Ladycats 59, Abilene Wylie 56

Aledo came back from a five-point halftime deficit with 26 points in the third quarter as the Ladycats outlasted the Abilene Wylie Lady Bulldogs, 59-56, Friday night in a girls’ District 4-5A basketball game at Aledo.

The win raises the Ladycats’ district mark to 2-0, while Wylie falls to 2-1.

Elizabeth Allanach led the Ladycats with 17 points, with Audrey Pearce adding 11. Also scoring were Riley Sale with nine points, Haley Herrin with eight, and Kylie Anderson and Maddie Shumway, each with seven.

It was a game of runs in the opening half. Aledo raced out to a 15-2 lead in the first quarter, but Wylie outscored Aledo 28-10 for the remainder of the half to take a 30-25 lead at the break.

But in the third period the Ladycats’ offense produced 26 points while holding Wylie to 13 points as Aledo took 51-43 lead into the fourth quarter.

Game note: Both varsity games started 1-1/2 hours late (the boys game began a little after 9 p.m.) because one of Wylie’s buses carrying both JV teams broke down. The JV girls game preceded the two varsity contests on the main gym floor.