Ladycats Thumped by Ashdown

BY EASTON LEONARD –

The Mena Ladycats hosted the Ashdown Lady Panthers Friday night, January 27th, at the Union Bank Center.

Mena started the game off a bit slow, as the Lady Panthers scored the first eleven points unanswered. Reagan Sikes put the Ladycats on the board, with two free throws, to make the score 11-2 with 2:14 left in the first quarter. Following the free throws, Ashdown went on a 6-4 run, to make the score 17-6 at the end of one.

In the second quarter, the Lady Panthers played great defense, holding Mena to only two points. At halftime, Ashdown led the Ladycats by twenty-one, by a score of 29-8.

Number twenty-three led Ashdown in scoring at halftime with 14 points, as Reagan Sikes led the Ladycats with 4 points.

Ashdown continued to play good basketball in the third quarter, as the Lady Panthers outscored Mena 13-9, to take a twenty-five point lead into the final quarter of play, with the score 42-17. The Lady Panthers didn’t let up in the fourth either, putting up eighteen points to Mena’s thirteen points, to make the final score 60-30 in favor of Ashdown.

Reagan Sikes led Mena in scoring with 12 points, as Grace Wagner added on 10 points of her own, Olivia Cannon – 5, Thacker – 2, and Costillo – 1.

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Jeri Pearson

Jeri is the News Director for Pulse Multi-Media and Editor of The Polk County Pulse. She has 10 years of experience in community focused journalism and has won multiple press association awards.

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