Late Rally Lifts Lady Panthers Past St. Patrick

By Victor McKay

Augusta, KY – The Augusta Lady Panthers went on a 7-0 runlate in the fourth quarter to knock off district rival St. Patrick 55-49 Wednesday night inside the Panther Den.

The Lady Panthers avenged a double-digit loss to the Saints back in December to even the series 1-1 for season. Augusta was led in scoring by Kylee Harper. The senior center poured in 16 points on the night as her team improved to 11-9 for the year.

Justina Klee had a game high 19 points for St. Patrick as the Lady Saints fell to 8-8 on the season.

St. Patrick returns to action Saturday afternoon when they journey into the ninth region to take on Covington Holmes. Augusta will try to make it three in a row when they take on cross town rival Bracken County in Brooksville Saturday night.

St. Patrick – 10 – 09 – 14 – 16 – 49

Augusta – 10 – 13 – 13 – 19 – 55

Scoring:

St. Patrick – Caroline McKay 4, MaKenna Roush 2, Libby Gallenstein 8, Allison Hughes 8, Kelsey Tesmer 8, Justina Klee 19

Augusta – Nicole Archibald 9, Emma Young 9, Hannah Arthur 5, Kylee Harper 16, Alexis Shields 8 Madeline Darnell 8