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F/S Fillies struggle, but finish strong

In the third game of the SV Bank Shootout, the Fresh-Soph Fillies took on the Sterling Lady Warriors. At the end of the first, the Fillies looked as though they might hang with the Warriors. They were only behind by four points, but they lost it in the second and third quarters. In the second, Morrison was outscored 4-12, giving Sterling a comfortable 12-point led heading to the locker rooms for half time. The third quarter looked even bleaker, as Morrison was only able to score two points. Sterling tacked on 17 more. Starting the fourth quarter, the scoreboard read 14-41. Though the Fillies were down by 27 points, they didn’t give up. The Fillies turned it up in the fourth to score 11 points. This was the first quarter that Morrison was able to out-score Sterling. (Sterling had nine points in the fourth quarter.) At the end of the game, the scoreboard pronounced Sterling as the winner: 25-50.

F/S Fillies struggle, but finish strong
By: Lindsey Smith
In the third game of the SV Bank Shootout, the Fresh-Soph Fillies took on the Sterling Lady Warriors. At the end of the first, the Fillies looked as though they might hang with the Warriors. They were only behind by four points, but they lost it in the second and third quarters. In the second, Morrison was outscored 4-12, giving Sterling a comfortable 12-point led heading to the locker rooms for half time. The third quarter looked even bleaker, as Morrison was only able to score two points. Sterling tacked on 17 more. Starting the fourth quarter, the scoreboard read 14-41. Though the Fillies were down by 27 points, they didn’t give up. The Fillies turned it up in the fourth to score 11 points. This was the first quarter that Morrison was able to out-score Sterling. (Sterling had nine points in the fourth quarter.) At the end of the game, the scoreboard pronounced Sterling as the winner: 25-50.
Morrison may have lost the game in point totals, but they won two columns in the stat book. The Fillies committed just 13 fouls in the game, compared to the Warriors’ 15.
The Fillies also had a better free throw percentage. They made five of their nine attempts. Sterling also made five free throws, but they had 11 attempts.
Another positive thing that came out of this game was that of Morrison’s five scorers of the game, three of them had six points, and another had five. There were no standout scorers for Morrison. They were balanced.
“We stuck with the very aggressive offense and defense of the Lady Warriors. We got more shots and offensive rebounds than past games. We were also more aggressive.” Brianne Jensen commented, after having her best game of the season, so far, against the Warriors. She was one of the three with six points.
Sophomores Kelly Tenboer and Brandy Stuart put up six points apiece. Kelly’s scores came from 2 of 7 shooting and two free throws. Brandy’s scoring came from knocking in 3 of her 8 field goal attempts.
Jessica Scott had five points. She made two baskets in five tries, and added one free throw in three attempts.
Trisha Beswick rounded out the scoring for the Fillies by knocking home her single field goal attempt.
The Fresh-Soph Fillies moved their record to 1-2 overall. They have not yet played a conference game.

by lsmith
2004-11-28 20:56:29