Strong 2nd half helps Lady Bobcats roll past Manchester

FRANKLIN FURNACE - The Green Lady Bobcats came out in the second half and held the Manchester Lady Greyhounds to single digits, rolling to an easy 59-29 non-league win.

The Lady Bobcats won the first quarter 19-7, followed by third and fourth-quarter outputs of 10-5 and 18-4. 

Manchester won the second stanza 13-12 to trail 31-20 at halftime. 

Green (2-1) was paced offensively by Abbie Knapp with 25 points on nine field goals and a perfect 7-of-7 free throws. The six-foot and one-inch junior and Marshall University verbal commit also stuffed the stat sheet with a massive 22 rebounds, seven assists and three steals. 

Elizabeth McBee chipped in with 4 three-pointers, a deuce and 3-of-4 free throws towards 17 points. The sophomore also grabbed six rebounds and had five assists. 

Fellow sophomore Laney Strickland scored 13 points on five field goals and swished a three-pointer, plus recorded 10 rebounds to earn a double-double.

Ava Abrams and Destiny Alexander added a field goal apiece to round out the Green scoring. 

Hayden Rideout with nine points, Faith Scott with eight and Maddie Easter with seven paced the Lady Greyhounds (0-3), as all three players popped a three-point goal. 

Green's non-league home game against Western was canceled on Thursday night at Western's request. 

That game is unlikely to be rescheduled. 

Green heads to Eastern for another non-league tilt on Wednesday.

Tipoff is set for 6 p.m. 

Manchester 7 13 5 4 = 29

Green 19 12 10 18 = 59

MANCHESTER 29 (0-3): Hope Scott 0 0 0-0 0, Hayden Rideout 3 1 0-1 9, Maddie Easter 2 1 0-0 7, Kaiya Johnson 0 0 0-0 0, Maddi Curtis 0 0 0-0 0, Bella Hughes 1 0 0-0 2, Faith Scott 2 1 1-2 8, Mahayla Brown 1 0 1-2 3; TOTALS 9 3 2-5 29; Fouls: 10; Fouled out: Brown 

GREEN 59 (2-1): Sydney Bainer 0 0 0-0 0, Addison Blizzard 0 0 0-0 0, Laney Strickland 5 1 0-0 13, Destiny Alexander 1 0 0-0 2, Elizabeth McBee 1 4 3-4 17, Ava Abrams 1 0 0-0 2, Abbie Knapp 9 0 7-7 25; TOTALS 17 5 10-11 59; Turnovers: 15, Fouls: 5; Fouled out: None