By Nick Brockman
Messenger Sports Reporter, nbrockman@the-messenger.com
DIXON -- The competition has been nothing short of stellar when it comes to the Webster County girls basketball team's schedule during the last week.
Four straight winning programs have entered the Lady Trojans' gym and for the fourth consecutive time, Webster (15-4) sent the visitors packing with a loss when the squad defeated Calloway County (12-5) 60-43 on Monday evening.
The Lady Trojans maintained a healthy advantage throughout after a superb shooting performance in the first quarter, but the Lady Lakers did not gather their gear and leave without a small late scare.
"I felt like our girls did a good job consistently in the game," coach Christina Whitsell said. "We got a little shaking at times, made some adjustments defensively... We made some adjustments and got the ball in the middle and at the end did a good job of knocking down some free-throws."
Webster struggled at first against the frenetic fourth-quarter pressure from Calloway and succumbed to turnovers by an inability to escape traps.
Once the Lady Trojans unlocked the key to the press, the home team utilized its own suffocating defense to ice the game. Calloway scored its last field goal with 3:10 to play.
Down the stretch, Webster drained five-of-eight free-throws.
Four straight winning programs have entered the Lady Trojans' gym and for the fourth consecutive time, Webster (15-4) sent the visitors packing with a loss when the squad defeated Calloway County (12-5) 60-43 on Monday evening.
The Lady Trojans maintained a healthy advantage throughout after a superb shooting performance in the first quarter, but the Lady Lakers did not gather their gear and leave without a small late scare.
"I felt like our girls did a good job consistently in the game," coach Christina Whitsell said. "We got a little shaking at times, made some adjustments defensively... We made some adjustments and got the ball in the middle and at the end did a good job of knocking down some free-throws."
Webster struggled at first against the frenetic fourth-quarter pressure from Calloway and succumbed to turnovers by an inability to escape traps.
Once the Lady Trojans unlocked the key to the press, the home team utilized its own suffocating defense to ice the game. Calloway scored its last field goal with 3:10 to play.
Down the stretch, Webster drained five-of-eight free-throws.
In the first half, the Lady Trojans erupted to a 24-5 lead by taking advantage on the glass and preventing the Lady Lakers from making entry passes into the lane. By game's end, Webster outrebounded Calloway 38-15.
Lady Trojan center Lynette Harris snagged 12 rebounds to accompany her game-high 22 points for a double-double. Forward Stephanie Householder scored nine points in the first quarter alone en route to 12 and tacked on seven rebounds.
Webster's guards also helped out by battling for the ball. Junior Kerstin Hayes corralled three defensive rebounds in the first six minutes of action.
"That's something we really hit hard in practice," Whitsell said about the rebounding effort. "Against our zone defense, we've been struggling with second and third chances to the other opponent, not boxing out consistently, so we put some new drills in and really stressed that.
"Tonight, I felt like we did a good job boxing out on that zone and my guards did a good job of going in and helping out on the boards."
Calloway cut the deficit to single digits in the second quarter, but Harris amassed six straight points to keep the Lady Lakers at bay. Harris' spinning one-hander in the paint with one minute left in the first half put Webster up by 13.
During the third quarter, Harris' hot streak continued. At one point, the 6-2 junior scored 11 of her team's last 14 points.
Despite Harris' offensive output, the Lady Trojans defense had plenty of work to do against Calloway's Averee Fields and Kayla Cunningham. The duo combined to score 39 of their team's 43 points.
Webster's defense accepted the task though in the fourth quarter and never let the Lady Lakers close within eight points.
With the win, the Lady Trojans have won five consecutive games, tying the squad's longest winning streak of the year. Webster opened the season on a five-game win streak before losing 72-45 to Iroquois on Dec. 19 in the Lady Panther Winter Classic at Pleasure Ridge Park.
The win also marked the fourth time since Jan. 12 that Webster has defeated a team with 12 or more victories.
The Lady Trojans return to action 7:30 p.m. Friday at Henderson (14-3) in a rematch of Webster's 60-59 win on Jan. 12.
CCHS (12-5) 5 17 10 11 - 43
WCHS (15-4) 22 11 11 16 - 60
CCHS: Averee Fields 22, Kayla Cunningham 17, Brittany Fox 3, Karra Jones 1
WCHS: Lynette Harris 22, Stephanie Householder 12, Kerstin Hayes 9, Ellie Steiner 9, Keri Wright 5, Caylee Duncan 3
Lady Trojan center Lynette Harris snagged 12 rebounds to accompany her game-high 22 points for a double-double. Forward Stephanie Householder scored nine points in the first quarter alone en route to 12 and tacked on seven rebounds.
Webster's guards also helped out by battling for the ball. Junior Kerstin Hayes corralled three defensive rebounds in the first six minutes of action.
"That's something we really hit hard in practice," Whitsell said about the rebounding effort. "Against our zone defense, we've been struggling with second and third chances to the other opponent, not boxing out consistently, so we put some new drills in and really stressed that.
"Tonight, I felt like we did a good job boxing out on that zone and my guards did a good job of going in and helping out on the boards."
Calloway cut the deficit to single digits in the second quarter, but Harris amassed six straight points to keep the Lady Lakers at bay. Harris' spinning one-hander in the paint with one minute left in the first half put Webster up by 13.
During the third quarter, Harris' hot streak continued. At one point, the 6-2 junior scored 11 of her team's last 14 points.
Despite Harris' offensive output, the Lady Trojans defense had plenty of work to do against Calloway's Averee Fields and Kayla Cunningham. The duo combined to score 39 of their team's 43 points.
Webster's defense accepted the task though in the fourth quarter and never let the Lady Lakers close within eight points.
With the win, the Lady Trojans have won five consecutive games, tying the squad's longest winning streak of the year. Webster opened the season on a five-game win streak before losing 72-45 to Iroquois on Dec. 19 in the Lady Panther Winter Classic at Pleasure Ridge Park.
The win also marked the fourth time since Jan. 12 that Webster has defeated a team with 12 or more victories.
The Lady Trojans return to action 7:30 p.m. Friday at Henderson (14-3) in a rematch of Webster's 60-59 win on Jan. 12.
CCHS (12-5) 5 17 10 11 - 43
WCHS (15-4) 22 11 11 16 - 60
CCHS: Averee Fields 22, Kayla Cunningham 17, Brittany Fox 3, Karra Jones 1
WCHS: Lynette Harris 22, Stephanie Householder 12, Kerstin Hayes 9, Ellie Steiner 9, Keri Wright 5, Caylee Duncan 3
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