Stubbs, Cash hit hoops milestones

February 15, 2013 at 12:00a.m.

LORDSTOWN

LaBrae senior Ashley Stubbs scored the 1,000th point of her career in Thursday’s 66-43 loss to Lordstown.

“It felt good to finally score my thousandth point and finally get it over with,” Stubbs said. “But I still wish we could have won the game.

Speaking of milestones, Lordstown’s Sarah Cash surpassed 1,000 rebounds for her career.

“It feels good, but I still feel like there’s still a lot I can do to get ready for next year,” said Cash, a junior.

“Our other guards really stepped up tonight, and our seniors did a really good job,” said Cash, who scored her 1,000th point earlier in the season.

Cash led the Red Devils in scoring with 13 points. Senior Samantha Heverly, juniors Kelsey Smith and Allyson Hajnosz, and sophomore Marlena Liming each tallied 11 points for Lordstown.

With 22 points, Stubbs was the game’s leading scorer.

“I started caving in at the end, but my foul shots brought me back,” Stubbs said.

Stubbs scored her 1,000th point when she sank the first shot of a pair of free throws in the fourth quarter. The game stopped to honor Stubbs.

When the celebration was over, Stubbs returned to the charity stripe to sink the second shot.

Lordstown (18-4) scored the game’s first six points and led 12-7 at the end of the first quarter.

But LaBrae (13-9) charged back and scored six straight points to take a 19-16 lead midway through the second quarter. Sophomore Sadie Sutton scored four points in the run that gave the Vikings the lead.

Lordstown responded by outscoring LaBrae 12-0 in the remainder of the second quarter and 12-2 through most of the third period. The 24-2 run gave the Red Devils a 40-21 lead.

The Red Devils outscored the Vikings 17-6 in the third quarter and 21-18 in the fourth quarter.

Lordstown’s lead peaked at 29 points when Heverly scored two consecutive field goals.

“We turned up the defensive pressure and got some steals,” Lordstown coach Dave Smith said. “We had some nice fast breaks and made some nice open shots, and we grabbed some turnovers.”

At halftime, Smith said he told his team to increase the defensive pressure on LaBrae.

After falling behind, Lordstown “came back and pressed us,” LaBrae coach Lisa Aldridge said. “Most of the time during the year we can handle the press.

“But our girls just didn’t take care of the ball well during that time. So we got down and we never could recover.”