Lady Pioneers get comeback victory over Twin Valley

Basketball Fort Chiswell High School
Fort Chiswell's Alexandria Rakes and Carlie Musick (00) during play action at the end of the game
Fort Chiswell’s Alexandria Rakes and Carlie Musick (00) during play action at the end of the game.

Coming back from 11 points down early in the first and third quarters, the Fort Chiswell Lady Pioneers defeated the Twin Valley Panthers 74-66.

Alexandria Rakes has 23 points and 12 rebounds , Sadie Smith has 12 points and 19 rebounds. Savannah Dunford contributed 20 points.

The Panthers (15-10) got a team and game high 34 points from junior forward Lexy Vance. She got help from sophomore guard Kim Lester with 18 points.

Lady Pioneer Sadie Smith is beaming after the win!
Lady Pioneer Sadie Smith is beaming after the win!

Fort Chiswell (23-1) got their first lead of the game 57-56 with just over five minutes left in the game. Pioneer head coach Kristen Williams said, “We were hoping we would wear them down some come the fourth quarter. I thought our full court pressure and trapping out of that slowed them down some. They (Twin Valley) got what, 11-0 start and seemed like everything they shot in the opening quarter went in.” She then added, “We came out a little tight, and I told them at intermission just relax, shoot the ball and play. The Vance (Lexy) kid can play and they ran with us . They are one of the few teams that kept running against us.”

The Lady Pioneers with the win will advance to Thursday night and travel to Virginia High in Bristol. They will take on Parry McCluer (21-3) at 6 pm.

TV- 18 22 15 11-66

FC- 16 20 12 26-74

Photography courtesy Tina Quesenberry

 

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