Greene’s Olivia Kennedy is fouled on her way to the basket by Walton’s Jacqlyn Gransbury in the Trojans’ 58-47 victory in the opening round of the Section IV Class C playoffs Wednesday night. Kennedy scored a career-high 17 points in the victory. (Photo By Pete Mansheffer)

GREENE – A slow start by the Lady Trojans of Greene wasn’t enough for the Walton Warriors to come away with the upset win Wednesday night as the host Greene put together a 17-4 run the in third quarter.

The Trojans cushion built in the stanza helped the home team and the seven-seed of the Class C Section IV tournament capture the 57-37 victory over the Warriors in the opening round.

Olivia Kennedy, a sophomore for Greene, came alive in the second half with 15 of her game-high 17 points.

Walton held an 8-4 lead early in the contest, despite stand-out senior McKenzie Clough being in foul trouble.

Cleaning up the offensive glass was Greene’s Emma Smith, coming away with several rebounds and put-back finishes to being the score to an 8-8 tie midway through the first quarter. Smith scored six of the Trojans’ first eight point tallied in the game.

The visiting Warriors pulled ahead by two at the close of the opening stanza as Clough knocked down a foul-line jumper. After a few seconds ticked off the clock in the second quarter, Greene’s Jenna Albin once again tied the game up.

Enter Walton freshman Jacqlyn Gransbury.

The Warriors youngster, who was scoreless in the first quarter but made her presence known due to her defensive play, gave her team a 16-10 lead after hitting back-to-back, deep 3-point buckets.