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Lady Trojans win first district game against McCreary Central Jessica Mullins Sports Writer Anyone who knows the game of basketball knows that defense can win a game, and that was the case when the Lady Trojans took on McCreary Central on Friday night. Monticello traveled to McCreary County for the first big district match up of the season. Coach Kelsch noted, ³The girls had some jitters as they stepped onto McCreary Central¹s floor. They knew this was a big district game and that made them nervous. We were out of sync at first but we settled down and played good defense, and got the ball inside.² The first quarter started slowly as the Lady Trojans worked out their nervousness. Monticello was able to get one of McCreary¹s best inside players in foul trouble early in the first. Lindsey Waters picked up her second foul late in the first quarter. McCreary Central however out scored Monticello 14 to 8. During the second quarter Waters sat out, due to foul trouble, and Coach Kelsch felt this is when the Lady Trojans got a run on McCreary Central. ³McCreary wasn¹t very effective without Waters. We made a run and scored most of our points from the inside,² said Coach Kelsch. Coming out the third quarter the Lady Trojans started off slowly again. However, Monticello played tough defense and contained McCreary¹s two key players, Lindsey Waters and Tara Tucker. ³Alesha Gehring played excellent defense against Tucker and kept her to a minimum,² said Coach Kelsch. At the end of the third quarter the Lady Trojans were down against McCreary Central by one, 37-36. Two plays that stood out during the game came in the fourth quarter when Molly Vaughn brought down an offensive rebound and put it back up for two more points. This gave the Lady Trojans the momentum they needed to finish up the game. Coach Kelsch stated, ³We played a good fourth quarter and our defense really stepped up when we needed it to.² The fourth quarter showed a big turn around for Monticello. Their field goal percentage was 46 percent and they shot 66 percent from three point range. ³Overall we played a good game. Many girls stepped up and gave us quality minutes. We also had two girls, Sierra Adams and Rachel Bristow, in double figures. However, we didn¹t have as many assists or steals as we did the first game and our free throw percentage was down.² Coach KeIsch noted. Rachel Bristow was high scorer with 16 points, while also bringing down 10 rebounds. Sierra Adams also played well scoring 14 points and getting 12 rebounds. The Lady Trojans are now 1-0 in the district and 2-0 on the season. The next game for the Lady Trojans will be Friday December 10 against Corbin at home. The varsity game will begin at 6 p.m. Add a comment |
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