The Newton Lady Eagles will play in the Regional Championship tonight at 7:30 pm at Richland County High School after a win in the semifinals against Paris with a final score of 64-45. The Lady Eagles dominated the scoreboard with a score of 16-3 at the end of the first and an increase to 31-10 at the half. During the third quarter, the Lady Tigers attempted to keep up by scoring 16 to the Eagles 14 and the two teams both scored 19 in the final quarter of the game.
Scoring for Paris: Camp – 3,1 1 for 4 = 10 K. Young – 1,2,2 for 2 = 10 Keys – 2,1 = 7 Edwards – 0,2 = 6 Bicknell – 1,0,3 for 4 = 5 Landsaw – 0,1 = 3 Clark – 1,0 = 2 J. Young- 0,0, 2 for 2 = 2
Team totals 8 – 2 pt fg 7 – 3 pt fg 8 for 12 f.t.
Scoring for Newton
C. Martin – 6,2,4 for 5 = 22 O’Dell – 4,1,1 for 1= 12 Probst – 3,0, 6 for 7 = 12 K. Martin – 3,0,5 for 6= 11 Meinhart – 1,1 = 5 Schumacher – 1,0 = 2
Team totals 18 – 2 pt fg 4 – 3 pt fg 16 for 19 f.t.
Other Newton stats
Rebounds Probst – 16 Hermann – 6 O’Dell – 3 C. Martin – 3 K. Martin – 3
Assists C. Martin – 3
Steals C. Martin – 4 K. Martin – 4
Newton improves to 15-4 on the season. The Lady Eagles advance to the championship game on Friday night against Mt. Carmel at 7:30.
