Garrard (18-10) was led by Devin Conley’s 17 points. But Garrard got bad knews when Kelly Smith, who miseed last year with a knee injury, went down with an injury to the same knee two minutes into the game. Devin Napier was already out with a knee injury.
“Our girls played really hard. We were under some difficult circumstances and playing against a really well coached team,” Garrard coach Scott Bolin said. “ I was proud of our efforts. We are hoping for the best today when both Devin and Kelly go to the doctor.”
Danville 49, Somerset 39 — At Danville, Jordan Leavell had her second straight double-double with 16 points and 10 rebounds as the Admirals (18-6) avenged their loss to Somerset in the 12th Region All “A” final.
Kasey Young scored 10 points for Danville, which jumped out to an 11-0 lead and never looked back in beating the Briar Jumpers (12-13).
“We kind of relaxed after that (lead),” Danville coach Judie Mason said. “It was kind of an ugly game really. We had a bit of a letdown, which I guess is to be expected, after the Lincoln game (a 70-51 win Friday).”
Danville led 24-10 at the half and 43-31 after three quarters.
Lincoln County 78, Woodford 59 — At Stanford, Emily Fox poured in 24 points and Sydney Harris added 19 as the Patriots (18-9) used a big second half to pull away from Woodford (18-11).
Lincoln led 37-34 at the half, but outscored Woodford 41-25 over the final two quarter. Rachel Spangler added eight points for the Patriots.
Boys Game
Red Bird 59, Kentucky School f/t Deaf 35 — At Beverly, the Colonels (11-17) fell behind 31-14 at the half in a loss at Red Bird.
"We were without our best player (Merle Baldridge), but we played better than I expected,” KSD coach Mike Yance said. “We had better movement away from the ball. I thought our boys played their hearts out."
Dillon Maynard had 15 points for KSD, Bruce Gemmer had seven rebounds and eight points, Valdin Kudic had six points and six boards, and Michael Miller had four assists and four steals.
The Colonels finished 15 of 60 from the floor and made just four of 11 free throws.
Monday’s Area High School Linescores
GIRLS
Mercer County 11 21 29 39
Garrard County 9 13 19 30
GARRARD (18-10) — Devin Conley 17, Ryan Cain 3, Victoria Floyd 5, Shannon Murray 5.
MERCER (23-5) — Cawood Dedman 12, Carli Souder 6, Catheryne Claunch 4, Savannah Taylor 7, tabby Shewmaker 8, Taylor Readnower 2.
Somerset 3 10 31 39
Danville 12 24 43 49
SOMERSET (13-13) — Brey 12, Enciro 6, Edwards 5, Brooks 16.
DANVILLE (18-6) — Jordyn Perry 3, Kasey Young 20, Jordan leavell 16, Essence grey 4, Laken Grey 4, C.J. McPhearson 2.
Woodford County 15 34 43 59
Lincoln County 18 37 52 78
WOODFORD (18-11) — Fletcher 13, Worrell 3, H. Morgan 2, J. Morgan 8, McDonald 8, Corum 2, Ford 15, Reed 3, Ferguson 5
LINCOLN (18-9) — Emily Fox 24, Sydney Harris 19, Rachel Spangler 8, Ciara Saylor 7, Kourtney Belcher 7, Spencer Sims 4, Kelsi Honaker 2, Heidi Huffman 4, Tiandra Hocker 3.
BOYS
KSD 8 14 24 35
Red Bird 18 31 52 59
KSD (11-17) — Michael Miller 2, Bruce Gemmer 8, Adam Turner 4, Dillon Maynard 15, Valdin Kudic 6.
RED BIRD (6-9) — Young 19, Wilder 10, Napier 16, D. Smith 7, Morgan 1, Sizemore 2, Hoskins 4.
