Northeast Nodaway's girls won two games this past week despite playing without Claudia Wiederholt (hand). Against West Nodaway, they were able to get the ball into their post players at will. They trailed for much of the first quarter, trailing by 15-14. But then they were able to put on an offensive clinic as any hopes of West Nodaway getting their first win of the season were dashed. Taryn Farnan had 26 and Dallis Coffelt had 24, both career highs. Dallis had said after the Albany game that she didn't think she would get that again, however, she sold herself short. The point totals by the Bluejay posts were the most by an NEN player in three years, when Blair Schmitz patrolled the paint, Kristin Sherry got 22 points in a win against Megan Rosenbohm's Nodaway-Holt Trojans, and Michelle Schulte tagged West Nodaway with 21 in districts that year. The Rockets had aspirations of getting their first win of the year against Northeast like they did last year; however, that was not to be the case. Northeast lost a 47-46 overtime heartbreaker last year after Holly Redden's shot at the top of the key that would have won it in regulation was only a two pointer because her foot was on the line.
Osborn did a much better job of closing off the entry passes to the posts, but Northeast was able to do enough damage inside to get the 47-23 win. Without Claudia to run the point and Osborn doing a much better job of guarding the entry into the high post than West Nodaway, Northeast struggled with spacing issues for much of the night offensively. But they did an outstanding job of getting second chance points. Out of their 22 points in the first half, 12 of them were off second chance points as they were flying to the offensive glass as a team, making up for missing a lot of shots.
Dallis Coffelt had 6 points in the first quarter and Taryn Farnan had 4 in the first period as Northeast took a 14-6 lead after one. Northeast finished quarters strongly against Osborn, getting buzzer beaters at the end of each of the first three quarters. Dallis hit an inside shot with five seconds left in the first period.
After going up 18-6, Northeast hit a long scoring lull. But they made up for it defensively as Osborn was scoreless for the quarter and Bailey Judd scored off a backdoor look from Taryn Farnan to break the logjam with 30 seconds left. Following a Talina Nelson block on defense, Bailey hit Taryn inside at the buzzer to put Northeast up 22-6.
Holly Redden, battling the flu, got untracked in the second half after being held scoreless in the first half. She hit Taryn Farnan inside twice and hit a 3-pointer to help Northeast extend their lead to 31-8. They then went through another scoring lull as Osborn chipped away to close to within 31-13. But as the final seconds were ticking away in the third, Dallis stole a pass after Osborn tried unsuccessfully to roll the ball up the floor and got a layup; Jill Spire then got another steal and hit a 3-pointer at the buzzer for a 36-13 lead. Holly Redden got five points in the fourth and had eight in the second half as Northeast substituted freely in the final period with the game well in hand. Talina Nelson added a putback for Northeast.
Taryn Farnan led the scoring for Northeast with 13 points while Dallis Coffelt had 12.
Seniors Kerrigan Adwell, Taryn Farnan, Claudia Wiederholt, and Holly Redden were recognized following the game.
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