Lady Indians unable to overcome turnovers against Clinton-Massie
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Stephen Forsha-sforsha@gmail.com
As the regular season continues to near its end, the Hillsboro Lady Indians and the Clinton-Massie Falcons had turnover issues sneak up on them, but it was the visiting Lady Falcons who overcame those issues the best by defeating HHS, 46-37 Wednesday.
Both teams combined for 54 turnovers — as each team had over 20 turnovers apiece — in the game, as Hillsboro’s loss on their home court leaves them at 7-10 overall.
Though both teams played with strong effort, the game wasn’t textbook with the aforementioned turnovers, plus both teams entered the bonus in both halves. As HHS head coach JR Moberly said, his team had trouble with rebounding and making shots.
“We had trouble shooting the basketball, and when you do that and don’t get rebounds, it is tough to win games,” Moberly said. “We had a good practice (Tuesday), but we just didn’t put it together tonight. The kids played hard, and it wasn’t like we were out of sync or out of sorts, we just didn’t rebound the basketball and we didn’t make shots.
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“I give my kids credit, they played hard and I was pleased with their effort.”
After the first quarter was finished, Clinton-Massie led 14-6 over the Lady Indians, but Hillsboro was first to score points with two free-throws by Riley Moberly as she totaled five points against CMHS.
From there, the Lady Falcons took the lead with a 3-pointer by Emily Ireland (who totaled seven points) and two points by Faith Cottrell.
Natalie Sullivan brought HHS back to within a point of the Lady Falcons with a layup at the 5:29 mark, but CMHS answered with a 9-0 run in a span of two minutes for a 14-4 lead with 3:35 left in the opening quarter. HHS ended the first-quarter scoring with a basket by Karleigh Hopkins for the 14-6 deficit.
The Lady Indians cut the Clinton-Massie lead to three points by the time halftime arrived, trailing 22-19. In the second, HHS had two baskets from Kelsey Burns, a 3-pointer and free-throw conversion from Marsh, a 3-pointer by Moberly and a two-point basket off a shot from Kaley Burns for the 13-point quarter.
CMHS had eight points from Cottrell, Alana Smith and Haley Conley in the second.
The Lady Falcons led the third frame at 9-5 for a 31-24 lead with CM scoring the first four points of the quarter off a basket by Cottrell and two free throws from Johanna Theetge. Lana Grover answered with a free throw at the 5:13 mark to bring HHS back to within seven points of the lead at 27-20. Cottrell led CMHS with 11 points for the game, followed by Conley and Theetge with eight points each.
CM came back with another four consecutive points from Conley and McKinzie Avery (six points for the game) to make it an 11-point lead with 2:03 left in the third. HHS scored the final four points of the quarter with two free throws by Josie Hopkins and a put-back basket by Kaley Burns.
The fourth quarter was the highest-scoring quarter at 15-13 in favor of CM, as they never let HHS get closer than within six points of their lead, which happened twice in the final eight minutes of play. HHS in the fourth had scoring from Kayden Watson, Josie Hopkins, Grover, Karleigh Hopkins and Madi Marsh (a 3-pointer). Marsh led HHS with nine points for the game.
Other final scoring totals for the Lady Indians included Kelsey Burns, Josie Hopkins, Karleigh Hopkins and Kaley Burns each with four points. Grover totaled three points, while Sullivan and Kayden Watson each finished with two points.
Clinton-Massie had scoring in the fourth frame by Theetge, Cottrell, Conley, Avery and Hannah Doss, who finished with five points in the game, including a 3-pointer in the first frame.
In the JV game, the Lady Indians defeated 37-35. Leading HHS was Kayden Watson with 10 points, followed by Jordan Moberly with eight points and Kira Watson with seven points. Also for the HHS JV team, Leah Hester, Karleigh Hopkins and Josie Hopkins each scored four points.
Next for the Lady Indians is a Frontier Athletic Conference game at Jackson on Thursday, Jan. 25.
Both teams combined for 54 turnovers — as each team had over 20 turnovers apiece — in the game, as Hillsboro’s loss on their home court leaves them at 7-10 overall.
Though both teams played with strong effort, the game wasn’t textbook with the aforementioned turnovers, plus both teams entered the bonus in both halves. As HHS head coach JR Moberly said, his team had trouble with rebounding and making shots.
“We had trouble shooting the basketball, and when you do that and don’t get rebounds, it is tough to win games,” Moberly said. “We had a good practice (Tuesday), but we just didn’t put it together tonight. The kids played hard, and it wasn’t like we were out of sync or out of sorts, we just didn’t rebound the basketball and we didn’t make shots.
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“I give my kids credit, they played hard and I was pleased with their effort.”
After the first quarter was finished, Clinton-Massie led 14-6 over the Lady Indians, but Hillsboro was first to score points with two free-throws by Riley Moberly as she totaled five points against CMHS.
From there, the Lady Falcons took the lead with a 3-pointer by Emily Ireland (who totaled seven points) and two points by Faith Cottrell.
Natalie Sullivan brought HHS back to within a point of the Lady Falcons with a layup at the 5:29 mark, but CMHS answered with a 9-0 run in a span of two minutes for a 14-4 lead with 3:35 left in the opening quarter. HHS ended the first-quarter scoring with a basket by Karleigh Hopkins for the 14-6 deficit.
The Lady Indians cut the Clinton-Massie lead to three points by the time halftime arrived, trailing 22-19. In the second, HHS had two baskets from Kelsey Burns, a 3-pointer and free-throw conversion from Marsh, a 3-pointer by Moberly and a two-point basket off a shot from Kaley Burns for the 13-point quarter.
CMHS had eight points from Cottrell, Alana Smith and Haley Conley in the second.
The Lady Falcons led the third frame at 9-5 for a 31-24 lead with CM scoring the first four points of the quarter off a basket by Cottrell and two free throws from Johanna Theetge. Lana Grover answered with a free throw at the 5:13 mark to bring HHS back to within seven points of the lead at 27-20. Cottrell led CMHS with 11 points for the game, followed by Conley and Theetge with eight points each.
CM came back with another four consecutive points from Conley and McKinzie Avery (six points for the game) to make it an 11-point lead with 2:03 left in the third. HHS scored the final four points of the quarter with two free throws by Josie Hopkins and a put-back basket by Kaley Burns.
The fourth quarter was the highest-scoring quarter at 15-13 in favor of CM, as they never let HHS get closer than within six points of their lead, which happened twice in the final eight minutes of play. HHS in the fourth had scoring from Kayden Watson, Josie Hopkins, Grover, Karleigh Hopkins and Madi Marsh (a 3-pointer). Marsh led HHS with nine points for the game.
Other final scoring totals for the Lady Indians included Kelsey Burns, Josie Hopkins, Karleigh Hopkins and Kaley Burns each with four points. Grover totaled three points, while Sullivan and Kayden Watson each finished with two points.
Clinton-Massie had scoring in the fourth frame by Theetge, Cottrell, Conley, Avery and Hannah Doss, who finished with five points in the game, including a 3-pointer in the first frame.
In the JV game, the Lady Indians defeated 37-35. Leading HHS was Kayden Watson with 10 points, followed by Jordan Moberly with eight points and Kira Watson with seven points. Also for the HHS JV team, Leah Hester, Karleigh Hopkins and Josie Hopkins each scored four points.
Next for the Lady Indians is a Frontier Athletic Conference game at Jackson on Thursday, Jan. 25.