RICHMOND – Shelby Valley’s Alyssa Elswick was an inside force Louisville Holy Cross was no match for Wednesday night as she help lead the Lady Cats to a 64-30 victory in the opening round of the All “A” Classic State Championships being played at McBrayer Arena on the campus of Eastern Kentucky University.
Elswick finished with a game-high 23 points and grabbed nine rebounds as Valley improved to 13-5.
Tori Hampton and Zoee Johnson followed with 10 points apiece while Alyssa Newsom added nine.
Shelby Valley will face Walton-Verona (13-4) at 1 p.m. Friday in the quarterfinals.
At Richmond
(All ‘A’ Classic)
SCORE BY QUARTERS:
HC (9-8)……8 7 6 9 – 30
SV (13-5)…18 18 16 12 – 64
Scoring:
Holy Cross (30) – Sydney Brothers 1 0-0 2; Olivia Murphy 3 1-2 7; Mattie Streble 1 2-2 4; Callie Wiegandt 1 3-4 5; Mary Mathews 1 1-2 3; and Gracie Sapp 0(3) 0-0 9. Totals: 7(3) 7-10 30.
Shelby Valley (64) – Alyssa Elswick 11 1-2 23; Alyssa Newsom 2(1) 1-2 9; Tori Hampton 4 2-2 10; Kelsey Owens 3 0-0 6; Gracie Cantrell 0 2-2 2; Jazzy Meade 1 0-0 2; Cassidy Rowe 1 0-0 2; Laci Johnson 0 0-2 0; and Zoee Johnson 5 0-0 10. Totals: 27(1) 7-12 64.