Former WMCS standout earning playing time
Jones getting into more games for Lyon College as a sophomore
From Lyon College
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BATESVILLE — She may still be coming off the bench, but a former West Memphis Christian Lady Black Knight is starting to get more and more playing time for the LyonCollege Lady Scots as the season goes on.
Olivia Jones, a Marion native, scored 12 points for the Lady Scots of Lyon College last Saturday in the Scots impressive 101-54 win over the Blackburn College Lady Beavers.
The dozen points was a season high for Jones, as the sophomore has been averaging 2.5 points a game. The higher scoring has come from more playing time and vice versa. Jones was on the court for 12 minutes in the Blackburn game, the second-highest number of minutes this season (Jones played 13 minutes against Fontbonne on Jan. 9).
As for the game itself, Savanna Lopez had 12 points, 11 rebounds and 10 blocked shots to lead the Lady Scots over the visiting Beavers at Becknell Gymnasium in SLIAC basketball action.
The Scots (7-8, 4-4) were led in scoring by Natalya Kaza with a double-double of 17 points and 10 rebounds, Dalye Hambelton had 12 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists for a double-double, Haven Cooper had 12 points and six
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Cooper had 12 points and six rebounds and Molly Mason rounded out the double-digit scorers with 10 points and also had a double-double with 10 rebounds.
Chasity Taylor had nine points, Savannah Stout had six points, Jewel Walley scored five points, Emily Walley added four points and Alexis Shelton added two points. Izabel Soto and Olivia Wallace also played in the game, but did not score.
Lyon College led 18-11 after the first quarter and outscored Blackburn 31-15 in the second period to take a 49-26 halftime lead. The Scots outscored the Beavers 25-14 in the third quarter and 27-14 in the fourth quarter.
Lyon College scored 68 points in the paint, had 40 points off of 28 Blackburn turnovers, had 16 secondchance points, 36 fast-break points and got 48 points from the bench players. Lyon College led the entire game. The Scots only had 14 turnovers in the entire game, 59 rebounds and 25 assists.
Mason and Kaza scored before Blackburn got on the scoreboard. Kza added a layup and Hambelton drove the lane for a shot. Lopez hit a jumper as did Emily Walley before Kaza added another layup to make it 14-2 Scots.
Hambelton added two free throws and Mason made two free throws before the quarter ended.
Kaza started the second period with a three-pointer, then Mason made a layup, Hambleton made a three-pointer and then drove in for another layup. Chasity Taylor came in for a basket, Hambelton made another three-pointer and Lopez scored to make it an 18-point Scots' lead, 35-18.
Lopez made a jumper, Cooper scored inside, Taylor put in two free throws and Lopez scored again to make it 43-26 with 1:58 to go in the half.
Kaza and Mason both scored, then Kaza drove the lane for a layup to make it a 49-26 lead at the break.
Blackburn scored four straight baskets to start the third quarter until Cooper scored inside on a layup. Shelton scored inside, Cooper put in two jumpers in a row, Stout hit from mid-range and came back to score a layup with 3:16 to go in the third quarter for a 61-36 Lyon College lead. Emily Walley scored on a layup, Lopez hit again from inside, Jewel Walley completed a three-point play, Cooper scored and Kaza got in a layup to make it a 34point Lyon College lead 7440.
Taylor started the scoring in the final stanza with two free throws, Lopez made a jumper and Taylor came back to hit a three-pointer. Jones came in for a basket inside, then Kaza scored, Jones scored again, Mason put in a layup, Jones scored inside three times in a row, Stout got a layup to fall, Cooper scored and Jones put in a basket on the fast-break to put the Scots up 101-54 with 54 seconds to go in the game.
