After avenging a regular season loss in their sectional opener on Tuesday against Greenfield-Central, Richmond saw their season come to an end at the hands of a young Mount Vernon team in their semifinal round sectional game played on Friday, Feb. 7 on the Lady Marauders’ home court.
The game was close early. Mount Vernon held a slim 10-8 lead at the end of the first quarter before holding Richmond to 2 points in the second quarter to build a 20-10 halftime lead.
The Lady Red Devils never recovered.
Richmond scored 17 points in the third quarter, their most productive quarter of the night, but fell further behind, trailing 39-27 entering the fourth quarter. Mount Vernon blew the game open in the fourth quarter to win 52-31 and advance to the championship game on Saturday to face Pendleton Heights.
Gabby Thomas scored a game high of 21 points for Mount Vernon and Zoey Wood scored 20 points. Amyannah Tucker led Richmond with 13 points.
It was the last time in a Richmond basketball uniform for seniors Maren Bolser, Kiarra Handley, Amari Jackson, Shaylon Sexton, Amyannah Tucker and Cami Turpin.
Mount Vernon (Fortville) (18-6) 10 10 19 13 52
Thomas 21, Reagan Britt 0, Wood 20, Addison Bucksot 2, Delani Williams 7, Alaya Baxter 0, Kat Simmons 2, Chloe Gaw 0, Christina Walker 0 — Total 52
Richmond (12-12) 8 2 17 4 31
Cami Turpin 0, Amari Jackson 2, Kiarra Handley 3, Tucker 13, Maren Bolser 9, Sophia Reising 4, Jayden Johnson 0, Jazlyn Diamond 0, Jade Diamond 0, Shaylon Sexton 0 — Total 31
A version of this article appeared in the February 12 2025 print edition of the Western Wayne News.