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<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CORBIN \u2014 The Lady Jaguars continued their strong start to the holiday slate on Friday, rolling past Whitley County 68-15 to improve to 2-0 in the Redhounds Christmas Bash.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
North Laurel, now 7-1 on the season and winners of seven straight, never let the game get away from them early. The Lady Jaguars jumped out to a 20-4 lead at the end of the first quarter, extended the margin to 29-10 by halftime, and pushed it to 50-12 entering the fourth quarter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
North Laurel dominated the second half, outscoring Whitley County 39-5 after the break. The Lady Jaguars held the Lady Colonels to just one made field goal in the second half and only four field goals total in the game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Laylee Phillips and Bella Lewis led North Laurel with 13 points apiece. Mariella Claybrook added 10 points, while Paisley Kilburn finished with eight. Maddy Hopkins paced Whitley County with eight points as the Lady Colonels slipped to 4-3 on the season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Despite the lopsided final score, North Laurel coach Eddie Mahan said his team still has room to grow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAny time you win by that margin people assume everything went great, but that really wasn\u2019t the case for us,\u201d he said. \u201cWe didn\u2019t come in as focused as we needed to be, and that showed up most in our shooting. We were 45 percent from the field and only 26 percent from three, and a lot of those were shots we normally make when we\u2019re locked in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI thought early on we were settling instead of attacking and playing with pace,\u201d Mahan added. \u201cOur spacing wasn\u2019t great, we rushed some possessions, and that led to us taking shots without really forcing the defense to work. We had stretches where the ball didn\u2019t move the way it needs to move for us to be at our best.<\/p>\n\n\n\n