Washington visits Hillsboro, leaves with SCOL victory
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Stephen Forsha-sforsha@gmail.com
Committing 36 turnovers is tough to overcome, and that was the case for the Hillsboro Lady Indians Wednesday night, falling to the visiting Washington Lady Blue Lions, 73-37 in their first of two South Central Ohio League meetings against each other this season.
The Lady Indians (1-3, 1-5) played with great effort, but their shots had troubles falling, and the Lady Blue Lions took complete advantage of nearly every miscue by the Lady Indians, leading to a first-quarter lead for the visitors of 15-9 and a halftime lead of 40-15.
HHS scored 22 more points in the second half, trailing by 31 points after the third quarter was complete and eventually by 36 points to end the game.
Back to the first half for HHS, in the opening quarter Hillsboro had five of their nine points from Kaley Burns, while Natalie Sullivan and Kelsey Burns contributed two points apiece. In the second frame, HHS was held to six points, with Madi Marsh scoring four points in the quarter and Sullivan adding two more points.
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For the game, Kaley Burns led the Lady Indians with 15 points, scoring six more points in the third and four in the final frame. At the free-throw line, she finished 3-of-7. Sullivan followed by finishing with eight points, and Kelsey Burns totaled six points.
“Kaley Burns did a nice job in the second half putting the ball in the basket,” HHS head coach JR Moberly said. “We had 36 turnovers and shot 16-of-52 … we have no excuses, we didn’t play well.
“We just didn’t play well. We had kids who continued to compete, but we didn’t make good decisions with the basketball, and that has to improve. We need to take our shooting practice a little more seriously and take some shots. We couldn’t buy one in the first half … we make some of those, and it isn’t a 25-point game at halftime.
“All of that falls on me. I have to do a better job of preparing my kids and finding different things in helping them to understand and learn. I’ve got to find a way to make them better, and that is my job over the next few days.”
Though HHS scored 22 points in the second half, it was the Washington Lady Blue Lions who dominated all aspects of the game, especially in the first half, where they scored 15 points in the opening frame and 25 points in the second quarter. Washington continued with an 18-point third frame and 15 points in the fourth.
The Lady Blue Lions finished with four players scoring in double figures as Breanna Taylor led them with 14 points. Hannah Haithcock followed with 12 points, while Kassidy Hines and Savannah Wallace each scored 10 points.
Washington totaled six 3-pointers in the win, with Taylor and Hines each sinking three. They were also 7-of-8 from the free-throw line, as Shawna Conger was 4-of-4 and Tabitha Woods was 3-of-3.
HHS finished 5-of-14 in their free throw attempts and made zero 3-pointers.
Rounding out the scoring for HHS were Sydney Bobbitt with one points, Karleigh Hopkins with one point, Marsh with four points and Taylor Chaney wth two points.
Next for HHS is an away game on Saturday night at Wilmington in SCOL play.
The Lady Indians (1-3, 1-5) played with great effort, but their shots had troubles falling, and the Lady Blue Lions took complete advantage of nearly every miscue by the Lady Indians, leading to a first-quarter lead for the visitors of 15-9 and a halftime lead of 40-15.
HHS scored 22 more points in the second half, trailing by 31 points after the third quarter was complete and eventually by 36 points to end the game.
Back to the first half for HHS, in the opening quarter Hillsboro had five of their nine points from Kaley Burns, while Natalie Sullivan and Kelsey Burns contributed two points apiece. In the second frame, HHS was held to six points, with Madi Marsh scoring four points in the quarter and Sullivan adding two more points.
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For the game, Kaley Burns led the Lady Indians with 15 points, scoring six more points in the third and four in the final frame. At the free-throw line, she finished 3-of-7. Sullivan followed by finishing with eight points, and Kelsey Burns totaled six points.
“Kaley Burns did a nice job in the second half putting the ball in the basket,” HHS head coach JR Moberly said. “We had 36 turnovers and shot 16-of-52 … we have no excuses, we didn’t play well.
“We just didn’t play well. We had kids who continued to compete, but we didn’t make good decisions with the basketball, and that has to improve. We need to take our shooting practice a little more seriously and take some shots. We couldn’t buy one in the first half … we make some of those, and it isn’t a 25-point game at halftime.
“All of that falls on me. I have to do a better job of preparing my kids and finding different things in helping them to understand and learn. I’ve got to find a way to make them better, and that is my job over the next few days.”
Though HHS scored 22 points in the second half, it was the Washington Lady Blue Lions who dominated all aspects of the game, especially in the first half, where they scored 15 points in the opening frame and 25 points in the second quarter. Washington continued with an 18-point third frame and 15 points in the fourth.
The Lady Blue Lions finished with four players scoring in double figures as Breanna Taylor led them with 14 points. Hannah Haithcock followed with 12 points, while Kassidy Hines and Savannah Wallace each scored 10 points.
Washington totaled six 3-pointers in the win, with Taylor and Hines each sinking three. They were also 7-of-8 from the free-throw line, as Shawna Conger was 4-of-4 and Tabitha Woods was 3-of-3.
HHS finished 5-of-14 in their free throw attempts and made zero 3-pointers.
Rounding out the scoring for HHS were Sydney Bobbitt with one points, Karleigh Hopkins with one point, Marsh with four points and Taylor Chaney wth two points.
Next for HHS is an away game on Saturday night at Wilmington in SCOL play.