Juliana Lattea Goes Up for Two

The Lady Knights played host to Clay Battelle on Tuesday Night February 15 at the Castle in Kidwell. The Lady Knights led the entire game until the 4th quarter with 3:46 to play when Clay Battelle took their first lead of the night on back to back 3-pointers by the Cee Bees Elyse Moore and held on for a 48-40 win. Tyler was a little shorthanded without senior guard Caleigh Phillips who was nursing a stomach aliment but the other Lady Knights picked up the slack and manged to control most of the game. Foul shots by both teams down the stretch kept it close but a steal and subsequent three point play by Liv Ammons with 30 seconds to go sealed the deal.

Leading the way for the Lady Knights was Lauren Templeton with 12 points followed by Juliana Lattea with nine and Havannah Lemasters with eight. Clay Battelle was led by Liv Ammons with 26 points going 14 of 17 from the foul line.

The Knights will enter Sectional play on February 22nd when they will face Clay Battelle in a rematch also at the Castle.

Lady Knights Lose at Doddridge

The Lady Knights of Tyler Consolidated traveled to Doddridge on Monday Night February 14th to take on the Bulldogs but came home on the short end of a 50-25 loss. Turnovers and missed shots told the story of the game. Tyler fell behind early in the first period being outscored 15-1 and it did not get much better. Doddridge used a strong defense to keep the Lady Knights at bay during the first half opening a 32-9 lead at the break. The second half was closer with the Knights playing much better and were only outscored by two points. The Knights again were led by Juliana Lattea with eight points followed closely by Lauren Templeton with seven. Also scoring for the Knights was Mallory Westbrrok with two points, Trinty Kanz with four points,Braeden Wall three.

Abby McDonough led all scorers with 23 points and Emily Gola backed her up with 10 for the Lady Bulldogs.