Lady Tigers crush Granite City 77-21, Kate Martin leads scorers with 19 points

GRANITE CITY - Edwardsville’s basketball girls crushed Granite City 77-21 in a Southwestern Conference matchup Thursday at Granite City.

The Tigers led 20-6 at the end of the first quarter and 44-11 at the half, then 61-15 at the end of three. The Tigers scored 16 points to the Warriors’ 6 in the final quarter.

Kate Martin led all Tigers’ scorers again with 19 points, connecting on 8 of 10 shots from the field. Myriah Noodle-Haywood and Rachel Pranger contributed 12 points each, Quierra Love had 10 points and Megan Silvey 9 points.

Lauren Taplin had 6 points and Jaylen Townsend 5 points. Katelynee Roberts and Madelyn Stephen had 2 points apiece.