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Casey boys fall

Lincoln, Danville girls win

November 29, 2005

Protecting the ball was a point of emphasis for the Casey County boys basketball team during the preseason, but the Rebels committed 24 turnovers Monday, trailed by 12 points at the half and suffered a 58-38 loss at Anderson County in their season opener.

"Really the biggest difference was Anderson County's defense in the second quarter," Casey coach Perry Walters said. "They turned up the heat and took us out of our offense and we never could catch up."

Corey Dial led Casey with 11 points and Dustun Vest and Keith Price each scored six. The Rebels had 17 rebounds, 13 steals and eight assists in the loss.

The score was tied 9-all after the first quarter, but Anderson built a 34-22 lead at the half.

"Anderson's defense was just tougher than ours tonight," Walters said. "They took us out of what we wanted to do, and they were just the better team tonight."

GIRLS

Lincoln County 61, Pulaski County 42 - At Stanford, the Patriots jumped out to a 21-point lead at the half and rolled to a season-opening win over visiting Pulaski.

Amber Statham drilled three 3-pointers and scored 11 points for Lincoln. Shawna Noakes chipped in with 11 points and Megan Pitts added 10 points for the winning Patriots.

Lincoln led 14-8 after the first quarter and a 21-6 run in the second quarter helped the Patriots open up a 35-14 lead at halftime.

Burgin 64, KSD 7- At Danville, the Bulldogs jumped out to a 22-1 lead after the first quarter and never looked back in a win over Kentucky School for the Deaf in the first round of the Bluegrass Conference Tournament.

Erica Burke and Shelby McNees each scored 12 points for Burgin and Brooke Ransdell added eight points.

Victoria Thompson led KSD with five points, eight rebounds and four steals.

"We were without two starters, so it really was a disadvantage for us," KSD coach Scott Johnson said. "I did see quite a few positives, some hustle on defense. We had some positives on our out of bounds play at times and the young sixth-grade girls gave a strong effort. The two high school players that played tonight played as hard as they could."

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