Lady Bulldogs fall at home

Shoals jumped out to a 25-7 lead after eight minutes and cruised to a 72-35 victory over host Union (Dugger) in a high school girls basketball game Thursday night.

Shoals, who made 10 3-pointers, improved to 10-7 while the Lady Bulldogs slipped to 3-14.

"We got off to an awfully slow start," said Union (Dugger) coach Benji Boyd. "We were not ready to play. We were very lethargic. They shot well from the perimeter, but a lot of that was because we did not have a hand in their face or guard them.

"But we did play with more energy in the second half. We did learn some things. We have to make improvement in games because we can't get much out of practice with only six players. We did accomplish some things in the second half."

Shayna Nicol just missed scoring her season-high, but finished with her second consecutive double-double, collecting 18 points and 20 rebounds to pace the Lady Bulldogs. Nicol had 14 points and 15 rebounds in a setback at Shakamak Monday.

"Shayna has been really solid. She just keeps getting better," said Boyd.

The Lady Bulldogs will play another varsity-only game at 6:30 p.m. Monday at Medora.

SHOALS (72) -- Danielle Turpin 6 2-2 17, Ashley Taylor 4 2-6 12, Shaelin Adams 4 0-4 8, Michaela Brockman 8 2-5 22, Rachel Hader 0 2-2 2, Kelsey Hardwick 2 0-0 4, Chelsey Baker 0 0-0 0, Lezlie Hart 1 0-0 2, Heather Tinkle 0 0-1 0, Megan Sanders 3 0-0 5, Sabrina Rossi 0 0-0 0. Totals 23 8-20 72.

UNION (DUGGER) (35) -- Morgan Stanifer 4 0-1 10, Cheyenne Goodman 2 0-0 5, Conner Kendall 0 1-4 1, Chelsea Goodman 0 0-0 0, Taylor Woods 0 1-2 1, Shayna Nicol 7 3-3 18. Totals 13 5-10 35.

Shoals 25 18 15 14 -- 72

Union (Dugger) 7 7 5 16 -- 35

3-pointers -- Shoals 10 (Brockman 4, Turpin 3, Taylor 2, Sanders), Union (Dugger) 4 (Stanifer 2, Goodman, Nicol). Fouls -- Shoals 9, Union (Dugger) 14. Fouled out -- Chey. Goodman. No junior varsity game.