By JUSTIN BURKHARDT
TopSports.news
After picking up their first Meadowlark Conference victory by forfeit against Kansas City-Schlagle on Tuesday, Highland Park's girls were hoping to find their first in-game win since December 16th in Friday's home game against Atchison.
But the Lady Phoenix controlled things most of the way en route to a decisive 66-42 win over the Scots.
Koralee Jones, Highland Park
Zayah Kincaid, Highland Park
The Highland Park-Atchison game has determined the league champion over the years since the Scots entered the Meadowlark and this one would be all Lady Phoenix as the Phoenix would get the jump and score the first 4 points before the Lady Scots would find the basket via senior Koralee Jones hitting a floater to get the Scots on the board.
Atchison senior Kaiya Downing would then find the basket to put Atchison up 6-2 and the Phoenix would never look back.
After Atchison went up 13-7 junior Zayah Kincaid would hit her first of three 3-pointers on the night to get the Scots within three at 13-10. But Atchison would go on a 7-0 run to end the first quarter and take a 20-10 lead into the second quarter.
The Scots would get within five at 22-17 and then the Phoenix would go on a 9-0 run before the Scots' Kincaid would find the basket. The Scots trailed 33-22 at halftime and the third quarter would see the Phoenix outscore the Scots 17-7 and the fourth quarter would be all Phoenix as they would finish it off with a 66-42 win.
The Lady Scots would be led in scoring by Jones and Kincaid as they both scored 14 points.
Atchison was led in scoring by sophomore Alondra Herrera, who would lead all scorers with 27 points, and Downing, who had 15 points.
The Lady Scots will play KC-Sumner and KC-Harmon xext week.
ATCHISON 66, HIGHLAND PARK 42
Atchison 20 13 17 16 -- 66
Highland Park 10 12 7 13 -- 42
Atchison (4-6 4-0) — Herrera 13-25 0-0 27, Downing 7-15 1-1 15, Clem 3-10 2-4 10, Burge 5-11 0-5 10, Tate 0-0 0-0 0, Ross 2-3 0-0 4, Sneller 0-1 0-0, Wesley 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 30-65 3-10 66.
Highland Park (2-5 1-2) -- Kincaid 5-16 1-1 14, Jones 7-20 0-2 14, Cosey 1-9 0-2, Barnett 2-4 1-2 5, Hooper 0-4 0-0 0, Inyard 0-2 3-4 3, Cameron 0-2 0-0 0, Sanders 1-3 1-1 3, Atkins 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 16-62 6-12 42. 3-point goals -- Atchison 3 (Clem 2, Herrera), Highland Park 4 (Kincaid 3, Cosey). Total fouls -- Atchison 20, Scots 13. Fouled out -- none.
