Orange County’s girls basketball team took a big first quarter lead Wednesday night but Eastern View refused to go quietly, forcing the Hornets to scratch and claw their way to a 41-36 victory in the Eastern View tournament’s title game.
After jumping out to a 15-4 lead in the opening frame behind 11 points from Kiani Hudgens, Orange struggled in the second quarter and still trailed by one at the end of three. Hudgens took over again in the fourth, scoring seven points to finish with 18 points on the night.
Laine Harrington finished with seven points for Orange while Diamond Towles had five points, all at the free throw line.
Emily McCombs with 24 points to lead Eastern View including an 8-for-9 night from the free throw line.
William Monroe girls fall to Turner Ashby in Holiday title game
For three and a half quarters, William Monroe’s girls basketball team gave 2014 Group 3A state champion Turner Ashby all the Knights could handle.
But in the final stages of the fourth quarter, TA took control and pulled away from the Dragons as William Monroe fell 66-53. Kierstin Roadcap led the way in that fourth quarter assault, scoring 20 of her 31 total points in the fourth, including a 12-for-14 performance at the free throw line in that frame.
The Dragons and Knights were tied at 43-43 with a little more than four minutes to play, but Monroe ran out of steam down the stretch after three straight days of basketball. Sam Brunelle finished with 30 points on the night, going 10-for-13 at the line. Dajour Strother had 10 points for the Dragons and Makayla Morris had six points.
The Dragons won’t get much rest, as they travel to George Mason Wednesday night in a key Bull Run District clash.
Other scores
Buckingham’s boys basketball team fell 45-39 to Rustburg Wednesday. Leon Ragland led the Knights with 15 points while B.J. Gough had 10. Michael Allen had nine rebounds.
St. Anne’s-Belfield’s girls basketball team finished as the runner-up in the Boo Williams Tournament’s Silver Bracket, falling to Kings Fork in the title game 64-62. Ashley Taylor and Brianna Tinsley were named to the all-tournament team.
