Worth County’s girls got back on the winning track with a 50-33 win over Pattonsburg despite being short-handed for the game, playing without Liz Novak (hip flexor). But the Tigers got back on the winning track as this time, they did a much better job of stepping up in the absence of Novak as Haven Schottel (12 points) and Kristen Andrews (8 points) had career nights for the Tigers and several other players scored between 6 and 8 points for the night. It was such a good night for Schottel that she was scoring with her shoes untied at one point.
It didn’t look good for the Tigers at first as Megan Crone scored the first four points for Pattonsburg and Anna Morris cut inside as Worth County fell asleep at the switch as they trailed 6-0 just 1:34 into the game. On the other end, they were missing from the field as Worth County started out missing their first five shots. But unlike the Stanberry game and their other four losses, they responded a lot better after falling behind and did a much better job of attacking the rim and getting people in foul trouble.
Morgan Gardner was one of Pattonsburg’s two main post threats, but when she picked up her second foul at the 4:22 mark, that was when Worth County started climbing back in as Kristen hit two free throws to make it 6-4. Kristen then threw a backdoor pass to Claire Andrews to tie it up at six and Haven Schottel hit Kacey Smyser for a free throw to put Worth County up for the first time at 7-6 with 2:49 left.
Pattonsburg tried to regain control of the game by putting on the press, but Worth County did a good job of breaking it and Sydney Thummel came off the bench to break it easily and find Kacey Smyser for a layup to make it 9-7; Worth County raised it to 11-8 after one quarter as Kristen Andrews got a steal off the press and hit a shot at the buzzer.
Worth County did a much better job of putting pressure on the ball than they did against Stanberry as Haven Schottel had five steals for the night, followed by Rebecca Moore with four and two other players with three.
Haven Schottel and Rebecca Moore worked a perfect give and go to make it 13-8, but then Gardner came back in and made an immediate impact for Pattonsburg as she scored off a chicken salad basket and then got loose backdoor to make it 13-12 with 5:02 left. Worth County was struggling on the offensive end as they were trying for skip passes that were not there instead of making the easy pass; they were also dribbling the ball off their feet. The score was stuck at 13-12 for the next minute, but Kaitlyn Davidson finally broke the ice for Worth County with a putback high off the glass with 3:14 left that made it 15-12. Kaitlyn added another putback and then Claire Andrews drove down the right side of the baseline as Pattonsburg overextended on defense to make it 20-12 before Emily Dilley hit a free throw to make it 20-13 at the break.
Worth County did a much better job of getting to the offensive glass in the second half, which led to one of their most productive halves of the year and a season high in points scored. After a long scoring drought to start the second half, Claire Andrews hit Kristen Andrews at the top of the key and then Crone picked up her third foul shortly afterwards. Kristen then hit Haven on the right wing for her first two points of the night; Haven scored all of her points for the Tigers in the second half. That put the score into double digits at 24-13.
Carly Cornett beat the press to make it 24-15, but then Haven Schottel hit Kacey Smyser in the high post, Sydney Thummel followed with a steal, and then Katie Mullock inbounded it to Haven for a 3-pointer to make it 31-15 with 3:38 left.
Carly Cornett scored the next four for Pattonsburg, getting a putback and a half-chance lob pass, but then Haven got a steal off the press and then cut inside off an inbounds play following a five seconds call as Pattonsburg was having trouble getting it in against the press. Haven drew Crone’s fourth foul and hit one out of two and then Kacey Smyser tipped it to Claire.
Claire missed, but Kacey was there for the putback to make it 36-19 with 1:57 left in the third.
Kelly Warford, after having missed a ton, finally hit a 3-pointer with 45 seconds left and then Pattonsburg put back Morgan Gardner and Megan Crone into the game despite their foul trouble. They quickly worked the offensive boards and got the score back to within 11 at 38-27. The challenge for Worth County was to see how they would respond after such a run but they passed with flying colors as Haven Schottel hit a free throw off a drive and then Crone picked up her fifth foul shortly afterwards as she tried to make up for it after Kaitlyn Davidson had stripped her of the ball. Kaitlyn hit one free throw and then Haven scored again off a Kristen Andrews steal and then found Kristen in the high post to make it 44-27 with 4:13 left before both coaches started putting in their reserves.
Sydney Thummel and Claire Andrews cut inside for baskets and Sydney got loose on the weak side and stepped through a defender to round out the scoring for Worth County.
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