HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL: Valley Kats roll past East Ridge

Shelby Valley dominating from the opening flip as the Lady Kats cruised to a 76-26 win over East Ridge in a game played at the Shelby Valley Sports Center on Wednesday night.

Cassidy Rowe fired in a game-high 28 points and Alyssa Elswick finished with a double-double, scoring 18 points, and grabbing 11 rebounds as Valley improved to 7-3. Kyra Looney chipped in nine.

Sylvia Ratliff paced the Lady Warriors (2-9) with 10 points.

At Robinson Creek

SCORE BY QUARTERS:

ER (2-9)…….4    4    9   9 – 26

SV (7-3)…..36  17  10  13 – 76

Scoring:

East Ridge (26) – Leah Wells 1 2-2 4; Kirsten Easterling 0 3-8 3; Sylvia Ratliff 3(1) 1-2 10 Breanna Taylor 1 0-0 2; Haley Bentley 0(1) 0-0 3; Sydney Thacker 1 0-0 2; and Madison Adkins 1 0-0 2 Totals: 7(2) 6-12 26.

Shelby Valley (76) – Cassidy 5(6) 0-0 28; Alyssa Elswick 6 6-6 18; Kyra Looney 3(1) 0-0 9; Sophie Robinson 2 0-0 4; Sarah Robinson 2 0-0 4; Jazzy Meade 2 0-0 4; Laci Johnson 2 0-0 4; Kylie Alvin 0(1) 0-0 3; and Ashley Shannon 1 0-0 2. Totals: 23(8) 6-6 76.

Next up: East Ridge (2-9) at Cordia (2-13), 7:30 pm, Feb 11; Shelby Valley (7-3) vs Berea (5-3), All “A Classic, EKU McBrayer Arena, 9 pm, Feb. 15.