Lady Maroons cool off Hopkinsville

The Madisonville-North Hopkins Lady Maroons improved to 2-0 on the season and rolled past host Hopkinsville 70-49 in a girls’ high school basketball game Thursday night.

The Lady Maroons led 18-10 after one quarter, but outscored Hoptown 20-7 in the second quarter to put the game out of reach.

Alecia Davis led the Lady Tigers (1-1) with 15 points and Toria Sharber added 13. Shanti Wilson provided 11 for Hoptown, which returns to action tonight against Lyon County at Calloway County.

Score by Quarters:

Madisonville-North  18  20  17  15 – 70

Hopkinsville             10  7   12  20 – 49

MNHHS (2-0) – Nelson 8, Johnson 18, Wright 9, Carney 14, Sword 11, Bryant 7.

HHS (1-1) – Sharber 13, Davis 15, Love 2, Wilson 11, Allensworth 2, Watkins 6.

3-point Goals:

MNNHS – Sword, Bryant; HHS – Sharber, Davis, Wilson 3, Watkins.