Tuesday, December 09, 2008
DIXON — For the third straight game, the Webster County girls basketball team racked up the points and on Monday evening it was the visiting Hopkins County Central who fell victim to the Lady Trojans’ high-powered attack.
As Webster (3-0) rallied, Central (1-2) scored just three points in the first quarter, falling behind quickly and eventually losing 86-37.
Lady Trojans coach Christina Whitsell said she was impressed by her team on both the offensive and defensive sides of the ball with Webster dominating the full court of play.
A 17-0 Webster run spanning the first and second quarters seemed to knock Central out of the game early while the Lady Storm labored to make shots. Four different Lady Trojan players notched baskets during the run.
Turnovers also kept Central from staving off their opposition. Webster forced the Lady Storm into committing 17 first-half turnovers.’
“We were just out of sync,” Central coach Jennifer Flener said. “We weren’t strong with the ball offensively and Webster County is a team that is going to get up in you everytime on offense or on defense and our kids weren’t ready to be physical.
“We made silly turnovers and we let that get to us and we started hanging our heads, so I think that’s pretty much why our rhythm wasn’t flowing.”
Although Flener said she was proud of Brittney Orten and Cassandra Haley for their ability to bring the ball up the floor, she said the team missed starting point guard Hannah Murphy, who did not play due to sickness.
After falling behind 22-3, the Lady Storm regrouped and played the Lady Trojans to a 18-16 score in the second quarter alone.
“The second quarter was really good and that’s one of the things we talked about during half time,” Flener said. “I thought the kids played with a lot of guts during the second quarter even though we were down. If they had played like that the whole game though, maybe the outcome would have been a little different.”
During the second half, the Lady Trojans opened up the game even further on another momentous rally by putting together a 19-2 run in the third quarter.
Whitsell said her team’s tenacious attitude on defense allowed Webster to excel in shutting down Central’s opportunities. She said she challenges each of her girls to keep their opposing player to zero points and that nearly happened in the first quarter.
Five different players reached double-digit figures for Webster with Lynette Harris and Stephanie Householder leading the way with 14 points a piece. Through three games, Webster has averaged 78 points per contest.
For the Lady Storm, forward Amber Coakley was the lone double-figure scorer with 11. Coakley reached the mark on a three-point play with 6:35 left in the fourth quarter.
In junior varsity action, Webster beat Central 37-23.
The Lady Trojans next play 7:30 p.m. Friday at Union County while the Lady Storm’s next game is 7:30 p.m. Friday at Caldwell County.
HCCHS 3 16 6 12 – 37
WCHS 22 18 27 19 – 86
Central (1-2): Amber Coakley 11 Cassandra Haley 6 Brittney Orten 6 Shalara Wells 5 Whitney Orange 3 Ashley Flener 2 Courtney Snodgrass 2 Brooke Daugherty 2
Webster (3-0): Lynette Harris 14 Stephanie Householder 14 Ellie Steiner 13 Kerstin Hayes 11 Caylee Duncan 10 Natalie Stone 8 Ellie Green 6 Keri Wright 4 Heather Eblen 3 Haylee Householder 2
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