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02-05-2012, 12:30 PM
Somerset — Good teams built for a deep run in March always seem to find a way to gut out a win when one of their top players have an ‘off night’.
Last night at Somerset’s Briar Patch, Southwestern’s Adison Corder — just one night removed from receiving her 1,000 point club basketball as a freshman — had a night to forget, with only three points in a much-anticipated rematch against the Lady Jumpers.
No problem for Tim Rice and crew.
Destiny Molden picked up the slack with a game-high 13 points, while Hannah Grant added nine points, and Samantha Fitzgerald scored all eight of her points after the intermission.
As a result, it was Southwestern getting the season sweep over the Lady Jumpers with a 47-39 victory, withstanding a furious fourth quarter Somerset rally.
Just 24 hours after losing a 45-42 decision to Garrard County on its home court, Southwestern found itself in another nail-biter, but this time, Rice’s club made just enough plays down the stretch to pull out a win, improving to 17-6 on the season.
“We had a 10 point lead with just over four minutes to go, and on three straight possessions we took two three-point shots and threw the ball away once,” stated Rice, after his club’s hard-fought victory.
“Regardless of whether those three-pointers would have went in or not, even if they would have went in, it’s still a bad shot in that situation,” said the Lady Warrior coach. “It’s just a shot that you don’t need in that situation.”
Early on, it was Somerset that jumped out on the Lady Warriors, racing out to a 14-9 lead late in the first stanza, but the Lady Warriors fought back to go on top for the first time at the end of the frame, 16-15, thanks to a bucket from eighth grader Elisabeth Latham.
Southwestern maintained its advantage over Somerset at the half, leading the Lady Jumpers 23-21 at the intermission.
However, in the third quarter of play, Southwestern — thanks to the inside tandem of Grant and Fitzgerald — began to pull away from Somerset, leading the Lady Jumpers 39-29 headed into the game’s final eight minutes.
That 10-point cushion to begin the fourth frame for the Lady Warriors however quickly evaporated coming down the stretch.
Southwestern didn’t score until just under the four minute mark of the period, thanks to a free throw by Fitzgerald.
However by that juncture, Somerset was right back in this one.
A Cassie Bray trey cut the lead to begin the fourth stanza to 39-32, while Alyssa Anciro’s long-range trey moments later got the Lady Jumpers even closer to Southwestern, 39-35.
A long two by Bray got Somerset to within a field goal at 39-37, but that’s when Southwestern righted the ship.
Following the Fitzgerald free throw that eased the lead back out to 40-37, the eighth grader hit a 17-foot jumper in front of the basket extending the Southwestern advantage to 42-37.
Moments later, a pair of free throws from Molden eased the Southwestern lead out to a three-possession game, at 44-37.
In the meantime, Somerset, after fighting so hard to trim the deficit down to two points at 39-37, had its chances to get back into the lead, but the Lady Jumpers just couldn’t get the shots to fall with the game on the line, as Bray missed back to back long-range three-pointers that would have given her club the lead.
“Coming down the end of the game, they hit a few shots and we missed a few shots, and that’s the final margin in a close game like that,” pointed out Somerset head coach Chris Adkins after the contest.
“This was a tournament-atmosphere kind of game, and most tournament games are going to be close like that one,” continued the Lady Jumper coach. “Adison (Corder) is a nice player who had an off night, and we identified their shooters, and they didn’t kill us from the three-point line. We normally score more points than we did tonight, but we just couldn’t get the shots to fall there late. We hit 10 of 17 from the free throw line for the game, and that’s decent, but it’s not where we need it to be.”
With the victory, Southwestern was certainly able to get the bad taste out of its mouth left by a very disappointing 45-42 loss at home to Garrard County on Friday night.
With Casey County rolling into The Wigwam tomorrow night to face the Lady Warriors, Rice said that made last night’s win over Somerset in an arch-rival game even that more important for his young team.
“This was a big game, and I’m always telling our players that you’re never on a losing streak until you lose two in a row,” pointed out the Southwestern head coach.
“We don’t ever want to get into the position where we’re losing two, three, or four games in a row this late in the year,” added Rice. “We’re in a situation with Casey County coming into our place Monday that is a team very capable of beating us, and then having to go to Rockcastle County on Friday, which is a very tough place to play. If we hadn’t played well here tonight, all of a sudden we could be have been looking at a three or four-game losing steak, so that made this win over Somerset a huge one for our team.”
Somerset, in a valiant effort that just fell short, got a team-high 10 points from Anciro, while Mariko Krause added nine points and Cassie Bray notched eight points.
With a few of his players still banged up by injuries — most notably Bray who is still nursing a very sore ankle — Adkins says his club is limited in certain areas for the time being, but he remains very proud of his team for how they keep on battling night after night regardless of the opponent.
“You can watch Cassie run up and down the floor and you can tell she’s not 100 percent,” Adkins pointed out. “I think it shows a lot of fortitude on her part to want to play and compete, and she played for most of the game tonight.”
“We missed a couple of opportunities to get a couple of loose balls down the stretch that they (Southwestern) got,” said the SHS coach. “The little plays coming down the stretch of a close game make all of the difference in the world.”
Southwestern — 17-6 on the year — will be back in action tomorrow night hosting Casey County at The Wigwam in a 7:30 p.m. contest.
Somerset — 10-12 on the year — will return to play next Thursday night, with a 47th District matchup on the road at Pulaski County.
That game is set to begin at 7:30 p.m.
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Last night at Somerset’s Briar Patch, Southwestern’s Adison Corder — just one night removed from receiving her 1,000 point club basketball as a freshman — had a night to forget, with only three points in a much-anticipated rematch against the Lady Jumpers.
No problem for Tim Rice and crew.
Destiny Molden picked up the slack with a game-high 13 points, while Hannah Grant added nine points, and Samantha Fitzgerald scored all eight of her points after the intermission.
As a result, it was Southwestern getting the season sweep over the Lady Jumpers with a 47-39 victory, withstanding a furious fourth quarter Somerset rally.
Just 24 hours after losing a 45-42 decision to Garrard County on its home court, Southwestern found itself in another nail-biter, but this time, Rice’s club made just enough plays down the stretch to pull out a win, improving to 17-6 on the season.
“We had a 10 point lead with just over four minutes to go, and on three straight possessions we took two three-point shots and threw the ball away once,” stated Rice, after his club’s hard-fought victory.
“Regardless of whether those three-pointers would have went in or not, even if they would have went in, it’s still a bad shot in that situation,” said the Lady Warrior coach. “It’s just a shot that you don’t need in that situation.”
Early on, it was Somerset that jumped out on the Lady Warriors, racing out to a 14-9 lead late in the first stanza, but the Lady Warriors fought back to go on top for the first time at the end of the frame, 16-15, thanks to a bucket from eighth grader Elisabeth Latham.
Southwestern maintained its advantage over Somerset at the half, leading the Lady Jumpers 23-21 at the intermission.
However, in the third quarter of play, Southwestern — thanks to the inside tandem of Grant and Fitzgerald — began to pull away from Somerset, leading the Lady Jumpers 39-29 headed into the game’s final eight minutes.
That 10-point cushion to begin the fourth frame for the Lady Warriors however quickly evaporated coming down the stretch.
Southwestern didn’t score until just under the four minute mark of the period, thanks to a free throw by Fitzgerald.
However by that juncture, Somerset was right back in this one.
A Cassie Bray trey cut the lead to begin the fourth stanza to 39-32, while Alyssa Anciro’s long-range trey moments later got the Lady Jumpers even closer to Southwestern, 39-35.
A long two by Bray got Somerset to within a field goal at 39-37, but that’s when Southwestern righted the ship.
Following the Fitzgerald free throw that eased the lead back out to 40-37, the eighth grader hit a 17-foot jumper in front of the basket extending the Southwestern advantage to 42-37.
Moments later, a pair of free throws from Molden eased the Southwestern lead out to a three-possession game, at 44-37.
In the meantime, Somerset, after fighting so hard to trim the deficit down to two points at 39-37, had its chances to get back into the lead, but the Lady Jumpers just couldn’t get the shots to fall with the game on the line, as Bray missed back to back long-range three-pointers that would have given her club the lead.
“Coming down the end of the game, they hit a few shots and we missed a few shots, and that’s the final margin in a close game like that,” pointed out Somerset head coach Chris Adkins after the contest.
“This was a tournament-atmosphere kind of game, and most tournament games are going to be close like that one,” continued the Lady Jumper coach. “Adison (Corder) is a nice player who had an off night, and we identified their shooters, and they didn’t kill us from the three-point line. We normally score more points than we did tonight, but we just couldn’t get the shots to fall there late. We hit 10 of 17 from the free throw line for the game, and that’s decent, but it’s not where we need it to be.”
With the victory, Southwestern was certainly able to get the bad taste out of its mouth left by a very disappointing 45-42 loss at home to Garrard County on Friday night.
With Casey County rolling into The Wigwam tomorrow night to face the Lady Warriors, Rice said that made last night’s win over Somerset in an arch-rival game even that more important for his young team.
“This was a big game, and I’m always telling our players that you’re never on a losing streak until you lose two in a row,” pointed out the Southwestern head coach.
“We don’t ever want to get into the position where we’re losing two, three, or four games in a row this late in the year,” added Rice. “We’re in a situation with Casey County coming into our place Monday that is a team very capable of beating us, and then having to go to Rockcastle County on Friday, which is a very tough place to play. If we hadn’t played well here tonight, all of a sudden we could be have been looking at a three or four-game losing steak, so that made this win over Somerset a huge one for our team.”
Somerset, in a valiant effort that just fell short, got a team-high 10 points from Anciro, while Mariko Krause added nine points and Cassie Bray notched eight points.
With a few of his players still banged up by injuries — most notably Bray who is still nursing a very sore ankle — Adkins says his club is limited in certain areas for the time being, but he remains very proud of his team for how they keep on battling night after night regardless of the opponent.
“You can watch Cassie run up and down the floor and you can tell she’s not 100 percent,” Adkins pointed out. “I think it shows a lot of fortitude on her part to want to play and compete, and she played for most of the game tonight.”
“We missed a couple of opportunities to get a couple of loose balls down the stretch that they (Southwestern) got,” said the SHS coach. “The little plays coming down the stretch of a close game make all of the difference in the world.”
Southwestern — 17-6 on the year — will be back in action tomorrow night hosting Casey County at The Wigwam in a 7:30 p.m. contest.
Somerset — 10-12 on the year — will return to play next Thursday night, with a 47th District matchup on the road at Pulaski County.
That game is set to begin at 7:30 p.m.
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