Wynn, Noe lead comeback as Harlan closes regular season with win at Red Bird.

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John Henson

Harlan’s Emma Owens guarded Red Bird’s Liberty Taylor in Tuesday’s game. The Lady Dragons overcame a slow start to win 60-43.

By John Henson, Managing Editor
March 10, 2021

Harlan 60, Red Bird 43

HARLAN (8-14)
Emma Owens 1-7 0-2 2, Angel Wynn 1-5 1-2 3, Aymanni Wynn 8-18 4-6 23, Kylie Noe 8-16 1-2 17, Abbi Fields 1-2 0-0 2, Peighton Jones 0-2 0-0 0, Faith Hoskins 4-6 0-2 9, Alli Thompson 1-3 0-0 2, Scarlett Rowe 0-2 0-0 0, Annie Hoskins 1-1 0-0 2, Emma Mulkey 0-0 0-0 0. Totals: 25-62 6-14 60.
RED BIRD (6-15)
Liberty Taylor 3-12 0-0 9, Halee Jackson 0-4 3-4 3, Alyssa Gibson 9-16 3-5 25, Lexie Bowling 2-4 2-3 6, Bryleigh King 0-3 0-1 0, Jaden Walters 0-0 0-0 0. Totals: 14-38 8-13 43.

Harlan 6 23 20 11 — 60
Red Bird 18 6 9 10 — 43
3-point goals: Harlan 4-18 (Aymanni Wynn 3-6, Hoskins 1-3, Rowe 0-2, Owens 0-3, Angel Wynn 0-4), Red Bird 7-19 (Gibson 4-7, Taylor 3-11, Jackson 0-1). Rebounds; Harlan 36 (Aymanni Wynn 13, Jones 7, Angel Wynn 4, Noe 4, Hoskins 3, Fields 2, Thompson 2, Owens 1), Red Bird 26 (Gibson 8, Bowling 8, Jackson 6, King 4). Turnovers: Harlan 13, Red Bird 21. Technical fouls: Red Bird (Jackson).

BEVERLY — Long, strong and athletic, freshman Aymanni Wynn and eighth-grader Kylie Noe have given Harlan one of the 13th Region’s best young tandems over the last month of the 2021 season. The two were the difference once again Tuesday as the Lady Dragons overcame an ugly start to defeat Red Bird 60-43.
Wynn led the 8-14 Lady Dragons with a 23-point, 13-rebound effort. Noe added 17 points.
Red Bird (6-15) was led by junior guard Alyssa Gibson with 25 points.
Gibson, one of the region’s leading scorers, was on fire early while Harlan was sleepwalking through the opening quarter. Gibson hit three 3-pointers and scored 12 points as the Lady Cardinals built an 18-6 lead.
Harlan slowly came to life in the second quarter, led by four baskets from Faith Hoskins, and opened the period with a 13-run to go up 19-18. Gibson put Red Bird back on top briefly with another 3, but Wynn scored seven points in a 10-3 run to close the quarter as Harlan took a 29-24 lead into the break.
Noe took over in the third quarter, scoring five baskets in a two-minute stretch as Harlan took control. Wynn added three baskets and five rebounds in the period as the Lady Dragons built a 49-33 advantage.
Wynn had two more baskets early in the fourth quarter, including a 3-pointer, as Harlan took its biggest lead at 58-35 with 3:25 left. Red Bird’s Liberty Taylor hit two 3-pointers in an 8-2 run to close the game.
Red Bird travels to Harlan County on Thursday. The Lady Dragons will face Bell County on Monday at 6 p.m. in the 52nd District Tournament at Harlan.