Cashion topples Hennessey in big TRC matchup
Wildcats get 2nd victory of season over Eagles in showdown between top-10 2A foes
CASHION’S Landon LaGasse (2) goes up for a shot against Hennessey’s Jael Torres during Thursday’s game. LaGasse scored 12 and Torres 14 as Cashion won 43-34. /Photo by Brad Stone/www.bestone.shootproof.corn]
Cashion strengthened its grip on the Three Rivers Conference title Thursday night... and did it against another top-10 foe.
Class 2A’s fourth-ranked Wildcats played suffocating defense all night and built a big enough cushion to hold off No. 6 Hennessey 43-34 at home.
The win was the second for Cashion against the Eagles this season. The other was in the conference tournament championship in early January.
Cashion, 17-3 overall, is 4-0 in conference games with a home contest with Crescent coining early this week.
Hennessey dropped to 10-3 overall and is 4-1 in conference games.
The hosts held Hennessey to 15 first-half points and quickly turned a seven-point lead into a 15-point advantage with eight points from Vance Raney.
It grew to as many as 17 as Landon LaGasse heated up near the end of the third and to start the fourth and Hennessey was never able to get back within single digits until the game’s final minutes.
The Eagles shot just 36 percent overall, including 3 of 15 from 3-point range.
They were led by freshman Jael Torres’ 14 points and five rebounds.
Wade Vinson scored eight.
LaGasse paced Cashion with 12 points and nine rebounds.
Raney added 11 points and six boards while Jonah Jenkins chipped in nine points.
Hot start paces Cashion girls to victory
Cashion’sblistering start proved more than enough Thursday in a 60-40 home win against Hennessey.
The Lady Wildcats raced to a 20-7 first-quarter lead and didn’t look back as they improved to 15-5 with their sixth straight win.
They are 4-0 in conference games.
Hennessey dropped its third straight - all to ranked teams - and was 5-8.
After getting the big first-quarter lead, Cashion extended it to 35-19 by halftime and then closed out on a 13-8 run.
Neeley Tilley-Bedick led all scorers with 16 points, but was one of just four Lady Wildcats in double figures.
Lauren Lamb added 13, Issy Reeves 12 and Brook Shelly scored 11.
Hennessey was paced by Noelle Pollard’s 10 points. Gracie Mills added eight.