Lady Lynx snag pair of wins on home floor

In a battle of the unbeaten women in Division III? Southern, the Meadows Mustangs faced off against the Lincoln County High girls basketball team in Panaca on Jan. 17,.

The Lady Lynx were victorious by a score of 58-28.

Tanji Tibbetts opened the scoring for the Lady Lynx and followed up with a score from the floor near the top of the key. Savannah Harr fired a three pointer from above the key and then followed up with a second three point shot less than one minute later to give Lincoln a 10-6 lead at the end of the first period.

In the second period the Lady ?Stangs fought to get back into the game but were only able to close the Lady Lynx lead to three trailing Lincoln by a score of 26-19. Delaney Gosse opened the second half scoring draining a three point shot for The Meadows. Jaycee Wadsworth quickly answered with a three point shot of her own.

The Lady Lynx held the Lady ?Stangs to nine points in the third quarter before putting it into cruise control and shutting the Meadows girls out in the fourth period and taking a 58-28 win.

Harr lead the Lady Lynx scoring 12 while Wadsworth added another seven to the total. Easton Tingey, Kaylee Teel, and Tibbetts each scored six. Kaiya Massey scored 11 for the Meadows.

The next day, Jan. 18, the Lady Lynx played the second of the two game home stand against Lake Mead Christian Academy. The Eagles were able to keep the score close, trailing the Lynx by two at the end of the first period. The Lady Lynx were able to extend their lead to 22-14 by the half.

The second half opened with sloppy ball handling on both sides but the Lady Lynx were able to recover and outscored the Eagles 17-2 in the third period. Lincoln would hold the Eagles to five points in the final period and take the win with a score of 48-21. The win moves the 5-0 Lady Lynx into the lead of the Division III Southern League by 1 and ? games over Calvary Chapel and The Meadows School.

Wadsworth lead the Lady Lynx in scoring with 12. Tibbetts was also in double digits with 10 on the game. Harr and Jillyn Katschke each added six.

Savannah Schmidt had 16 for the Eagles.

On Friday?s game, the Lady Lynx took 31 rebounds and had nine turnovers.

Saturday, they took 31 rebounds, and had 14 turnovers.

Girls coach Lori Cheeney said, ?We are continuing to work hard on limiting our turnovers and increasing our rebounds as a team.?