The Wabash Lady Apaches fell for the first time this year in a back and forth contest against Lapel 56-47 Tuesday.
Wabash trailed 17-9 after a quarter but used a big second quarter to grab a 29-25 lead at half. The Lady Apaches struggled in the 3rd quarter and fell behind 41-33 heading to the fourth. Wabash would make a run and cut the lead to 5 with just over a minute to play but could get no closer as they fell 56-47.
Wabash, now 3-1, was led by Kait Honeycutt with 16 points while Libby Mattern and Kierra Wilson chipped in 14 each. Wilson also pulled down 9 rebounds to pace the Lady Apaches while Rylee Yoakum dished out 3 assists and had 3 steals.
Wabash will travel to Pioneer next Tuesday in a match up of Sectional foes.
| # | Athlete Name | Min | Pts | OReb | DReb | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Libby Mattern (Sr) | 4 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 5 | Bella Vail (Jr) | 2 | |||||||||
| 10 | Hannah Layne (Sr) | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 12 | Kierra Wilson (Jr) | 4 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 13 | Jade Stumbo (Sr) | 4 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| 21 | Rylee Yoakum (Sr) | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 22 | Kiana Jones (Jr) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 23 | Janika Stumbo (So) | 1 | |||||||||
| 24 | Kaitlynn Honeycutt (So) | 4 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 33 | Bryleigh Boggs (Fr) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 35 | Sammie Walter (So) | 1 | |||||||||
| Team Totals | 31 | 47 | 6 | 19 | 25 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 15 | 18 |
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The JV Lady Apaches got down early and couldn’t recover as they fell 39-29 to Lapel. Wabash, now 2-1, scored just 9 points through the first 3 quarters but rallied to put 20 on the scoreboard in the 4th.
The Lady Apaches were led by Bryleigh Boggs with 11 points and 8 steals, while Kenley McWhirt 6 points and 5 rebounds.
