Barlow Girls Basketball Falls To Powerful Lauralton Hall

Olivia Levey, one of the top players in the South-West Conference, scored 20 points Thursday, leading the Lauralton Hall girls basketball team to a 64-51 victory over Barlow in Redding.

Lauralton Hall, which improved to 10-2, slowly away in the second half after leading 33-30 at the half. Nicola Matero added 15 points for the winners.

Brittney Dumas netted 15 points and Delaney Bracken chipped in 10 for the Falcons, who slipped to 4-5 in conference play and 9-5 overall.

A big difference in the game was at the foul line. Lauralton Hall converted 19-of-25 free throws while the Falcons were just 7-of-15.  Barlow actually finished with one more field goal, 22-21.

The Falcons are back in action on Friday at Stratford (7 p.m.).