Shelbyville Lady Golden Bears Basketball

The Girls Basketball team opened the 2021-2022 home season Tuesday night welcoming county rival number 5 in 1 A Waldron to Garrett Gymnasium for military night. The Lady Bears were shot out of a cannon scoring the first seven points of the game. Shelbyville led 15-9 after the first quarter. Waldron responded with a 8-3 run to start the second quarter to cut the lead to 20-17 with four minutes remaining in the first half. Kylee Edwards hit a 3 at the buzzer to give the Golden Bears a 25-23 halftime lead. Shelbyville opened the third quarter with an 11-3 run building a 36-26 lead with 5 minutes to play in the third quarter. Waldron would once again respond with a 6-0 run to cut the lead to 36-32. Bella Larrison beat the buzzer this time for Waldron to end the third quarter with the Golden Bears up 36-34. Waldron opened the fourth quarter with back to back 3’s to build a 40-36 lead and Shelbyville wouldn’t get any closer. Number 5 in 1 A Waldron went on to beat Shelbyville 54-48 and the Lady Bears moved to 1-1 on the year. Ava Wilson and Kylee Edwards both scored 12 points for the Golden Bears. Senior Madison Phares scored 10 and Abby Brenner had 9. The JV defeated Waldron to move to 2-0 on the year. Both Teams will host Edinburgh on Friday with a 6 pm JV start time.