Winchester forged just one tie at 17-17 and never led in its contest with Lawrence North Tuesday at the Connersville Invitational, dropping a 47-36 decision to the Lady Bears to finish with one loss against one victory in the tournament.
The Falcons dug themselves a 7-0 hole as the Bears' Monica Williams opened with a triple, and Kya Hurt and Kamara Mills recorded fielders. Caitlyn Campbell's three-pointer off an Alivia McCoy assist got Winchester on the scoreboard.
Morgan Lawrence's two free tosses cut the Lawrence North lead in half, but Ellysa Morris two charity throws gave the Bears' a 9-5 lead at the first stop.
The Winchester deficit reached seven points at 13-6 on another Williams' basket, and it was still 17-11 late in the second stanza, when Campbell completed a three-point play with 4.7 seconds before halftime.
It was not a good shooting half for either squad. Lawrence North hit just six of 30 shots, while the Falcons connected on four of 24 attempts.
Lawrence's trey off a Campbell pass tied it at 17-all to open the third session. Williams gave LN the lead for good with a triple. Winchester had an opportunity to tie the score at 23-23 but Campbell hit one of two technical foul shots on a Bear illegal substitution.
A Victoria Guyse three-pointer catapulted LN to a 32-24 advantage, before a Madyson Hummel free toss and two more charity tosses by Campbell cut the lead to 32-27 at the third stop.
Winchester got as close as 34-30 on a Campbell three, but Lawrence North rattled off the next 11 points to lead 45-30 and pretty well put the game away.
The Bears victory gives them a 10-5 record. Williams led LN with 15 points.
The Falcons fall to 11-4 with the loss. Only three Falcons scored. Campbell had 24 points, Lawrence notched a double-double with 11 points and 11 rebounds, while Hummel tallied a point.
Coach Holly Gutierrez's team will be off for a day before competing in the Warsaw Tiger Invitational on Thursday,and Friday. Winchester's first two games will be Columbia City at Noon and South Bend Washington at 4 pm Thursday. They will play a third game on Friday.
Lawrence North. 9. 17. 32. 47
Winchester. 5. 14. 27. 36
BEARS--Hurt 4 1-2 9, Mills 2 0-0 5, Washington 0 0-0 0, Williams 6 0-0 15, Early 3 0-0 6, Guyse 1 0-0 3, Morris 0 4-4 4, Washington-cobb 0 0-0 0, Thomas 1 1-1 3, Peoples 1 0-0 2, Wynn 0 0-0 0. Totals 18 6-7 47.
FALCONS--Friend 0 0-0 0, Lawrence 3 4-4 11, Campbell 7 7-9 24, McCoy 0 0-2 0, Riggin 0 0-1 0, Hummel 0 1-2 1, Mote 0 0-0 0. Totals 10 12-18 36.