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The Butler County Lady Bears have nearly clawed their way back to the .500 mark with home wins over Whitesville Trinity 59-46 on January 22 and Russellville 56-23 on January 24.  Other recent action saw the Lady Bears fall 55-46 at Logan on January 17 and 59-25 at home to Grayson County on January 20. 

A 21-point scoring night by junior Maddy Murphy wasn't enough to left the Lady Bears past Logan County.  Butler County started strong, leading 16-8 after the first quarter and 27-21 at the half.  A strong second half, particularly in the fourth quarter, powered the Lady Cougars to the 55-46 win.

BC       16    11    8    11          46

LC       8     13    12   22         55

Butler County (55):  Murphy 21, Hall 7, Flener 5, Inscoe 5, Graham 4, Cardwell 3, Easley 1. 

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Butler County found itself on the bad end of a 59-25 score against 12th District foe Grayson County on January 20.  Facing a 20-9 first quarter deficit, the Lady Bears weren't able to recover, falling 59-25 to their border rival. 

Chloe Flener led Butler County in scoring with 7 points.

GC      20    11    15    13          59

BC       9     2       3     11          25

Butler County (25):  Flener 7, Murphy 6, Hall 4, White 3, Easley 3, Cardwell 2. 

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In a Sunday make-up game, Butler County defeated Whitesville Trinity 59-46 on January 22.  The Lady Bears dominated the first quarter, outscoring the Lady Raiders 20-8.  But, Trinity rallied in the second quarter, only trailing by three - 26-23 - at halftime.  Butler County turned in a strong second half to secure the 13-point win.

Allie Easley led Butler County in scoring with 15 points; Addison Hall added 11 points. 

WT      8    15    7    16          46

BC       20   6    29   13          59

Butler County (59):  Easley 15, Hall 11, Cardwell 9, White 6, Inscoe 5, Murphy 5, Flener 5, Graham 3.

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The Lady Bears made it two in a row on January 24 with an impressive 56-23 rout of Russellville at Butler.  It was all Butler County all night as the Lady Bears jumped on top early - leading 27-8 at the half - and never looked back.

Butler County had three players in double-figures - Maddy Murphy with 12 points; Allie Easley and Addison Hall with 11 points each. 

RHS                3    5    12    3          23

BC                   14  13  12    17          56

Butler County (56):  Murphy 12, Easley 11, Hall 11, Cardwell 9, Flener 8, Garnier 5. 

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Butler County (9-10) returns to action tonight on the road at Edmonson County.  The Lady Bears will tip at 6 p.m. with the Bears to follow.  The game will be broadcast live on WLBQ 101.5 with James White and Jack Clark.