WOODLAWN - Jaci Hoyt drained five 3-pointers and scored 30 points as the Woodlawn Lady Bears got past the Junction City Lady Dragons, 5042, in a pivotal 8-2A conference game last Thursday at the Woodlawn gym.The win put the Lady Bears in a tie with the Lady Dragons for second place in the conference standings as league play is in its final week. Should the two teams finish the season in a tie, Woodlawn would have the tiebreaker by virtue of a larger margin of victory.The Lady Dragons edged Woodlawn, 4746, in their previous encounter at Junction City.Junction led 7-5 when Hoyt's jumper tied the game at the 4:21 mark of the first and her layup off a fast break gave the Lady Bears a 9-7 lead. They would never trail the rest of the way.Woodlawn led 14-9 at the end of the first quarter, and two more 3's from Hoyt in the second quarter pushed the lead to 23-16 by halftime.The Lady Bears converted 9of-1o of their free throw attempts in the third quarter as they entered the final period with a 42-30 lead. After Hoyt hit a couple of free throws midway through the fourth, Woodlawn matched its largest lead of the game at 49-34.But Junction City refused to go away. Bria Watson hit a 3- pointer, Keynizha Moore had a layup and Makenzie Flowers drained another trey to cut the Lady Bears' lead to 49-42 with 2:10 left in the game. The Lady Dragons, however, couldn't get any more long-range shots to fall after that as Hoyt's free throw with 35 seconds left essentially sealed the game.Kathryn Dixon had 12 points for Woodlawn.Woodlawn 49, Parkers Chapel 38 WOODLAWN - Woodlawn's Kathryn Dixon made five 3pointers as three Lady Bears scored in double figures to pull out at 49-38 win over the Parkers Chapel Lady Trojans last Tuesday night at home.After the opening quarter ended in an 11-11 tie, the Lady Bears' offense went cold in the second as the Lady Trojans went on a 12-4 run to take a 23-15 lead at...
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