Gary
Franklin - Sports Writer
Both the Jac-Cen-Del Varsity and
Reserve Lady basketball teams advanced
their season's record to 9-0 on
Tuesday night, December 20, at
South Decatur in competition against
the Lady Cougars.
The Lady Eagle Varsity won by
the score of 50-43, but not without
a scare.
Prior to the game, Kiersten Young
had received a knee injury that
made her iffy, and last week senior
Amanda Harmeyer broke her foot,
limiting the depth of the Lady
Eagle bench.
However, on arriving for the game,
Young was on the court warming
up with the team, and junior Emily
Einhaus was standing with the assistance
of crutches along team mate Harmeyer
likewise on crutches. That was
not an expected sight, and as the
game progressed, seemed to not
be the only shock of the evening.
The Lady Cougars controlled the
center court jump to start the
game, but could not capitalize.
Lady Eagle junior, Abby Lauber
opened the scoring with a lay up
and was fouled on the shot. Lauber
converted giving the Eagles the
early lead of 3-0.
The balance of the Lady Eagle
scoring in the first quarter came
from Lauber adding 6 points and
Erika
Simon making 2 FT's for a
11 point total.
The 8 points scored by the Lady
Cougars were from Jamie Huff with
4, Rachel Allen 2, and Julie French
adding 2.
The Lady Eagles took their lead
to 26-14 by half time. Lady Eagle
scorers in the second were Kiersten
Young 2, Abby Rohlfing 4, Janelle
Hardesty 6, Alisha Lord 2, and
E. Simon 2.
The Lady Cougars 6 points came
from Kris Stout for 2, Allen 2,
and Gillenwater with 2.
In the third quarter, the Lady
Eagles were out scored 16-11 for
a total count of JCD 37- SD 30.
Scoring
for the Lady Eagles in the third
were Lord 4, Hardesty
5, and E. Simon 2. Lady Cougar
scoring was the result of Allen
for 8, French 7, and 1 by Jackie
Miller.
The scoring uplift by the Lady
Cougars was secondary to the scare
the Lady Eagles and fans encountered
at the 1:29 mark in the third quarter
as a hard crash by Lady Eagle Lord,
a Cougar defender and the end wall,
seemed apparent that the Lady Eagles
would lose yet another player to
a long term injury.
With 7:40 remaining on the game
clock, the Lady Eagles lost E.
Simon to fouls on a drive and score
by Cougar Allen. Adding to the
demise, Allen made the FT drawing
the score to JCD 37- SD 33.
At 5:33, with the score JCD 42
and SD 38, Eagle Lauber fouled
out. With the team options becoming
fewer for Coach Smith, and after
following icing of Lord's knee
injury, Lord returned to the game.
While only able to add 4 points
in the Eagle scoring column, Lord
awed observers in her defensive
contribution. The Lady Eagles were
able to hold on to the ball, killing
part of time remaining on the clock,
and giving a tired and weakened
team the opportunity to earn the
victory.
Scoring in the fourth quarter
for the Lady Cougars: Allen 3,
French 3, and Stout, Huff, and
Gillenwater 2 each. For the Lady
Eagles in the fourth: Young with
2, Ploeger 3, with Hardesty and
Lord adding 4 apiece to the final
score of JCD 50 to SD 43. The Lady
Eagle Reserve battled to a victory
at 30-26.
At the varsity games onset it
was announced that SD Lady Cougar
senior, Rachael Allen, had acquired
third place prestige in the schools
thousand points scored club in
a high school career. Allen reached
the milestone in the game Monday,
December 19, against Crothersville.
Allen's total point production
before this game was 1026. |
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