On Thursday, December 6th, the St. Mary’s Lady Rockets played the Jasper-Geff Lady Polecats in the Championship Game of the WEAA Girls Basketball Conference Tournament, hosted at St. Mary’s Catholic School. Jasper-Geff defeated St. Mary’s 34 – 19. The Lady Rockets overall record drops to 10 – 5, and 7 - 1 in the WEAA Conference. Jasper-Geff lead the entire game, 7-3 at the end of the first quarter; 16 – 5 at halftime; and 30 – 10 at the end of the third quarter.

Lexi Stevens scored 7 points to lead St. Mary’s in scoring. Nora Jones added 4 points, Savannah Zimmerman 3 points, Lindy Rafferty 2 points, Lily Keepes 2 points, and Mady Young 1 point. Lauren Hall, Anna Gill, Kali Walker, Madison Stevens, and Sarah McCorkle also saw playing time. Easton, Robbins, and Gonzalez scored 8 points each to lead Jasper-Geff in scoring.

Rylee Edwards (Jasper-Geff) won the 3 Point Shootout. Savannah Zimmerman (St. Mary’s), Kate Book (New Hope), and Mady Young (St. Mary’s) also participated in the final round of the 3 Point Shootout.

St. Mary’s will be back in action on Wednesday, December 12th, when they travel to Olney St. Joe to take on the Lady Wildcats. The 7th grade game will begin at 6pm, with the 8th grade game to follow.