Lady Scotties Shine in 4th Region Championship, Bree-ze into Houchens Sweet 16 State Championship

The 2014 Girls 4^th region final featured the 2012-2013 4^th Region champion Bowling Green Lady Purples and the 2013-2014 All “A” state champions Glasgow Lady Scotties. The Lady Purples (22-4) entered the championship game with a nine game win streak and the Glasgow Lady Scotties (27-6) came into the final game with an eighteen game win streak. Both teams are playing their best basketball and featuring plenty of outstanding players on both sides.

The much anticipated finals turned into a nightmare for the Lady Purples very quickly finding themselves down by 11 at the end of the 1^st quarter and down by a whopping 31 points by half. The Lady Purples were stunned by the Scotties who had no answer for Lady Scottie Bree Glover and Shalika Smith who delivered the one-two punch that rocked the purples in the first half.

The Purples came out firing in the 3^rd quarter outscoring the Lady Scotties 10-2 but never could recover from the deficit in the first half. Bree Glover led all scoring with 34 points followed by Shalika Smith with 20. Alexander added 17; Ashley Smith and Eli Bartley each had four for the Scotties. Both Glover and Smith ended with a double-double with Glover pulling down 16 and Smith 10.

For the Purples Oneisha Turner led the scoring with 32 points and also recorded a double-double with 12 rebounds. Keely Vincent finished with 9, Gabrielle Pruitt 8, Gray and Moore with four points each and Matthews with a 2.