Lady Cougars earn first win with rout of JBS

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Les Nicholson

Kaylee Banks, pictured in action earlier this season, scored 19 points and grabbed 11 rebounds in Letcher Central’s 80-16 win Tuesday at June Buchanan.

January 13, 2021

 

Letcher Central 80, June Buchanan 16

LETCHER CENTRAL (1-1)
Tori Holcomb 3-4 0-0 8, Brooke Bates 3-7 1-2 7, Kaylee Banks 9-13 0-0 19, Loren Boggs 2-6 0-0 4, Jaylin Whitt 6-8 0-0 12, Bailey Kincer 2-8 0-0 4, Heidi Bentley 3-7 0-0 6, Sydney Craft 0-3 0-0 0, Farrah Combs 4-7 0-0 8, Kaylee F. Banks 4-6 0-0 8, Kyleigh Wright 2-3 0-0 4, Keira Couch 0-0 0-0 0. Totals: 38-72 1-2 80.
JUNE BUCHANAN (0-3)
Chloe Watts 0-0 0-0 0, Kylie Tackett 2-16 0-0 5, Abby Moore 0-4 0-0 0, Riley Likens 2-13 3-6 7, Madison Johnson 0-0 0-0 0, Emma Varney 1-7 0-0 2, Ashley Moore 0-2 0-0 0, Macey Watts 1-3 0-0 2, Makayla Watson 0-0 0-0 0. Totals: 6-45 3-6 16.

Letcher Central 23 17 14 26 — 80
June Buchanan 2 5 5 4 — 16
3-point goals: Letcher Central 3-12 (Holcomb 2-3, Banks 1-2 Bentley 0-1, Kincer 0-1, Craft 0-2, Bates 0-3), June Buchanan 1-15 (Tackett 1-10, Abby Moore 0-1, Ashley Moore 0-1, Likens 0-3). Rebounds: Letcher Central 56 (Banks 11, Kincer 11), June Buchanan 18 (Likens 5). Assists: Letcher Central 16 (Whitt 4), June Buchanan 2 (Likens 2). Turnovers: Letcher Central 7, June Buchanan 16. Fouled out: None.

 

 

 

After two straight cancellations due to covid, the Letcher Central Lady Cougars earned their long-awaited first victory of the 2021 season with an 80-16 rout on Tuesday at June Buchanan.
Junior guard Kaylee Banks scored 19 points and freshman guard Jaylin Whitt added 12 as Letcher Central improved to 1-1.
The Lady Cougars took control of the game early, racing to a 23-2 lead after one period.
Defense was strong all night for Letcher as JBS was limited to 13 percent shooting (six of 45). Letcher also owned a 56-18 advantage on the boards, led by Banks and Bailey Kincer with 11 each.
Riley Likens scored seven to lead the 0-3 Lady Crusaders, who return to action Thursday at Cordia.
Letcher Central will play host to Cordia on Wednesday.