On Tuesday, December 4th, the St. Mary’s Lady Rockets played the Olney St. Joe Lady Wildcats in the semifinal game of the WEAA Girls Basketball Conference Tournament, hosted at St. Mary’s Catholic School. St. Mary’s defeated St. Joe 32 -21, improving their overall record to 10 – 4, and 7 - 0 in the WEAA Conference. The game was tied 10 – 10 at the end of the first quarter; St. Mary’s took the lead at halftime 21 -15; and maintained their lead at the end of third quarter 29 - 18.
Savannah Zimmerman and Nora Jones scored 10 points each to lead St. Mary’s in scoring. Mady Young added 8 points, Anna Gill 2 points, and Lexi Stevens 2 points. Lauren Hall, Lindy Rafferty, Lily Keepes, Kali Walker, Madison Stevens, and Sarah McCorkle also saw playing time. Reyse Klier scored 8 points to lead St. Joe in scoring.
St. Mary’s advances to the WEAA Girls Basketball Conference Tournament Championship Game on Thursday, December 6th, at 7:30pm, against Jasper-Geff. Mady Young and Savannah Zimmerman advanced to the finals in the 3 Point Shootout, to be held before the Championship Game.
