Photo by Miranda Pederson/Daily NewsGlasgow coach LaVonda Johnson, a former Warren East and Western Kentucky basketball player, yells instructions Monday during the Lady Scotties' game against Warren East.

GLASGOW – When LaVonda Johnson played at Warren East High School, she helped lead the Lady Raiders to plenty of victories. On Monday, she was trying to deny her former school a win.

Johnson locked up with her former school for the first time as head coach at Glasgow and watched the Lady Raiders rally from a fourth-quarter deficit to defeat her Lady Scotties 66-63. Glasgow (1-4) was unable to overcome eight fourth-quarter turnovers and another huge night from WEHS freshman Ashley Rainey.

&#8220It’s hard to accept, but sometimes you learn a lot from losing,” Johnson said. &#8220I think our girls really worked hard and were competitive. We just have to get them over the hump.”

Despite facing her former team, Johnson said she looked at Monday’s matchup as just another game.

&#8220It was a good experience, but I try not to get into all the hoorah or whatever,” she said. &#8220I don’t care who it is, I’m just trying to win. But I can understand people getting into that.”

Warren East coach Angie Anderson, whose sister played with Johnson, said it was fun to match up with the former Lady Raider.

&#8220She is just a standout person,” Anderson said. &#8220Glasgow couldn’t have picked a better coach to lead their girls’ program. I tried to get her at East, but no teaching positions were open. I think she has earned her way here and she certainly had them ready against us tonight.”

Glasgow was ready for the challenge, jumping ahead 6-2 early. Warren East (2-3) took control late in the first quarter and had a 22-17 lead at the end of one.

The Lady Raider lead was 25-19 after a jumper by Katie Bonds, but Glasgow closed the half with an 18-7 surge to build a 37-32 advantage at the break.

Warren East briefly regained the advantage 42-41 on a jumper by Andrea Moore midway through the third quarter, but again Glasgow answered. A 9-4 spurt gave the Lady Scotties a 50-46 lead heading into the final quarter.

The Lady Raiders regained the lead, 55-53, on a nifty post move by Julie Crabtree, but Glasgow bounced back with a 3 from Ashley Johnson to make the score 56-55 with 2:21 left.

After the two teams exchanged baskets, the Lady Raiders took the lead for good on a Rainey three-point play. Glasgow turned the ball over on its next two possessions and Rainey hit three free throws to stretch the margin to 63-58. The Lady Scotties couldn’t get any closer than two points the rest of the way.

&#8220Our kids fought and fought and found a way to win,” Anderson said. &#8220We needed this win for confidence. This was big for them to see that hard work does pay off.”

Rainey led Warren East with 22 points – including seven points in the final five minutes – and 16 rebounds.

&#8220That says something about who she is as a kid,” Anderson said. &#8220She just wants to win and she is willing to do whatever it takes. We had kids that got her the ball when they needed to get her the ball and she knew what to do with it.”

Johnson said that she was impressed with Rainey.

&#8220I joked with somebody to make sure she didn’t break any of my records,” Johnson said. &#8220She is going to break a lot of records and is going to be a well-respected player. I respect her right now. She is just going to get that much better as the year goes along.”

Moore added 15 points and Amanda Bonds finished with 12 points for Warren East.

Ashley Johnson led the Lady Scotties with 19 points. Paige Lee added 16 points and 12 rebounds for Glasgow.

Warren East will host Greenwood at 7:30 p.m. Friday. Glasgow will host Monroe County at 7:30 p.m. Friday.

Warren East 22 10 14 20 – 66

Glasgow 17 20 13 13 – 63

Warren East (66) Rainey 22, Moore 15, A. Bonds 12, Crabtree 6, Briggs 5, Mahaney 4, K. Bonds 2

Glasgow (63) Johnson 19, Lee 16, Fant 14, Britt 5, Foster 4, Polston 2, Wooten 2, Kopp 1