Shelbyville Lady Golden Bears Basketball

The Girls Basketball team hosted Rushville on Tuesday night for a non-conference state road 44 battle. The varsity led after the first quarter 10-8 and at the half by a score of 25-17. A slow third quarter for Shelbyville shifted the games momentum to Rushville as they out scored the Bears 13-2 in the quarter to take a 30-27 lead heading into the fourth. As the pace of the game picked up in the fourth quarter the Bears could never get any closer dropping the contest to Rushville 51-44. Shelbyville was led in scoring by Kylee Edwards with 15 points. Also scoring for the Bears was Ellie Simpson with 9, Madison Phares with 7, Ava Wilson with 5, Abby Brenner with 5, and Madison Bassett with 3 points to round out the scoring. Shelbyville is now 8-10 (HHC 3-2) on the year. The JV team defeated Rushville to move to 13-2 on the year and both teams will travel to Mt. Vernon on Saturday for a 1:00 pm JV start.