WVOW Sports
LOGAN Two days after dropping its second game of the season, Class AAA No. 2 Logan evened its season record at 2-2 with a 42-27 victory over River View Monday night at Willie Akers Arena.
The Lady Wildcats were coming off a 16-point road loss at AAA co-No. 3 Robert C. Byrd Saturday.
Things don't get easier for coach Kevin Gertz and his Logan squad as they travel to Class AA No. 1 Wyoming East Wednesday evening.
Logan 42, River View 27: Leading by six at halftime, Logan outscored River View, 17-9, in the third quarter to pull away from the Lady Raiders.
Natalie Blankenship led Logan (2-2) with a game-high 16 points. Halle Crouse and Bam Mosby each had eight points and Autumn Adkins finished with seven points for the Lady Wildcats.
Abigail Pruitt led the Lady Riders (0-2) with 10 points and Haylie Payne finished with eight points.
River View (0-2)
Lester 1 1-2 3, Payne 4 0-0 8, Bailey 2 0-0 4, Pruitt 5 0-0 10, Blankenship 1 0-0 2.
Totals: 13 1-2 27.
Logan (2-2)
Blankenship 5 4-4 16, Amick 1 1-2 3, Crouse 2 3-6 8, Adkins 3 0-0 7, Butcher 0 0-2 0, Mosby 3 2-2 8. Totals: 14 10-16 42.
Robert C. Byrd 55, Logan 39: The third-ranked Lady Eagles outscored the second-ranked Lady Wildcats, 18-5, in the second quarter to break a first quarter tie on its way to a 55-39 victory Saturday afternoon at Robert C. Byrd High School.
Avery Childers led Robert C. Byrd (1-1) with a game-high 20 points. Carleigh Curotz finished with 11 points and Martina Howe eight for the Lady Eagles.
Autumn Adkins led Logan (1-2) with 15 points. Adkins was responsible for five of the Lady Wildcats seven 3-pointers. Payton Butcher had eight points and Natalie Blankenship seven for Logan.
Logan (1-2)
Blankenship 2 2-2 7, Amick 1 1-2 3, Albright 1 0-0 3, Adkins 5 0-0 15, Butcher 3 2-3 8, Conn 0 3-4 3. Totals: 12 8-11 39.
Robert C. Byrd (1-1)
Childers 9 2-3 20, Sturm 2 0-0 5, Curotz 5 1-1 11, Howe 3 0-0 8, Lowther 2 0-0 4, Sutherlin, K. 1 2-4 4, Hunsaker 0 1-2 1, Sutherlin, J. 0 2-2 2. Totals: 22 8-12 55.
Logan 9 5 11 14- 39
RCB 9 18 14 14- 55
3-point field goals- Logan 7 (Blankenship, Albright, Adkins 5), Robert C. Byrd 3 (Howe 2, Sturm).