The Clinton County Lady Bulldogs were defeated this week by Pickett County, and with the winning streak coming to a halt, the girls picked back up again with two consecutive wins against Metcalfe County and Perry County Central.

Clinton County 71

Perry County Central 47

The Lady Dawgs traveled to Russell County to play in a shootout hosted by the Lady Lakers last weekend.

Clinton County’s game was against Perry County Central and with limited play from leading scorer Ansley Stalcup, the team needed another player to step up and fill her shoes in order to grab the win.

The Lady Dawgs started out pretty good against the Lady Commodores. Clinton County opened up with a 5-2 lead before Perry County took the lead 7-5 midway through the first quarter.

Clinton County’s Kayla Dicken scored nine of the first 10 points for the Lady Dawgs for a 10-7 lead.

The Lady Dawgs put together a 12-0 run in the first quarter to move ahead 17-7 with less than a minute remaining in the period.

Perry County added two free throws to the scoreboard by the end of the quarter to cut the Lady Dawgs lead to eight after the first eight minutes of play, 17-9.

The second quarter saw Clinton County continuing to dominate, holding Perry County to only 12 second quarter points, while putting up 17 for a 34-20 halftime lead.

At the half, Dicken led all scorers with 18, already a season high and she would finish with a career high 23.

During the second half, Clinton County added 17 more to the board while holding Perry County to only 10 for a 21 point lead after three quarters, 51-30.

As the fourth quarter played out, the Lady Dawgs cruised to victory, putting up 20 points in the final period as Perry County scored 17 in the final eight minutes.

The Lady Dawgs’ 17th win of the season was a final, 71-47.

As a team, Clinton County hit 20 of 44 from the floor for 45 percent, including two of five from the three point line. From the foul line, the Lady Dawgs hit 29 of 41 for 71 percent.

Individual scoring for Clinton County was:

Dicken 23

Boils 11

Stalcup 9

Campbell 7

McWhorter 6

Hopper 6

Hicks 3

Polston 2

Stockton 2

Roberts 2

Clinton County 47

Metcalfe County 39

The Lady Dawgs were without leading scorer Stalcup Friday night due to sickness, and Friday night’s game was much closer than expected, however, Clinton County managed to pull out the victory for its 16th win of the season, 47-39.

During the first quarter, Clinton County scored the first four points of the game, 4-0, but Metcalfe County came back and scored six straight points to take a two point lead, 6-4.

The Lady Dawgs then put together a 5-2 run to end the quarter, 9-6.

The second quarter went much the same as the first as both teams struggled from the floor.

By the end of the second quarter, both teams had put seven points on the board to send Clinton County into the locker room at the half with a three point lead, 16-13.

During the third quarter, Clinton County’s offensive struggles continued. The good thing was Metcalfe County was struggling as well.

Metcalfe County did score one more point than the Lady Dawgs in the third quarter, 13-12, but with a three point lead heading into the period, Clinton County was up by two by the end of three, 28-26.

During the fourth quarter, Clinton County’s offensive struggled continued somewhat. Only three field goals were made by the Lady Dawgs, however, two of those were three pointers put in by eighth grader Joelie Hicks, and one two point field goal by Macy Campbell.

Bree Boils held the game at the foul line during the final quarter, hitting eight of 13 down the stretch.

As the buzzer sounded to end the game, Clinton County was on top for its 16th win of the season and to remain perfect against district opponents at 5-0.

Individual scoring for Clinton County was:

Boils 11

Dicken 11

Hicks 9

McWhorter 7

Campbell 5

Hopper 4

Clinton County 51

Pickett County 71

Tuesday night of last week, Clinton County’s 15 game winning streak came to a halt. The Lady Bobcats of Pickett County came into The Castle and stunned the crowd with its hot shooting three pointers and defeated the Lady Dawgs, 71-51.

Three pointers were one of the reasons Clinton County fell behind early in the game with Pickett County hitting eight in the first half.

The Bulldogs started off on a good note with a 7-2 lead, which included a three pointer by post player Allie Hopper.

Pickett County answered with a 16-3 run to finish the quarter up 18-10.

The Lady Bobcats continued to control the game while Clinton County struggled from the floor on offense.

Midway through the second quarter, Pickett County reached a 16 point lead, 33-17, but the Lady Dawgs would cut the lead to nine with 2:08 on the clock with a 10-3 run, 36-27.

The second quarter would end with Pickett County putting up seven points to Clinton County’s three, 43-30.

During the second half, Clinton County never could get over the hump and close the gap Pickett County had secured.

At the end of three quarters, Pickett County led, 55-42.

During the final period, Pickett County posted 16 points to Clinton County’s nine to hand the Lady Dawgs its first loss of the season, 71-51.

Individual scoring for Clinton County was:

Stalcup 15

Hicks 9

Dicken 7

Hopper 5

Boils 4

McWhorter 4

Campbell 4

Collins 2

Polston 1

Clinton County traveled to Cumberland County Tuesday night, too late for press deadline, to take on the Lady Panthers and will host Russell County Friday night at The Castle to wrap up regular season district action. Both games are scheduled to tip off at 6 p.m.

Monday night, January 19, Clinton County will travel to Todd County Central to play the Lady Rebels in the opening round of the All “A” Classic Regional Tournament.

A full set of All “A” Brackets can be found in this week’s edition.