DARLINGTON — Senior guard Kaylee Meyers sank five 3-pointers to shoot her way into Darlington’s 1,000-Point Club and lead the Lady Redbirds to a 62-47 SWAL victory Feb. 14 over the Iowa-Grant Panthers at Darlington High School.

Meyers hit three of her 3s in the first half to lift the Redbirds (16-4 overall, 11-2 SWAL) out to a 35-27 halftime lead. 

Seniors Bethany McDonald and Reagan Crist each knocked down two 3s of the own in the first half for the Redbirds, who used a 10-2 run midway through the first half to take the lead for good on the Panthers. 

I-G got as close as one late in the half, but the ‘Birds stretched the lead back out to 35-27 by the intermission.

An early 13-2 run in the second half put Darlington ahead 50-36 with 8:03 remaining in the game.

With the game well in control, all that was left to do was to get Meyers to her milestone. She banked in her fourth trey with around five minutes to go to give the ‘Birds their largest lead of the night at 59-41, and then buried her fifth 3-ball with 3:03 to go to reach the 1,000-point mark on the dot. 

“It felt good all the way. Once it left my fingers, I was like ‘I did it.’ This has been my goal since the start of the season,” said Meyers following the game. “I couldn’t have done it without my teammates for sure. They have been by my side since second grade. It means the world to me to have them still by me when this happened tonight.”

Meyers finished with a team-high 15 points. Fellow senior Kathleen Mathias chipped in with 12 points and junior Brenna McDonald netted eight, while Bethany McDonald and Crist added eight apiece to aid the balanced attack.

Sophomore Logan Hubbard scored a game-high 18 points for the Panthers. Juniors Olivia Liddicoat and Joanna Spurley tallied 14 points apiece for the guests.