NASHVILLE — The No. 3 ranked Hillsboro Lady Burros remained perfect on Tuesday by knocking off the visiting Ravenwood Lady Raptors, 65-46.
Their 20th win came in large part to an 18-1 run that lasted the final five minutes of the third quarter.
Hillsboro’s pressure finally got to the Lady Raptors in the third.
“We wanted to stop fouling, but keep the pressure on them,” Hillsboro coach LeMore McGill said. “We figured we already had a seven-point lead at the half so if we kept the man-pressure on them we would be able to pull out.”
Forward Lakeisha Crouch led Hillsboro with 19 points and guards Jessica Small and Vacie Perry scored 13 and 11, respectively.
Perry and Small have both been recovering from injuries, but they didn’t miss a beat on Tuesday.
“Jessica Small picked up a nagging injury Monday in practice and we’ve been worried about that,” McGill said. “Vacie Perry came off an ACL surgery, but she’s really coming around now.”
The Lady Burros looked as if they were going to pull away early, taking an 18-9 lead into the second quarter, but the Lady Raptors kept it close thanks to the play of freshman post Madelyn Hutson.
Ravenwood outscored Hillsboro 16-14 in the second and trailed 32-25 at the break.
The Lady Raptors continued to hang with the No. 3 ranked team in the state early in the third, but then the shots started falling for McGill’s team.
Small scored eight points in a row on two 3s and a layup and in the blink of an eye, the Lady Raptors were down 44-31.
“The two 3s that Small hit were really tough for us to recover from,” Ravenwood coach Steve Williams said. “They killed us on the boards in the first half and then they started knocking down outside shots.”
Williams was proud of the way his team played against such a quality opponent.
“Our kids fought all the way until the end, but Hillsboro is so deep and so physical.”
Williams also like what he saw from his freshman post player. Hutson scored 20 points and pulled in nine boards.
“(Hutson) is going to be special,” Williams said. “She is a good player now, but she is just now coming into her own of how to work around the basket. She’s probably the No. 1 ranked volleyball player in the country in the freshman class.”
Hillsboro improved to 10-0 in District 11-AAA and Ravenwood is now 12-8 overall and 5-4 in District 11-AAA.
HILLSBORO BOYS GET EVEN — The Hillsboro boy’s team defeated Ravenwood 69-54 on Tuesday to avenge an earlier loss to the Raptors.
The game was anything but pretty as the teams combined for 56 personal fouls and 69 free throws.
“Anytime you play Ravenwood it is a very physical game,” Hillsboro coach Rondey Thweatt said. “The officials tried to do their best to keep it under control. But I’m out of breath. It seemed like we were out there for four hours.”
Arthur McMillan led Hillsboro with 16 points and senior Carlos Holder scored 14.
The Raptors (15-4, 6-3) were led by Keith Morris with 22 points. As a team Ravenwood shot 92 percent (23-for-25) from the foul line. The Burros shot 81 percent (36-for-44) from the charity stripe.
Hillsboro is now 11-9 overall and 6-3 in District 11-AAA.
THE STATS
GIRLS
Ravenwood 9 16 7 14 — 46
Hillsboro 18 14 22 11 — 65
Ravenwood (46) — Springer 7, King 4, Dickerson 3, Patton 2, Frittart 2, Madelyn Hutson 20, Tate 4, Miller 2, Smeltzer 2.
Hillsboro (65) — Smith 1, Dean 2, Jessica Small 13, Vacie Perry 11, I. Harrison 5, Williams, Lakeisha Crouch 19, D. Harrison 6, Pace 8.
3-point goals: Ravenwood 0; Hillsboro 3 (Small 2, Perry).
Records: Ravenwood 12-8, 5-4 District 11-AAA; Hillsboro 20-0, 10-0.
BOYS
Ravenwood 8 9 11 26 — 54
Hillsboro 14 10 23 22 — 69
Ravenwood (54) — Becker 8, Pease 4, Jefferies 2, Fletcher 4, Watkins 9, Jones 3, Keith Morris 22, Stone 2.
Hillsboro (69) — Carlos Holder 14, Bertrand 3, Dontez Simpson 11, Whitlow 6, Harden 3, Arthur McMillan 16, Moore 8, Miller 4, Babbs 4.
Records: Ravenwood 15-5, 6-3; Hillsboro 11-9, 6-3.
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