CORNERSVILLE, Tenn. – The Cascade Lady Champions (4-1) took home first place in the Cornersville Thanksgiving Tournament after pulling away from Hickman County (4-1), 58-46, on Wednesday.

Cascade turned the Lady Bulldogs over 18 times, outscoring Hickman County, 25-11, in points off turnovers. The Lady Champions also had an edge on the offensive glass, outrebounding the Lady Bulldogs, 14-7, to create an 11-3 advantage in second-chance points.

Despite those team advantages, the biggest difference in the game was Kaegan Young’s relentless drives to the cup. Young shot just 4/11 from the field, but she finished with a game-high 24 points by getting to the charity stripe 21 times. She connected on 15 of her free throws. 

Suzanna Crews and Jocelyn Laughlin also finished in double-figures for Cascade, with Crews scoring 11 points and pulling down nine rebounds while Laughlin chipped in with 10 points and seven rebounds with three assists. 

Kaegan Young (22) led all scorers with 24 points in the championship game, finishing 15/21 at the FT line while hauling in 4 rebounds, dishing out 3 assists, and swiping 2 steals against Hickman County

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For Hickman County, Ava Floyd scored a team-high 17 points, but she turned the ball over seven times against the tenacious Lady Champs’ pressure. Zoie Chilton chipped in with 11 points, and Bailey Cramer added 10 points and seven rebounds.

The Lady Champions jumped on the Lady Bulldogs from the opening tip, racing out to a 22-13 lead at the end of the opening period of play. However, Hickman County responded by outscoring Cascade, 16-10, in the second quarter to trim Cascade’s lead to 32-29 heading into the halftime locker room.

The third quarter was a tense, low-scoring affair, but the Lady Champs did marginally extend their lead heading into the final frame, 41-36.

From there, Cascade was able to pull away with Young at the free-throw line as the Lady Champs shot 13/17 at the charity stripe to close out Hickman County, 58-46.

Cascade improves to 4-1 and will travel to Moore County to take on the Raiderettes on Tuesday, LIVE on The Zinger 100.9 and AM 1400 starting at 5:45 p.m.