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Monday, 19 November 2007 |
 Waynesfield-Goshen’s Brook Shaw grabs the loose ball under the basket during Saturday’s game against Riverside at WGHS. (Staff photo/ Brad Avery)
TYLER FACCENDA
Staff Writer
WAYNESFIELD — In its second game of the season, the Waynesfield-Goshen varsity girls basketball team played its first Northwest Central Conference opponent of the year on Saturday, the Pirates of Riverside.
After a promising start to the game, the Tigers battled all the way through, but the Pirates pushed a little bit harder to overcome and win by a score of 71-60.
“We came out and we had the lead,” Waynesfield-Goshen varsity coach Ted Patton said. “Then Riverside started pressuring us and we didn’t handle the pressure very well. Hat’s off to Riverside, they pressured us, and we didn’t handle it.”
Leading the Tigers in scoring was Brittany Lament with 17 points. She was 3-of-15 from inside the arc, 2-of-10 from the 3-point line, and 5-of-9 from the charity stripe.
Also contributing big points was Brooke Shaw, who scored 14. Shaw finished 5-of-7 from under the basket, where she proved to be a big threat to the opposition.
She was also 2-of-5 from the free-throw line. Other points were added by Kelsey Williams with 9, Bree Stauffer with 7 and Shelby Gilroy with 5.
In the beginning moments of the second quarter, having held Riverside at bay in the previous quarter, the Tigers were in the lead by a score of 22-17.
This seemed like it would be the trend throughout the rest of the quarter as well, with Waynesfield-Goshen going on a 7-0 run against the opposition. Started by two free throws from Lament, the run was finished off by Shaw with two points and Lament with a 3-pointer.
Minutes later, however, the Pirates kicked into high-gear and went on a run themselves, scoring 9 points of their own without any Tiger answer. The streak was put to an end with two more free throws from Gilroy.
Outscoring the Tigers in this quarter, the Pirates raked in 19 points in the second quarter to take a one-point lead at 36-35.
The third quarter of play was when things started to get rough. Both teams were fouling left and right, which resulted in players stepping up to the charity stripe quite often.
“I think that when we weren’t handling the pressure we got back on our heals and started fouling,” Patton said. “We were just trying to get back into the game.”
Waynesfield-Goshen had 19 fouls overall, while the visitors had the same amount. Both teams also lost players close to the end of the game due to foul-outs. The Tigers battled back in the second half, going on a 6-0 run in the third quarter, with Shaw, Williams and Stauffer each hitting crucial baskets.
Unable to overcome the Pirates in the fourth quarter, the Tigers felt the defense getting to them, hence all the fouling.
Riverside had another streak, which was the clincher in the later moments of the game.
Unable to best the Pirates 17 points in the final quarter, the Tigers managed to get the ball into the basket for 10 points, and fell in their first conference matchup by 11 points. |
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 20 November 2007 )
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