Worth County's girls gained a surprise 53-35 win over the Nodaway-Holt Trojans last Monday night as they were playing without Megan Rosenbohm (shoulder). The Trojans are still a solid team even without Rosenbohm, but they did not match up well with Worth County as they had trouble all night long breaking their press. Worth County's press worked as well as it has all year, forcing a lot of backcourt turnovers that led to many extra possessions for the Tigers.
The game was tied at 2 and 5, but then Worth County made their run late in the first quarter. Kacey Smyser cut inside, Kristen Andrews got a steal off the press, and then Haven Schottel threw a long outlet to Sydney Thummel, who got it to Rebecca Moore for a layup. Then, Sydney scored off another Kristen steal off the press and Kristen then went coast to coast for a layup as Worth County led 15-5 after one quarter.
Nodaway-Holt finally beat the press and Amanda O'Riley's layup made it 17-8, but then Worth County scored the next eight points. Kacey Smyser got a putback, Haven got a steal off the press, and then Kacey Smyser hit Claire Andrews on the right side for a basket. Haven then hit Claire on the left baseline to put Worth County up 25-8. Krysta Beattie's free throw broke the run and then Kaitlyn Davidson and Kristen Andrews both picked up their second foul as the Trojans cut it to 25-11. But then Rebecca Moore scored off a backdoor cut, Sydney Thummel scored off a Haven Schottel steal, and Haven and Claire hit free throws to push Worth County's lead to 32-11. Claire Andrews' putback with 1:25 left gave Worth County its biggest lead at 35-13 before Darcie Gallagher's banked 3-pointer made it 35-16 and gave Nodaway-Holt some momentum going into the second half.
It was only a matter of time before Nodaway-Holt's run came, and the Trojans made an adjustment by doing a much better job of jumping passes. That threw Worth County's offense out of sync and the Trojans started chipping away, getting back to within 36-25 with 40 seconds left. But Worth County was able to use some long possessions in the period to break the run and Kristen Andrews hit Claire late in the quarter to put Worth County back in front 39-25.
Kristen Andrews scored off a drive to make it 41-25, but then Nodaway-Holt began pushing it up the floor and beating Worth County's press and they got it back down to 11 at 46-35 with 3:34 left. But then Kaitlyn Davidson scored on a fast break as she trailed the break perfectly and Claire got her a pass for a layup to break the Trojans' backs. Sydney Thummel added a free throw and a driving layup and Kristen Andrews scored off a steal to put the game away.
Claire Andrews led the scoring with 12 points for Worth County. Kristen Andrews followed with 9, Rebecca Moore with 8, Sydney Thummel with 7, Haven Schottel and Kacey Smyser with 6, and Kaitlyn Davidson with 5. Haven Schottel had 7 steals, followed by Kristen Andrews with 5.
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