he Scotland ninth-grade girls basketball team fought hard but in the end, a ten-point, third quarter deficit was just too much for them to overcome, falling to Richmond Green, 34-27.

The Lady Scots went nearly four minutes in the first quarter without a point and trailed, 7-1 after the first quarter of play following a three-point basket by the Lady Raiders, Heather Locklear. It was her only points of the game.

Finding themselves down by eight (19-11) at the half, Scotland traded baskets with Richmond but found themselves down still down by eight (27-19) with 3:03 left in the third. The Lady Scots trailed going into the final seven minutes, 28-19.

Missed free throws and turnovers prevented the Lady Raiders from putting the game out of reach as Scotland cut the lead to just four (28-24) follwoing a big basket from Julianna McKenzie.

Richmond’s scoring drought lasted over five minutes in the fourth before a pair of free throws by Alexis Gibson, put an end to the drought.



After cutting the lead to three with just under two minutes to play, the Lady Scots were outscored, 6-2.

Kaylan Owens led the way for the Lady Scots with 10 points. Kadejah Murne just missed out on double figures with nine while McKenzie finished with five.

Damajah Underwood also finished with a game-high 10 points for Richmond while Gibson and Kayla Ewing each chipped in six apiece.

Following the thanksgiving break, Scotland will be back in action when they travel to South View next Monday at 4:30 p.m.

In junior varsity girls action from last Thursday, Scotland fell to 1-1 on the year, dropping a 47-43 decision to Pine Forest.

Chantelle Smith led the Lady Scots with 17 points and Quasherah Diggs added 14.