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HUNTINGDON (December 18) — Huntingdon hit the road on Saturday, December 15, to take on Henry County and came home last Tuesday to play host to Camden. The Fillies lost a close 1-point contest to the Lady Patriots thanks to one bad quarter offensively while the Mustangs had a sluggish first half and fell to the Patriots. The outcomes were different against Camden as the Fillies started out slow but ended up dominating the Lady Lions while the Mustangs were in a dogfight against the Lions from start to finish and won a close one at the end.
Fillies 55, Henry Co. 56
A bad third quarter scoring effort cost the Fillies a win at Henry County. The opening period was close with the Lady Patriots holding a slim 12-11 lead at the end of one period. The Fillies got hot in the second period outscoring Henry County 20-11 to take a 31-23 lead at the half. Adyn Swenson scored ten points during the period while Brooke Butler nailed a pair of threes and Kamaya Harris added a three-pointer of her own.
Huntingdon came out the third period cold as you could possibly be without going scoreless. The Fillies were outscored 15-4 in the period but still only trailed 38-35 at the end of three periods. Both teams scorched the nets in the fourth period with Huntingdon scoring another 20 points and the Lady Patriots answered with 18 of their own points. Swenson put together another ten-point effort in the final period as the Fillies fell to the Lady Patriots 56-55.
Adyn Swenson led all scorers with 26 points including 14 baskets and 4-5 shooting from the charity stripe. Tyasia Reed had 9 points, Addison Postlethwait had 8 points, and Brooke Butler had 7 points for the Fillies. Kamaya Harris added 3 points while Allie Jones chipped in a pair of free throws.
Kelli Chipman and Caroline Hudson led Henry County with 13 points each. Mary Raye Smith added 8 points while Ella Bomar and Averie O’Daniel chipped in 2 points each.
Mustangs 40, Henry Co. 52
A sluggish first-half scoring effort doomed the Mustangs in the nightcap against the Patriots. Henry County had the hot hand in the first period outscoring Huntingdon 17-9. Huntingdon was outscored again 12-7 in the second period to find themselves trailing the Patriots 29-16 at halftime.
The Mustangs came out and outscored the Patriots 14-10 in the third period to get the deficit to a manageable 39-30 at the end of three periods but the Patriots outscored Huntingdon 13-10 in the final period to hand them a 52-40 loss.
Xavier White led Huntingdon scorers with 10 points followed by Clay Pinson and Nikolas Bynum with 8 points apiece and Hunter Ledsinger with 7 points. Kaleel Bailey added 5 points while DeJuan Raglin chipped in 2 points for the Mustangs.
Henry County was led by Serrcy King and John Odoms with 12 points each. Deon Young and Donte Davis had 9 and 8 points respectively. Will Singleton added 6 points and Andrew Wimberly chipped in a free throw for the Patriots.