LOYAL. LOCAL. COMPLETE.
The Paris Tigers earned the top seed in their sectional on Friday, Feb. 7 when they played against Marshall. The win improves the Tigers to 19-7 on the season, and 6-1 in the LIC.
The Lady Tigers wrapped up their regular season schedule beginning on Monday, Feb. 10 with
a trip to Mattoon and a junior varsity game against Brownstown on Tuesday, Feb. 11. Senior Night took place on Thursday, Feb. 13 serving as the final home game for seniors Taylor Clark, Peighton Smith and Graci Watson.
Stats from the Monday, Tuesday and Thursday games were not available prior to press time.
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Paris 66, Marshall 49
MARSHALL- The Paris Lady Tigers wrapped up the Little Illini Conference portion of their
schedule with a rare Friday night game last week, but the short trip was well worthwhile.
Paris captured a share of the LIC regular-season title along with Mt. Carmel and Newton with a
66-49 win over the Marshall Lady Lions.
Knowing what was at stake, the Lady Tigers put together their most impressive first half of the
season scoring 24 points in the first quarter before improving that total to 27 in the second to
take a 51-27 lead into the locker room at the half.
Marshall was never able to get within 12 points of the Lady Tigers the rest of the way.
Graci Watson put on a shooting clinic on Friday, knocking down five three-point shots on her way to 19 points. Paedyn Keys hit a pair of threes of her own as she finished with 12 points. Macy Bicknell also finished in double-digits with 11. Kailey Young and Peighton Smith each added nine, Pailynne Camp had four and Morgan Coombes ended with two.
Paris 70, Lawrenceville 22
LAWRENCEVILLE- The Paris Lady Tigers played the middle portion of their back-to-back-to-
back gauntlet on Thursday evening as they made the long road trip to Lawrenceville.
Paris took care of business in the first half scoring 21 points in each of the first two quarters to
roll to a 70-22 victory over the Lady Indians.
The smothering defense from the Tigers held Lawrenceville to just 12 points in the first half,
cutting that down to 10 points in the second half with a continuous clock throughout the third
and fourth quarters.
Three Lady Tigers finished in double-digits as Kailey Young led the way with 12 points. Graci
Watson and Pailynne Camp each finished with 10 points.
Kilee Edwards added nine points with
Alexis Landsaw and Jacie Young each contributed five. Morgan Coombes tallied four points
with Paedyn Keys, Taylor Clark and Macy Bicknell each adding three.
Natileigh Bridgewater, Kenzie Englum and Peighton Smith each finished with two. Every Tiger who was in uniform scored in the game.
The Paris junior varsity squad was also victorious with a resounding 58-8 win.
Paris 62, Casey 24
CASEY- Coming off of a pair of losses to a couple of teams ranked in the top 10 of the Associated Press rankings, the Paris Lady Tigers returned to Little Illini Conference action on Wednesday night at Casey.
This particular game was originally scheduled for Jan. 10, but was postponed due to a winter storm that hit the area. Paris had little trouble with the Lady Warriors posting a 62-24 win to improve to 17-7 on the season, and 4-1 in the LIC.
Paris held a 20-9 lead after one-quarter of play, then held the hosts to just three points in the second to hold a 33-12 lead at intermission. Paris exploded for 19 points in the third to put the game out of reach.
Graci Watson continued her hot shooting from beyond the three-point line, knocking down four-of-five from distance to finish with 14 points in the contest.
Macy Bicknell added 10 points with Kailey Young contributing nine points. Peighton Smith had six points, Jacie Young had five and Pailynne Camp, Paedyn Keys and Morgan Coombes each added four. Kilee Edwards and Alexis Landsaw both tallied three points to round out the Tiger scoring.