LONDON \u2014 South Laurel\u2019s had a chance to make some noise with a win over No. 4 ranked Pikeville, but the Lady Panthers had other things in mind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pikeville was coming off a disappointing loss to Corbin just the night before, and managed to pull off a 71-60 despite not having the services of leading scorer Trinity Rowe, who set out due to an injury.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
South Laurel (17-10) fell behind, 25-13, in the first quarter before cutting its deficit to only four points in the second quarter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It did t take Pikeville long to build its lead to double digits again. The Lady Panthers led 41-27 at halftime, and 58-37 entering the fourth quarter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWell, I was kind of disappointed today,\u201d South Laurel coach Chris Souder said. \u201cI just didn\u2019t feel like we met the effort and intensity we would need to play a team like Pikeville. We got it down to four in second quarter but just didn\u2019t fight like we needed to. Skeeter (Mabe) had a nice game but it has to be all hands on deck versus high level teams \u2014 still not there yet.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Skeeter Mabe led all scorers with 26 points while Maci Messer added 16 points and Shelbie Mills finishing with 14 points.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"