Morristown West girls69制片厂制作传媒 basketball fell to Sevier County 45-30 on Thursday night.
Defensively, the Lady Trojans did enough to win. However, turnover issues throughout the game prevented them from keeping it close late.
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The loss snapped a five-game losing streak for West (11-5, 1-1 District 2-5A). The Bearettes (17-3, 3-0) have won nine straight games, earning a TSWA state ranking of No. 7 in the process.
Galyon still feels encouraged with his group69制片厂制作传媒檚 ability to compete in such a loaded district, which also features No. 10 Sevier County. The Lady Trojans played it close for the first half, but Sevier County was able to find some offense in the second half while they were not.
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Delaney Weddington provided the majority of offense for the Lady Trojans with 11 points on the night, but Jhaniya Mitchell was held to just six points and didn69制片厂制作传媒檛 score in the second half. Aubrie Messer provided some support with eight on two three-pointers, but overall, West couldn69制片厂制作传媒檛 get enough production on that end.
Sevier County69制片厂制作传媒檚 Cybil Penland led all scorers with 14.
The Bearettes got the night started with a Kensie Allen three and built a 6-2 lead early.
However, Weddington scored the first six points for West to make it a 7-6 ball game.
Back-to-back layups from Mitchell put West up 10-9 before Sevier County took an 11-10 lead to end the first quarter. West turned it over six times in the quarter.
Maddie Simpson helped the Lady Trojans go up 12-11 early in the second, but that was the last they would lead for the remainder of the game. West managed just four points in the quarter as the Bearettes held a 20-14 lead into the break.
Messer opened the second half with a three to make it 20-17, but the offensive struggles persisted in a second straight single-digit quarter for West.
Sevier County closed the quarter on a 13-2 run and took a 33-19 lead into the final frame.
The Lady Trojans were unable to find a spark in the fourth quarter and trailed by as much as 18 as the Bearettes chewed the clock for the remainder of the game.
West now looks to rebound in another tough district matchup with East next Tuesday.
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