2004 Year in Review

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Fillies go up 2-0 in conference

It was a tight, high scoring game. Both teams were dripping with sweat, their breaths coming in sharp pants. The gym was packed, 300 people loud. For the point guards, time seemed to stand still as they dribbled. “Dribble, dribble, dribble. PASS!” yelled the home fans, every time the opposing team touched the ball. You could feel the tension between the teams as they played down the wire. You could hear one side of the gym scream with anger, while the other cheered like crazy. And you could feel the incredible surge of energy from the visiting team and it’s fans at the end of the game when they were declared the victors.

The Fillies traveled down to Prophetstown to take on the conference rivals Lady Prophets on Tuesday, November 30th. Morrison outscored P-town in every quarter but the second. In the first, the Fillies had a three point led: 9-12. The second quarter was crazy. The teams combined to score 34 points in those eight minutes of play. Morrison came out outscoring P-town by four this time, putting up 19.
Coming out of half time down 24-31, the Lady Prophets turned up the defense and held Morrison to seven points, their low for the night. P-town put in 13 points in the third to make the game more interesting. Morrison led going into the fourth, 38-37. The fourth quarter was low scoring. Prophetstown mustered six points, while the Fillies added eight more. Morrison came out of PHS as victors from the girls’ basketball team for the first time since 1998.
Abby Vock and Amanda Smith both led the team with 12 points. Katie Tenboer had a strong game with 8 points. Jodi Medendorp put in 6 more before fouling out. Michaele Vock was the sharp shooter from the free throw line, which helped her get her 5 points in the game. Heather Andersen wrapped up the 46 points for Morrison with her three points.
Morrison shot 18 for 48, for 38% field goal percentage. They were also one for two from down town. Amanda hit that three. P-town was 13 for 44, or 30% from the field. They shot seven three pointers, and made two.
Making 9 out of 14 as a team, Morrison shot 64% from the free throw line. Abby led the team in FT percentage. She was 100%, nailing both of her attempts. Her sister, Michaele, put in three of her four free throws. Katie swished two of her four FTs. Heather and Amanda both shot two free throws. Each player made one.
Prophetstown made 15 of their 25 free throw attempts.
Fouls were nearly even in the game. Both teams lost a player because of fouls. Morrison was called on 18 of them, while P-town had 17.
Katie led the team in steals and rebounds. She had four steals, followed by Heather and Abby with one each. Kate also had seven rebounds. Heather and Amanda clutched five boards in the game. Jodi snatched four basketballs off the rim. Abby grabbed two rebounds. Michaele ended the Filly rebounding with one. Prophetstown out-rebounded Morrison 26-24.
Heather had Morrison’s two blocks in the game.
Morrison had a season low of nine turnovers.
They improved their record to 4-3 overall. They are 2-0 in conference, along with Newman, whom they’ll be playing on Tuesday, December 7th. That will be an away game for the Fillies. It starts at 6 o’clock with the fresh-soph team taking the court first.

by anonymous
2004-12-06 22:17:27