Paintsville and Johnson Central battled down to the wire as the Lady Tigers held on for a 44-41 victory in the 57th District semifinals matchup played on Monday night.
The Lady Tigers improved to 19-10 and beat the Lady Eagles (21-7) for the first time in three games this season.
Kylie Kinner paced Paintsville with a game-high 19 points. Emilea Preece added eight points and finished with 10 rebounds.
Taylor McKenzie tallied 13 points to lead Johnson Central.
At Paintsville
(57th District tournament)
SCORE BY QUARTERS:
PV (19-10)….6 11 12 15 – 44
JC (21-7)……6 7 14 14 – 41
Scoring:
Paintsville (44) – Kylie Kinner 3 13-15 19; Emilea Preece 2 4-7 8; Kali Mulcahy 1(1) 2-2 7; KK Vannoy 0(2) 0-0 6; Camryn Helton 0 2-2 2; and Emma Keeton 1 0-0 2. Totals: 7(3) 21-26 44.
Johnson Central (41) – Becca Wright 3 0-1 6; Taylor McKenzie 3(2) 1-1 13; Abbie Stambaugh 1 2-5 4; Kaylyn McKenzie 0(2) 0-0 6; Sophie Younce 2 2-3 6; and Haylee Marsillette 2 2-2 6. Totals: 11(4) 7-12 41.
Martin County…….66
Magoffin County…48
Martin County was able to shake off Magoffin County in the second half to score a 66-48 win in the 57th District tournament semifinals played at Paintsville on Monday night.
Laken Williams finished with a game-high 23 points as the Lady Cardinals improved to 24-5. Katie Marcum followed with 14 and Brooklyn Marcum tossed in 10.
Karah Lafferty poured in 21 points in the loss. Kennedy Williams tallied 10.
Magoffin County finished 10-19.
At Paintsville
(57th District tournament)
SCORE BY QUARTERS:
MC (10-19)…..7 13 15 13 – 48
MR (24-5)..…..9 16 25 16 – 66
Scoring:
Magoffin County (48) – Karah Lafferty 7 7-11 21; Kennedy Williams 3(1) 1-3 10; Angel Mullis 2 2-2 6; Abby Barnett 0 4-8 4; Macy Williams 0(1) 0-0 3; Emily Sluss 1 0-0 2; and Abigail Bradley 1 0-0 2. Totals: 14(2) 14-24 48.
Martin County (66) – Alyssa Allen 2 2-2 6; Kennadi Mollett 1(1) 2-2 7; Brooklyn Marcum 2(2) 0-2 10; Katie Marcum 4 6-9 14; Laken Williams 5(1) 10-17 23; and Sophie Harless 1(1) 1-3 6. Totals: 15(5) 21-35 66.