Trischa Lacy grew up mesmerized by Bill “Skeet” Moss’ stories about past Urbana High School great girls basketball players. Now, she’s a part of his repertoire.

Her team trailing Indian Lake by 15 points, Lacy got a “little lecture” from Moss at halftime of the Hillclimbers’ Jan. 12 game.

Said Lacy: “Let’s just say it wasn’t pretty.”

What followed was.

Urbana rallied for a 77-71 win thanks in part to Lacy’s 50 points. She had 33 in the second half. It’s the area’s top individual scoring performance this season. Only Valley View senior Zack Denny (51 points) has more.

“I’m a competitor,” Lacy said. “I hate to lose. In the second half … my girls got after it.”

Several others have followed that scoring mantra.

While Lacy’s 50-point game puts her in rare company, the fact that she recently surpassed 1,000 career points should, too. Not this season.

However unlikely, nine area girls have surpassed 1,000 points this season. Tecumseh’s Bianca Quisenberry went over 2,000 points.

“In my 25 years, I can’t remember a year where this many players reached the 1,000-point milestone in one season,” said Jim Dabbelt, director of The Dabbelt Report (a regional girls basketball website). “It’s common to have one or two kids per season reach that mark, but no less than nine this year is phenomenal.

“Scoring over 2,000 points like Quisenberry is beyond impressive.”

It’s not over.

Fairmont junior Kathryn Westbeld has 957 points entering today’s showdown with Centerville. Westbeld’s teammate, senior point guard Chelsea Welch, surpassed 1,000 points last season. So did Anna senior Natalie Billing.

“I credit the surge to the fact that every one of these kids are on teams that are pretty successful, play a high level of basketball all year round and have work ethics second to none,” Dabbelt said. “It’s a wave of great players coming through that all happened to hit the mark around the same time.”

The same happened at Urbana in the early 1990s.

Led by Sheri Rogan (1987-91), Jannon Rowland (1989-93) and Beth Ostendorf (1992-93), the Hillclimbers made three state tournaments in four years and won back-to-back state titles in 1992 and ’93. All three scored over 2,000 career points.

“Skeet’s told us stories about those girls and I’ve always looked up to Jannon,” Lacy said. “I’ve always wanted to be ‘that’ girl and be like Sheri and Beth. I’ve always wanted Skeet to tell stories about me.”

Lacy’s 50 points broke Rogan’s school record of 46.

“Looking at the list of 1,000-point scorers, there isn’t one of them that surprises me,” Dabbelt said. “It just continues to show how strong girls basketball is in the Dayton area. This is a very special group.”