Unaka senior Lyndie Ramsey is the 25th girls player in Northeast Tennessee history to score over 2,000 points. She is the second Unaka player to do it, joining Angie Peters.
Unaka senior Lyndie Ramsey is the 25th girls player in Northeast Tennessee history to score over 2,000 points. She is the second Unaka player to do it, joining Angie Peters.
ELIZABETHTON — A stellar shooting performance by Cosby overshadowed an historic night for Unaka senior Lyndie Ramsey on Friday in nonconference basketball action.
Ramsey netted 27 points and scored her 2,000th career. Point, but it was all for naught as Cosby ran away in the third quarter to win 67-41.
The Lady Eagles led by one point at halftime then used a 30-point outburst to pretty much end the game before the final period even started.
“(Cosby) went on about a two-minute stretch where they hit four 3’s and another bucket and it went from a one-point game to a 16-point game,” Unaka coach Kenneth Chambers said. “We talked about it at halftime that Cosby has always been known to shoot the 3-point ball really well. It was only a matter of time if we left them open then they’d start hitting shots.”
Ramsey’s milestone bucket came on a made 3-pointer midway through the third quarter from the right wing about 21 feet away from the cup. She would finish 10-of-17 from the field with four made 3-pointers.
“Lyndie really hasn’t done anything — not even practice — for about 3½ weeks being sick and she just got released today,” Chambers said. “Lyndie always tries her best and works very hard. She’s the first one in the gym and the last one to leave. That’s why she is what she is.
“I tried to not work her too hard tonight, resting her three or four minutes at a time, but the truth is that we need her out there every single minute.”
She is the 25th girl from Northeast Tennessee to net 2,000 points in her career and she still has her entire senior year ahead of her. Unaka’s all-time leading scorer is Angie Peters, who netted around 2,200 points and graduated in 1988.
“It definitely means a lot to hit 2,000 and I couldn’t have done it without my team,” Ramsey said. “All the hard work that I’ve put in for years is finally paying off and my team around me has supported me the entire time.
“It’s very stress-relieving to finally get it over with and now I have the rest of the season in front of me.”
The Lady Eagles were led by Shaylee Shelton’s 34 points, 21 of which came in the third quarter. She made her final nine shots of the game, including her final seven 3-point attempts.
Kinley Coggins (13) and Ali Smith (10) also finished in double-figures for Cosby. The Lady Eagles shot an impressive 22-for-48 from the floor and were 17-for-27 in the second half.
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