Wytheville…Down 51-32 with 10 seconds left in the third quarter the Fort Chiswell Lady Pioneers fought their way back to a 57 all tie with two minutes left in the game. They then could only score three points the last two minutes as they lost to the George Wythe Lady Maroons 63-60.

The Lady Maroons (21-3) placed four starters in double figures. Grayson Abders had 17 points, Elizabeth Jones 16, Tianna Crockett 14 and Kaitlyn Poole knocked down 11 points.

Fort Chiswell Lady Pioneers (18-5) was led by Savannah Dunford with 15 points, as she knocked down three 3-pointers. Gracie Robertson tallied 14 and Alexandria Rakes chipped in with 11 points. Dun ford scored 11 of her points in the final quarter and Rakes scored six. Robinson pumped in nine of her points after intermission.

“We didn’t quit and we battled tonight, “ said Pioneers coach Kristen Williams. “ The last time we played them her we didn’t show up. This was a great atmosphere tonight here and we came back from 19 down.”

The Lady Pioneers took their last lead in the game at 21-20 with five minutes before intermission. They didn’t score another point until the six-minute mark of the third quarter. They didn’t score another basket until the five-minute mark of the quarter. They had seen the Maroons go on a 20-1 run and then they would have their own run of 16-0 to get back into the contest.

The game saw 42 fouls and 55 foul shots as the game was fast paced and physical and full court action. The Lady Pioneers will travel to Parry McCluer Tuesday night and the Lady Maroons will host Narrows Tuesday night.

 

 

FC 13 8 14 25-60

GW 16 13 22 12-63

 

FC- (18-5)- Dunford 15, Robinson 14, Rakes 11, Musick 6, Jones 6, Carroll 3, Booher 5

 

GW – (21-3)- Jones 16, Anders 17, Crockett 14, M.Ingo 1, Poole 11, Grubb 2, Gallagher 2

 

3-Pt. Goals- FC- 8-( Dunford 3, Rakes 2, Robinson 2, Musick), GW- 6- (Anders 3, Poole 2, Jones)

 

 

Fouls – FC- 22, GW- 20

 

FT’s – FC- 16 of 23, GW – 21 of 32

 

Fouled Out- FC- Musick, GW- Gallagher

 

Technicals – None

Photography courtesy Tina Quesenberry

(Photography courtesy Tina Quesenberry)

Wytheville…Playing each other for the third time this season the Chihowie Warriors find that the third time is the charm as they defeated there Fort Chiswell Pioneers 55-53 after losing the other two times.

After a Tanner Bailey bucket put the Pioneers up 52-51 with 50 seconds remaining in the game, the Warriors missed a shot and then they fouled Bailey on a drive to the bucket with 36 seconds left. He hit one of two shots to up the Fort Chiswell lead to 53-51.

Chilhowie, after a called timeout, got a huge three from Alex Delp with 9.8 showing to put the Warriors up 54-53.

On their next possession the Pioneers were called for charging call and then they fouled Trevor Tucker with 3.8 to go. Tucker hit the first but missed the second one.

The Pioneers inbound the ball but the ball was knocked loose from Kolton Sutphin at mid-court as the buzzer sounded.

 

Chilhowie (20-5) was led by Delp with 18 points as he connected on three 3- point goals. Cameron Kestner and Tucker Robertson both tossed in nine points apiece. Trevor Tucker has five.

Fort Chiswell (13-8) got 15 points from junior Tanner Bailey, 11 from Sutphin and Isaiah Ramsey chipped in with eight. These two teams have just played last Friday at Chilhowie with the Pioneers winning in overtime. The loss ends the Pioneers season and Chilhowie will take on George Wythe for Conference 46 championship.

In a very disappointed Pioneer locker room head coach Derrick Jackson remarked, “ We just didn’t make the right play there in the last thirty seconds. Chilhowie got second and third chances it seemed most of the fourth quarter. “ He then said,” I’m so proud of how we battled not only tonight but also the whole season. We did get better but Chilhowie tonight made a couple more plays at the end of the game and we didn’t. This is a tough loss.”

The lead in this game was no bigger than seven points by Chilhowie. The lead changed hands six times as these two teams battled back and forth.

 

Fort Chiswell 15 11 9 18-53

Chilhowie 17 12 10 16-55

 

Fort Chiswell – (13-9)- Bailey 15, Ramsey 9, Musick 2, Stoots 6, Sutphin 11, Widelo 2, Rider 8

 

Chilhowie – (20-5) – Robertson 9, Cale 3, Kestner 9, Tucker 7, Delp 18, Catron 5, McKinney 4

 

3-PT. Goals- FC – 1-(Sutphin), Chilhowie-5- (Delp 3, Catron, Kestner)

 

Fouls- FC- 17, Chilhowie – 17

 

Fouled Out- None

 

Technicals – None