Scoring:  Kayla Ayers 30, Ali Morris 20, Danielle Floyd 18, Amber Shreeves 6, Kara Longwell 3, Jessica Moore 2, Jessica Gilkeson 2, Kelsi Halbert 2, Dani Haverty 1, Sammy Hicks 1, Ryan Fieler 1.

St. Albans Scoring:  Crawford 18, Gillwater 15, Smith 8, Fitzgerald 5, Lester 4, Parsons 4, Wilcox 1.

South Statistics:   Rebounds, 39 (Ayers 14, Morris 11);  Assists, 11 (Morris 5);  Steals, 14 (Ayers 4, Morris 3);  Turnovers, 13;  Field Goal Shooting, 25-60 (42%);  Free-Throw Shooting, 30-39 (77%);  Total Fouls, 22.

St. Albans Statistics:  Rebounds, 28;   Turnovers, 24;  Field Goal Shooting, 17-44 (39%);  Total Fouls, 28.

JV:  Parkersburg South 75, St. Albans 33

South JV Scoring:  Hannah Maston 14, Mary Seagraves 14, Sarah Beha 13, Jessica Moore 11, Katelyn Porter 11, Kristiana Hunt 5, Kelsi Halbert 4, Sammy Hicks 3.

South girls notch 500th win

By Steve Hemmelgarn, Parkersburg News & Sentinel

PARKERSBURG — Parkersburg South’s 86-55 girls basketball victory over visiting St. Albans Saturday night was sweet for two reasons.

The win, accomplished with a 52-point second half capped by a 36-point fourth quarter, marked the 500th Patriot girls cage win in their 34th season of varsity competition. The South girls have won 66 percent of their games.

Also, key to Saturday’s triumph over the Red Dragons was 6-foot senior Kayla Ayers, who with her 30-point performance on 10 field goals including two treys and 8-of-12 at the foul line, became the first South player to score 30 in a game since Taylor Phillips in the 2006 Class AAA sectional.

But despite the final score, the first three quarters were anything but easy for the fourth-ranked (Class AAA) Patriots, still perfect on the season at 9-0, who led only 50-40 after three periods against the game Red Dragons (5-3).

In fact, St. Albans held a 10-9 lead after the opening stanza. But in the second quarter, South went on a 14-3 run, fueled by Ayers, to surge in front 23-15 at the 4:04 mark. Then after back-to-back treys by Brittany Crawford (18 points) and Kayla Gillenwater (14 points), the Patriots ended the first half with a 11-2 spurt, engineered by Amber Shreeves, Ayers and Ali Morris, for a 34-23 lead at the break.

After an even third period, Danielle Floyd and Ayers each tallied 11 points in the fourth quarter as South ran away and hid from the Red Dragons.

Morris finished with 20 points for the game, while Floyd netted 18 for South, which plays next at Parkersburg High at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday.

After ‘‘not playing very well for the first half, we tried to not let Crawford and Gillenwater get as many good looks at the basket or wide-open shots as they were early in the first half,’’ said South head coach Scott Stephens, whose team nevertheless dominated on the boards.

‘‘We’re pleased to be 9-0 at this point,’’ added Stephens. ‘‘But we’ve got to keep on building on what we’ve done so far.’’
 

Girls Basketball Round-Up

Charleston Sunday Gazette-Mail

Kayla Ayers poured in 30 points for the Patriots (9-0), while Ali Morris added 20. For the Red Dragons (5-3), Brittany Crawford scored 18 points and Kayla Gillenwater added 14.