Tri-County halts VGH girls’ basketball win streak

BY FRED KRONER
fred@mahometnews.com

Tri-County halted a five-game winning streak for the Blue Devils (16-4) on Thursday at Kansas with a 67-61 triumph.

VG/H carried a 48-46 lead into the final quarter, but the Titans rallied thanks to hitting 11 of 14 free throws down the stretch.

For the fourth game in a row, Aliya Holloman led the Blue Devils in scoring. She hit a season-high 30 points.

Kyleigh Block scored 14 points and Vanessa Wright tallied eight points.

Holloman scored nine of her points in the fourth quarter and was the lone VG/H player to make a field goal in the last eight minutes.

The Blue Devils return to action tonight at Villa Grove in the 7:30 p.m. quarterfinal game of the Lincoln Prairie Conference Tournament against Okaw Valley.