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ROCKFORD — The Spencerville Lady Bearcat and Parkway Lady Panther basketball teams met at Parkway High School Tuesday night in a non-conference clash.

The game was fast-paced and sloppy at times but in the end, the Lady Bearcats held off a late Parkway surge to hold on for a 65-60 win.
“(This is) huge for us as far as progression,” Spencerville coach Warren Pughsley said. “We’ve steadily improved and it took that to create belief. The work we’ve been putting in and that belief shows us it works, so we’ll keep working.”

For Parkway coach Lynn Hughes, it came down to rebounding. The Lady Panthers outrebounded Spencerville 37-28 but the Lady Bearcats got better use of theirs, getting a majority of their points off of putbacks.

“We’ve got to rebound. We outrebounded them but we gave up so many offensive rebounds,” explained Hughes.
Parkway also outshot the visitors 34 percent to 31 percent but Spencerville managed more makes (24 to 22) and took more shots (78 to 64).

The Lady Bearcats hit 4-of-7 from beyond the arc to Parkway’s 1-of-4, committing only 16 turnovers to the Lady Panthers’ 24.
“We missed a lot of bunny shots,” continued Hughes. “You’ve got to make them count. We’ve also got to take care of the basketball. I think we had 24 turnovers for the game. At key points in the game, we turned the ball over.”