Hillsboro Lady Indians drop Saturday home game to Batavia
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Stephen Forsha-sforsha@gmail.com
It wasn’t the best of games for the Hillsboro Lady Indians on Saturday afternoon, dropping a home non-conference game to the visiting Batavia Lady Bulldogs, 43-30.
The struggle to score points continued for the Lady Indians (1-5) as they were held to single-digit scoring in three of the four quarters played, and that included both quarters of the first half with HHS trailing by only a 10-7 score after the first quarter was complete, then 24-12 at halftime with Batavia outscoring HHS, 14-5 in the second frame.
In the first frame, Batavia opened with five straight points with a 3-pointer by Summer Stith and Macie Mehlman. Hillsboro’s first points were from a free throw conversion by Karleigh Hopkins, and at the 4:16 mark Josie Hopkins drove to the hoop for two points for a 5-3 deficit.
Batavia came back with a jumper from Stith, and following an inbounds pass from Gracie Dean, Josie Hopkins scored two more points for the home Lady Indians with 3:10 left in the opening frame. Batavia added three more points with free throws by Taylor Myers and Olivia Patel, and the final points for the first quarter came with a bucket by Dean for the 10-7 score, still in favor of the Lady Bulldogs.
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Batavia dominated the second frame at 14-5 with Hillsboro having points from Karleigh Hopkins and Jordan Moberly, leaving the score 24-12 at halftime with Batavia leading. As for Batavia in the second frame, Myers scored six points, and Stith added five points, including a 3-pointer at the 2:01 mark of the second frame. Also scoring points in the second frame for the visitors were Mehlman and Marianna Marcelli.
Hillsboro’s best quarter of action was the third quarter when Josie Hopkins opened the frame with two points, and later Brynn Bledsoe and Dean each scored two points off baskets to make it a six-point differential on the scoreboard at 26-20 with 4:45 on the clock.
Eventually, the Lady Indians outscored Batavia 11-8 in the third frame, with the rest of the HHS scoring coming from Karleigh Hopkins and Dean.
Still trailing by a 32-23 score after three frames, the Lady Indians did get the Batavia lead down to four points in the fourth following a three-point play from Josie Hopkins and jumper by Moberly, but Batavia was too strong as they eventually outscored Hillsboro 11-7 in the fourth frame.
The remainder of the HHS scoring in the fourth quarter came from a put-back basket by Josie Hopkins with 4:43 left in regulation.
Leading the way in scoring for HHS was Josie Hopkins with 11 points (nine rebounds, three assists, two steals), followed by Karleigh Hopkins (seven rebounds, one assist) and Moberly (four rebounds, one steal) with six points each. Dean totaled five points (six rebounds, one assist) in the loss, and wrapping up the Lady Indians scoring was Bledsoe (two rebounds, two blocks, two steals) with two points.
Also for HHS, Kayden Watson collected three rebounds and one assist. Sinai Roberts had one block in the HHS loss.
Stith led Batavia with 14 points, and Myers was their other top scorer with 13 points.
Next for the Lady Indians is a home non-conference game on Monday, Dec. 9 as they will host the Fayetteville Lady Rockets.
The struggle to score points continued for the Lady Indians (1-5) as they were held to single-digit scoring in three of the four quarters played, and that included both quarters of the first half with HHS trailing by only a 10-7 score after the first quarter was complete, then 24-12 at halftime with Batavia outscoring HHS, 14-5 in the second frame.
In the first frame, Batavia opened with five straight points with a 3-pointer by Summer Stith and Macie Mehlman. Hillsboro’s first points were from a free throw conversion by Karleigh Hopkins, and at the 4:16 mark Josie Hopkins drove to the hoop for two points for a 5-3 deficit.
Batavia came back with a jumper from Stith, and following an inbounds pass from Gracie Dean, Josie Hopkins scored two more points for the home Lady Indians with 3:10 left in the opening frame. Batavia added three more points with free throws by Taylor Myers and Olivia Patel, and the final points for the first quarter came with a bucket by Dean for the 10-7 score, still in favor of the Lady Bulldogs.
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Batavia dominated the second frame at 14-5 with Hillsboro having points from Karleigh Hopkins and Jordan Moberly, leaving the score 24-12 at halftime with Batavia leading. As for Batavia in the second frame, Myers scored six points, and Stith added five points, including a 3-pointer at the 2:01 mark of the second frame. Also scoring points in the second frame for the visitors were Mehlman and Marianna Marcelli.
Hillsboro’s best quarter of action was the third quarter when Josie Hopkins opened the frame with two points, and later Brynn Bledsoe and Dean each scored two points off baskets to make it a six-point differential on the scoreboard at 26-20 with 4:45 on the clock.
Eventually, the Lady Indians outscored Batavia 11-8 in the third frame, with the rest of the HHS scoring coming from Karleigh Hopkins and Dean.
Still trailing by a 32-23 score after three frames, the Lady Indians did get the Batavia lead down to four points in the fourth following a three-point play from Josie Hopkins and jumper by Moberly, but Batavia was too strong as they eventually outscored Hillsboro 11-7 in the fourth frame.
The remainder of the HHS scoring in the fourth quarter came from a put-back basket by Josie Hopkins with 4:43 left in regulation.
Leading the way in scoring for HHS was Josie Hopkins with 11 points (nine rebounds, three assists, two steals), followed by Karleigh Hopkins (seven rebounds, one assist) and Moberly (four rebounds, one steal) with six points each. Dean totaled five points (six rebounds, one assist) in the loss, and wrapping up the Lady Indians scoring was Bledsoe (two rebounds, two blocks, two steals) with two points.
Also for HHS, Kayden Watson collected three rebounds and one assist. Sinai Roberts had one block in the HHS loss.
Stith led Batavia with 14 points, and Myers was their other top scorer with 13 points.
Next for the Lady Indians is a home non-conference game on Monday, Dec. 9 as they will host the Fayetteville Lady Rockets.