Worth County’s girls got their second win of the season, pressing and outrebounding the Warriors to raise their record to 2-1 in the GRC with the 35-24 win. The Tigers won over Albany for the first time since the 2003-2004 season when Tiffany Troutwine and Charlea Lewis were playing and Worth County went to the Elite Eight. The boys would go on to beat Albany as well; this was the first sweep for Worth County over Albany in 20 years. The last time Worth County did it was in 1991 when Will Gladstone, Les New, and that team beat Albany on the boys side while Allyson Cook led the girls to a win over the Warriors on the girls side. It was also the first win for the girls over Albany since 2003-2004 when Tiffany Troutwine and Charlea Lewis were leading the scoring for Worth County and the Tigers went to the Elite Eight under Coach Todd Simmons.
With the 35 points for Worth County's girls, they had their two most productive offensive outings all year as they scored 52 points against Nodaway-Holt. Lauren Null led the Tigers with a season-high 13 points after being chosen Courtwarming Queen while Kacey Smyser and Brooke Gilland chipped in points in support. Lauren had her second straight double figure game as she had 10 against Nodaway-Holt. Smyser had the best rebounding game she's had in her career; she was a force on the boards in the second half; she is only a sophomore and is developing into a force at the post position for the next few years. Gilland continued to be a force on defense like she has the last few games; she added several steals.
Worth County went to a zone press for the game and did the best job of pressuring a team that they have all year; Albany was having a lot of trouble getting the ball up the floor and breaking the halfcourt line. They jumped out to an early lead; Albany was able to get to the line and get to the offensive boards to make a run at the Tigers, but Worth County took control in the third quarter. They responded a lot better to Albany's run than they did in the Stanberry Tournament when South Nodaway made a run at them in the third quarter and they didn't respond. The other thing they did well was take care of the ball; despite Albany’s press and trapping zone, the Tigers were able to keep their turnovers to a minimum and break the press with ease.
The game was not as close as the final score as Worth County spent much of the fourth quarter running out the clock to secure the win.
The girls will play Princeton this Friday at home at 6:00. The Tigers put points on the board against the blue Tigers last year even though they lost; it was one of their more productive offensive outings of the year against a strong Princeton squad. The goal for Worth County will be to use the long layoff to their advantage given the postponement of the Maysville game, which was supposed to have been played Tuesday. The Tigers have not won two straight games in three years; the goal will be to do so.
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