Lady Bears out of the gate fast with three wins opening week

Tue, 12/06/2016 - 3:17pm — John Embry

A 50-38 road win on Monday, November 28, officially kicked off a solid week of basketball for the Butler County Lady Bears. Butler County followed up that victory with another one on Tuesday - this time a 55-47 home win against Owensboro. The lone loss of the week was a 54-51 setback at Russellville.

The Lady Bears used a strong second quarter against Hancock County to take a 23-14 halftime lead. Butler County outscored Hancock in both of the second half quarters as well to secure the 50-38 win.

Chloe Flener led the Lady Bears in scoring with 14 points and Maddie Cardwell chipped in 10 points off the bench.

BC 8 15 14 13 50

HC 7 7 12 12 38

Butler County (50): Flener 14, Cardwell 10, Hall 8, Easley 6, Inscoe 6, Murphy 4, White 2.

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Karson Inscoe's 13 points paced the Lady Bears scoring efforts in their 55-47 win over Owensboro. Again, it was an explosive second quarter (16-5 BC advantage) that propelled Butler County to their winning margin.

Maddie Cardwell and Addison Hall had nine points apiece in the win.

OHS 15 5 14 13 47

BC 15 16 9 15 55

Butler County (55): Inscoe 13, Cardwell 9, Hall 9, Murphy 8, Easley 7, White 5, Graham 4.

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The Lady Bears dropped a close 54-51 decision on Thursday at Russellville. Trailing 33-28 after three quarters, Butler County edged out the Lady Panthers 23-21 in flurry of fourth quarter scoring before falling short.

Allie Easley led the Lady Bears in scoring with 12 points. Maddy Murphy and Cheyenne White had 8 points apiece.

BC 16 9 3 23 51

RHS 11 9 13 21 54

Butler County (51): Easley 12, White 8, Murphy 8, Flener 7, Hall 7, Cardwell 5, Inscoe 4.

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Butler County Lady Bears' JV Scoreboard:

11/28 Butler County 24, Hancock County 40 (Dixie Garnier-5 points)

11/29 Butler County 15, Owensboro 28 (Jacie Ward-7 points)

12/1 Butler County 19, Russellville 37 (Jacie Ward-6 points)

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