Waters paces Lady ’Canes in two OT
New Castle (81) Vs. Lake Ridge (75)
It was a win to remember Saturday night for the New Castle High girls basketball team.

The Lady ’Canes captured the championship of their own tipoff tournament Saturday with an 81-75 win over Ohio power Lake Ridge Academy.

The triumph came in double overtime and with only three Lady Lions on the floor in the second OT. Four of the seven Lake Ridge Academy players fouled out by that point.

“It was a good experience. People will remember it for them playing without a full complement of players,” New Castle coach Jason Rankin said. “To play a team that big and skilled and to come out with a win is good.”

New Castle (2-0) faced a 32-27 halftime deficit and went down, 46-34, after three quarters. However, tournament MVP Kaylynn Waters led a Lady ’Canes charge in the fourth quarter. She scored 19 of her game-high 41 points in the frame as New Castle erupted for 30 points. Christina Talbert, an all-tournament team selection with 15 points, sent the game into overtime as she went coast-to-coast for a bucket at the buzzer to knot the game at 62-all.

In foul trouble, Lake Ridge was down to four players in the first overtime and the teams tied 69-all at the buzzer. Down to three players in the second OT, the Lady ’Canes pulled ahead for the win.

“It was their size against our speed, basically,” Rankin said. “We kept plugging away until we were able to turn the game around. They basically had nothing left in that last overtime.”

The Lady Lions dominated the glass as they hauled in 57 rebounds.

“As time went on, we really struggled against their size,” Rankin said. “When we got down big, Kaylynn just started going to the basket hard.”

Talbert added 11 rebounds and eight assists in the win. Dana Perrotta had eight points.

Kyndall Wellons led Lake Ridge with 18 points.


Game Scoreboard
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT SCORE
New Castle 14 13 7 30 17 81
Lake Ridge 14 18 14 18 11 75
Box Scores
LAKE RIDGE (75)
Selena Benz 5 0-1 11
Kyndall Wellons 8 2-6 18
Sharday Baines 2 0-0 4
Sydney Clark 0 3-6 3
DaVonna Bradford 4 3-4 11
Alexa Hart 5 3-6 13
Monet Saunders 6 3-6 15.
Totals: 30 14-29 75.

NEW CASTLE (81)
Rachael Razzano 1 0-2 2
Dana Perrotta 2 2-4 8
Kelsey Scott 1 0-0 2
Christina Talbert 5 5-8 15
Kaylynn Waters 12 12-19 41
Nakea Fish 1 2-2 4
Darrian Johnson 2 1-2 5
Brandy Stewart 1 2-3 4.
Totals: 25 24-40 81.

L. RIDGE 14 18 14 18 7 6 — 75
N. CASTLE 14 13 7 30 7 12 — 81

3-point goals — Lake Ridge 1 (Benz 1); New Castle 7 (Waters 5, Perrotta 2).

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