FLATWOODS -- The Grafton Lady Bearcats tumbled to the home-standing Lady Eagles of Braxton County High School, 49-30, here Monday night during a Class AA, Region II, Section Two Play-Off Game, finishing their 2009-2010 girls’ basketball season with a 4-14 record in the process.
The Lady Eagles opened the contest with a 10-0 scoring spree, as five different players tossed in two points apiece, before Devin Pryor came off the Grafton bench to place the Lady Bearcats on the scoreboard with 2:23 left to play in the first quarter.
Braxton County reestablished its 10-point lead, at 14-4, on a running one-hander by Hunter Sodaro with just a few seconds left to play in the opening period.
Grafton used a six-to-two mini-run at the beginning of the second quarter to slice its deficit down to six points, at 16-10, with 5:20 remaining of the third-quarter clock.
That effort included a Lindsey Pryor eight-footer, a drive into the paint by Kari Fawcett, and a Lindsay Moore 12 footer, to offset a pair of free throws by Cori Phillips for the hostesses.
However, Braxton County answered with the remaining five points of the period to take a 21-10 lead into the half-time intermission.
The Lady Bearcats went on a five-to-two mini-run to get the third-quarter action underway.
A Moore free throw, and a bucket apiece from Alyssa Custer and Devin Pryor allowed the visitors to create a 23-15 score by the 6:14 mark of the period.
This time, the Lady Eagles answered with a six-zero scoring spree for a 14-point lead, at 29-15, with 5:14 left to play in the third quarter.
From there, Braxton County went on to take a 17-point lead, of 39-22, into the final eight-minute segment of the contest.
Devin Pryor and Marissa Thorn tossed in four points apiece during the fourth quarter for the Lady Bearcats, while the Lady Eagles were adding a 10-8 advantage to the scoreboard.
Devin Pryor wound up with a team-high total of eight points to go along with her four rebounds, three steals and two assists, and Moore chipped in with six points, three rebounds and three steals to pace the Lady Bearcats.
Custer (with a steal, a blocked shot and a team-high total of six rebounds) and Thorn (with two steals) wound up with four points apiece for Grafton, while the quartet of Fawcett (two rebounds, three steals and three assists), Molly Summers (with two rebounds), Lindsey Pryor (with four rebounds, one steal and two assists) and Caleigh Croston (with two rebounds and two blocked shots) added two points apiece for Coach Tom Spadafore’s squad.
Plus, Caitlin Crutchfield was credited with two rebounds, two steals and two assists, but did not score on this night.
Grafton enjoyed a plus-five, 17-22, advantage in the turnover column, mainly do to its team total of 15 steals during this contest.
Phillips topped Braxton County’s scoring column with 16 points, and she also collected 10 rebounds to wind up with a double double-figures performance.
Led by Phillips, the home team out-rebounded Grafton by a 54-25 margin on the night.
Sodaro (eight), the duo of Taylor Bragg and Ann Golinsky (six apiece), Montana Flint (five), and the quartet of Courtney Johnson, Brandy Miller, Michelle Cottrill and Bailey Stewart (two each) were also furnishing points for the Braxton County victory.
Both Phillips and Bragg were credited with four assists apiece, and Phillips registered a team-high total of three steals for the Lady Eagles.
Coach Spadafore allowed his five seniors -- Crutchfield, Moore, Summers, Custer and Lindsey Pryor -- to run the floor together during the final one minute and 48 seconds of their respective Grafton High School Girls’ Basketball careers.