Lady Raiders roll past Olney Central

The Raiders reserves outscored Olney Central in a 114-46 win Sunday.

Three Rivers got 51 points off the bench led by 15 from Mariah Smith and Jenna McMillen's 14.

Autumn Dodd and Myia Yelder each scored a game-high 19 points while Karlee Holland added 12 for Three Rivers.

The Raiders (4-0) earned a wire-to-wire win holding the Knights to 13 first-half points and led 23-8 after one quarter.

Three Rivers scored 40 points off turnovers with 20 steals led by Dodd's seven and two each from Ari Winston, Holland, Smith, Jamiyah Thomas and Kourtney Kendrick.

Dodd also led with six assists and was 9 of 10 shooting from the field, her only missed shot a 3-pointer. Yelder was 6 of 10 from the field, including 3 of 6 from 3-point range. McMillen sank 4 of 6 3-point shots while Smith was 3 of 7 as the Raiders shot 47% from long range as a team.

Ahniya Melton led with nine rebounds to go with seven points while Winston, Kendrick and Smith each came away with six rebounds as Three Rivers finished with a plus-23 rebounding advantage and had 15 second-chance points.

The 114 points were the most scored by the Raiders since a 114-28 win over Lindenwood-Belleville JV on Feb. 12, 2020.

The Raiders, who have won 35 straight regular season games and 25 straight at home, host Vincennes (Ind.) at 7 p.m. Friday and Rend Lake (Ill.) at 3 p.m. Saturday.

 

Story written by The Daily American Republic