Prairie Central capitalized on five three-pointers in the second quarter to surge past the Unity in their Illini Prairie Conference game back on February 20. The Rockets taking another loss on the chin, lost at home, 55-33.
Taylor Henry led the team with 10 points and 10 rebounds in the weekender. Head coach Dave Ellars said she continues build on her role has a future team leader.
"Taylor is a winner; she will do what ever it takes for the team," he said. "She sees the floor well and does a great job of reading the defense."
Meanwhile, the team lone senior, Chloee Reed, finished with a team-high 12 points. She packaged one steal, three boards and two assists as best she could to help keep the game competitive as possible.
Another Unity player showing signs of making great strides in contributing to the team effort is freshman Katey Moore. Despite having to train in a crazy pandemic restricted year, she has made steady improvement as first year varsity player for the Rockets.
"Katey is very athletic and is always working on ways to improve," Ellars said. His plebe player scored 7 points and added the same number of boards to her Saturday afternoon stats. "As a freshman she is learning the speed of the game at the varsity level and has adjusted."
Erika Steinman, who had one steal and credited with two rebounds, was the only other Unity player to make a scoring contribution with four points.
The visiting Hawks were paced by Mariya Sisco's four treys and 16 points outing. Sister Chloe Sisco was 4-for-4 from the free throw line and good for 12 points. Senior Natalie Graf chipped another six points to round out the team's top three scorers.
| Prairie Central | 19 | 15 | 13 | 8 | - 55 |
| Unity | 12 | 4 | 8 | 9 | - 33 |
Unity
C. Reed 3 (2) 0-0 -- 12,
England 0 (0) 0-0 -- 0,
Renfrow 0 (0) 0-0 -- 0,
Miller 0 (0) 0-0 -- 0,
Stringer 0 (0) 0-0 -- 0,
Steinman 2 (0) 0-0 -- 4,
B. Henry 0 (0) 0-2 -- 0,
M. Reed 0 (0) 0-0 -- 0,
Moore 3 (0) 1-2 -- 7,
Alagna 0 (0) 0-0 -- 0,
T. Henry 4 (0) 2-5 -- 10,
Flesch 0 (0) 0-0 -- 0.