Lady Raiders vs. Moberly Area

Sunday, January 27, 2019

DAILY AMERICAN REPUBLIC/Nate Fields

The Lady Raiders put on a defensive clinic Saturday against Moberly Area. Through 20 minutes, Three Rivers had forced 19 turnovers and scored 25 points off those turnovers. The Lady Greyhounds tallied 21 total points in the first half on 33 percent shooting from the field. Three Rivers rode that tenacious defensive effort to a 73-47 win against Moberly Area to improve to 5-0 in Region XVI play. An’Nyah Pettus led the Lady Raiders in scoring with 11 points, but seven other players scored at least eight points for Three Rivers in a nearly perfect all-around performance.

Three Rivers' Jordan Little (22) shoots the ball as she's falling to the ground during the first half of a Region XVI game against Moberly Area on Saturday, Jan. 26, 2019, at Three Rivers. (DAILY AMERICAN REPUBLIC/Nate Fields)
Three Rivers' Hailee Erickson is stripped of the basketball by Moberly Area's Alexis Singleton during the first half of a Region XVI game on Saturday, Jan. 26, 2019, at Three Rivers. (DAILY AMERICAN REPUBLIC/Nate Fields)
Three Rivers' Deanay Watson (1) and Moberly Area's Aquila Anderson, left, pursue a loose ball during the first half of a Region XVI game on Saturday, Jan. 26, 2019, in the Bess Activity Center. (DAILY AMERICAN REPUBLIC/Nate Fields)
Three Rivers' An'Nyah Pettus (24) drives baseline against Moberly Area's Rickeisha Sheard during the first half of a Region XVI game on Saturday, Jan. 26, 2019, in the Bess Activity Center. (DAILY AMERICAN REPUBLIC/Nate Fields)
Three Rivers coach Jeff Walk, left, talks to Hailee Erickson during a break in the action of a Region XVI game against Moberly Area on Saturday, Jan. 26, 2019, at Three Rivers. (DAILY AMERICAN REPUBLIC/Nate Fields)
Three Rivers' Deanay Watson, right, and Moberly Area's Aquila Anderson try to grab a rebound during the first half of a Region XVI game on Saturday, Jan. 26, 2019, in the Bess Activity Center. (DAILY AMERICAN REPUBLIC/Nate Fields)
Three Rivers' Jordan Little (22) shoots the ball in the final seconds of the first quarter against Moberly Area on Saturday, Jan. 26, 2019, at Three Rivers. (DAILY AMERICAN REPUBLIC/Nate Fields)
Three Rivers' Katelyn South (12) shoots a layup as Moberly Area's Kaysie Newsom (4) defends during the first half of a Region XVI game on Saturday, Jan. 26, 2019, in the Bess Activity Center. (DAILY AMERICAN REPUBLIC/Nate Fields)
Three Rivers' Kim Shaw, left, shoots against Moberly Area's Chrishey Wilkes (32) during the first half of a Region XVI game on Saturday, Jan. 26, 2019, in the Bess Activity Center. (DAILY AMERICAN REPUBLIC/Nate Fields)