Girls Prep Basketball: Lady Panthers fall at Frankfort

</element><element id="paragraph-1" type="body"><![CDATA[Austyn Ridings scored 27 points on Saturday to lead Herrin to a 65-35 romp of Pinckneyville at the West Frankfort Mid-Winter Classic.

Ridings scored a career-high 30 points on Thursday in a win at Anna-Jonesboro and nearly matched it two days later -- in the same week as Tuesday's win over West Frankfort in which she set a school record with 14 assists in a 65-37 blasting of West Frankfort.

In Saturday's game, the Lady Tigers jumped out to a 21-2 lead after one quarter to blast a 15-6 Pinckneyville squad missing four players due to disciplinary reasons.

Nikki Hall, who scored 15 points in the win over West Frankfort, added 11 points in Saturday's victory. Maggie Bailie chipped in eight, freshman Abby Horn had seven and Haley Elders and Kim Deming both had six.

Herrin is now 20-3 overall. Tuesday's win avenged their second loss and lone setback in the SIRR Ohio Division, where they are now matched with West Frankfort with 5-1 records.

This Tuesday, the Lady Tigers return to the Mid-Winter Classic to face Sesser-Valier-Waltonville, which lost 47-38 to the host Lady Redbirds in Saturday's second game. Thursday's session will pit Pinckneyville against S-V-W and conclude with a rubber match between Herrin and West Frankfort.

TRICO PINK OUT

Du Quoin's girls visit Trico Monday night and its "Pink Out Night" in Mathis Gym.

All proceeds from the game go to the Breast Center in Carbondale