Gary
Franklin - Sports Writer
The Jac-Cen-Del Lady Eagles in
defeating the Milan Lady Indians
in the RCT consolation game again
began their winning way, and on
Tuesday, January 10, traveled to
Lawrenceburg to face the Lady Tigers,
winning the varsity game 49-33.
This victory over the Lady Tigers
stretched the Lady Eagles winning
efforts for the season to 11 of
13, having only taken defeats by
Jeffersonville in the regular season
and Batesville in their opening
tourney bid.
In a physical game, with over
40 combined free throws taken,
JCD used tenacious defense to hold
the Lady Tigers to only 16 second
half points on route to the win.
Balanced
team scoring keyed the win, according
to Lady Eagle Varsity
Coach Scott Smith, as every Lady
Eagle scored and 6 scored 6 or
more points in their victory drive.
Smith noted, "Defensively,
we must play the aggressor all
the time, and again an earnest
team effort prevailed."
Lady Eagle senior Janelle Hardesty
led the Lady Eagle scorers with
9 points, taking her career total
as a Lady Eagle to 1061, closing
in on the all-time JCD scoring
records second place holder.
Talena Huff came off the bench
to score 8 points while collecting
6 boards in the game, and teammates
Alisha Lord, Abby Rohlfing, Emily
Einhaus, and Kiersten Young added
6 points each.
The score in the first quarter
was Jac-Cen-Del 14 to Lawrenceburg
11. Scoring for the Lady Eagles
were: Hardesty with a FG and a
3 pointer, Abby Lauber making 1/2
FT's, Einhaus connecting for a
3, adding 1/2 FT's and Rohlfing
and Erika Simon each making a FG.
The Lady Tiger scoring in the
first quarter was the result of:
Chelsie Mollaun and Ayrica Harvey
each with a FG and 1/2 FT's, a
FG by Alicia Haney, and a FG and
1/4 FT's by Jayna Kohorst.
In the second quarter, Lady Eagle
scorers were: Lord scoring 1/2
FT's, Hardesty a 3, Einhaus 2/2
FT's, Young and Talena Huff each
with a FG for a score of 24 at
halftime.
Lady Tiger scorers in the second
quarter were: Kelli Taylor with
a FG and Harvey adding 2 FG's for
a halftime score of 17.
The third quarter scoring for
JCD: Lord 3, Rohlfing a FG, Young
2 FG's, Huff a FG, and E. Simon
with 1/2 FT's. Lady Tiger scores
in the third were: Harvey 2 FG's
and a FT, Haney a FG and 1/2 FT's
and Kohorst with 1/2 FT's. The
third quarter ended with a Lady
Eagle 10 point lead and a score
of 36-26.
The Lady Eagles finished with
a fourth quarter 12 point scoring
effort. Scorers for the fourth
were Lord with 2 FT's, Hardesty
1/2 FT's, Lauber and Kaylin Ploeger
a FG each, and Huff adding 2 FG's.
The Lady Tigers fourth quarter
scoring came from Leah Clark 1/2
FT's, Harvey 4/4 FT's, and a FG
by Emily Rennekamp.
The final score for the game,
JCD 49-33 Lawrenceburg.
The
Reserve contest earned the Lady
Eagles a 12-1 season record as
they won 30-28 over the
previously
9-1 Lady Tigers.
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