The Shadow
On the road this past Friday, the Mountain Gateway Lady Roadrunners (7-11) used a big fourth quarter to defeat the Northern Virginia Lady Nighthawks 72-62.
With the score tied 45-45 entering the fourth quarter, the Lady Roadrunners outscored the Lady Nighthawks 27-17.
Julie Agee paced the Lady Roadrunners with a game-high 23 points. Cristi Persinger scored 19 while knocking down four of the teams five made three-pointers. Persinger nearly pulled off a quadruple-double. Persinger finished with nine rebounds, seven assists, and eight steals. Meanwhile, Brooke Davis had a double-double performance with 14 points and a game-high 13 rebounds.
The Lady Nighthawks were led by Latasha Settles who scored a team-high 20 points off of the bench. Venus Hill scored 15, while Maria Richter added 12.
Free-throw shooting proved to be a critical point in the game. The Lady Roadrunners only shot 47.8% from the free-throw line, but they knocked down 11-of-23 attempts, while the Lady Nighthawks only attempted four total free-throws in which they made two of their four attempts.
The Lady Roadrunners have now won two in a row and will host Southern Virginia’s JV team this evening at 6:00 p.m.
Team 1 2 3 4 Ttl
MGCC 13 20 12 27 72
NVCC 21 6 18 17 62
Lady Roadrunners Stats
Players Pts Reb Ast Stl
Persinger 19 9 7 8
Agee 23 6 7 2
Ferguson 7 4 1 3
Davis 14 13 5 3
Tacy 9 2 1 3
Gaines 0 3 0 0
Total 72 43 21 19
Lady Nighthawks Stats
Players Pts Reb Ast Stl
Armstrong 7 9 2 2
Hill 15 4 2 3
Busby 8 3 0 2
Richter 12 10 0 1
Korosheva 0 2 0 0
Settles 20 5 3 0
Vargas 0 0 1 0
Kaup 0 1 0 0
Total 62 34 8 8
