By JOSEPH W. GEX II/Sports Writer

The Hancock Lady Hawks (24-2, 10-0) ended the regular season with a dominating 41-17 victory over the West Harrison Lady Hurricanes (21-3, 5-2) on Tuesday evening in Region 4-6A play.

The Lady Hawks won their 22nd consecutive division game over the past two seasons while the loss for West Harrison was just their third this year. It marks the second straight season that Hancock has ran roughshod through regular season play in the league at 10-0.

The Lady Hawks earned the top-seed for the division tournament which will host next week. 

Hancock jumped out to an 8-2 lead in the first period with their trademark suffocating defense.

The Lady Hurricanes did not light the scoreboard again until the 3:57 mark of the second period when Jaylynn Applewhite banked a bucket in to make the score 16-4.

Cambria Necaise pushed the score to 21-6 for Hancock with a layup with 14 seconds left in the first half. 

Talana Bond made the score 30-8 for Hancock with a three-ball with 3:44 left in the third period.

The fourth period saw Hancock empty the bench to spread out some valuable minutes for depth. 

Abby Carver closed out the scoring for Hancock with a three-pointer with 3:20 left to play. 

Hancock head coach Jamie Sisco commented, “From a defensive and effort aspect, we were good tonight. Our physical toughness was where we want it to. We know that our zone offense is not what we want it to be, but that is when we need our mental toughness to meet our expectations. We have to grind through sloppy, ugly basketball games. Winning is the key.”

Anslee James led Hancock with 10 points followed by Riley Bishop with 9 points. Sydnei Barber paced West Harrison with 5 points. 

Hancock is hosting their respective 6A division tournament and is the top-seed. First round games are set to play on Monday followed by second round games on Tuesday with consolation and championship games on Friday. There will be four games each day of the tournament.