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FAYETTE COUNTY
Wednesday, February 1,2023
Fayette County News B1
Special to the FCN
The Starr’s Mill girls
and McIntosh boys com
pleted a season sweep in
round two of the basketball
Battle of the Bubble on
Saturday afternoon.
In the opener, the Lady
Panthers ramped up the
defensive pressure, pulling
away in the second half for
a 56-36 victory.
McIntosh opened the
game strong. Led by nine
points from Kendall Davis,
McIntosh led 14-6, but
Brooke Godown hit a
three-pointer to trim the
gap heading into the sec
ond quarter.
The Panthers stayed
hot, using treys from Jack-
son McDaniel and Ali Mor
rison to swing in front.
Sunny McQuade scored
nine points in the first half
to take a 27-21 lead into the
break.
McIntosh tried chip
ping away at a double-digit
deficit with a Shanyah
Brown putback and a Jayla
Jackson corner three-
pointer. A pair of McKinley
Heiden three-pointers
cooled their momentum as
Starr’s Mill led 45-33 head
ing into the final frame.
The Panthers kept
pressing on defense, keep
ing the Chiefs from getting
into a rhythm offensively,
and they pulled away down
the stretch to win by 20,
56-36.
Starr’s Mill was led in
scoring by Godown with 11
points. McQuade scored
nine, and Heiden and
Gabby Roach each added
eight.
The win runs the Lady
Panthers’ record to 12-8
overall.
Davis led the Chiefs
with 18 points. Brown
scored nine, and Jackson
added seven.
The loss drops McIn
tosh to 8-13 overall.
In the boys’ game,
McIntosh made its money
in the paint, powering to a
68-51 win.
The Panthers had no
answer for McIntosh’s big-
man duo of Uche Iloh and
Theo Elwell. Their blend of
size, quick feet, and pass
ing made the pick and roll
deadly all night.
Scott Stevens hit a pair
of three-pointers early for
Starr’s Mill, but the Chiefs
still built an 18-8 lead after
one quarter.
Jeremiah Williamson
added another Panther
trey to pull within seven,
but an Elwell to Iloh alley-
oop was an emphatic an
swer. Both sides heated up
from long range as Cayden
Olvey and Stevens hit for
the Panthers, but Landon
Dolhancyk and Jack Zene-
bis countered for the
Chiefs. Brandon Cheri
drilled a buzzer-beating
three to send his team into
halftime ahead 33-25.
McIntosh brought the
fireworks to open the sec
ond half. Iloh threw down
a pair of thunderous dunks
to bring his student section
to their feet, and Elwell
converted a three-point
play to bump the lead into
double digits. Tyler Mull-
ner drained a three-pointer
to help push the Chiefs to a
51-34 lead heading into the
fourth.
The Chiefs kept their ri
vals at arm’s length down
the stretch, sealing a 68-51
non-region win.
Iloh and Elwell each
scored 23 points. Iloh was
10 of 11 from the floor and
added 12 rebounds, four
, Starr's Mill Split Battle of the Bubble Bound 2
Above and below, Uche Iloh sends the student section into a frenzy with a thunderous dunk.
A
11
B
assists, and five blocks. El- chipped in nine points, is 15-7 with eight straight
well also posted nine re- Brandon Cheri posted victories,
bounds and three blocks, eight assists. The loss drops Starr’s
Landon Dolhancyk With the win, McIntosh Mill to 6-15.
Above and below, Brooke Godown led Starr's Mill to victory
with 11 points.
Jayla Jackson goes up for two over a defender.
