Camden Castleberry’s triple at the halftime buzzer broke open what had been a tight game and propelled North Harrison in the second half to a 22-7 victory over Worth County. Both teams battled with frantic intensity, trying to get that elusive first win.
Before the shot, both teams were playing with the kind of desperation that happens when both teams are winless. Taylor Sanders (daughter of all-time leading scorer at Worth County, P.J.) got a ton of tips and steals in the game as Worth County built up a 5-2 lead early in the second. Alison Anderson hit a shot from the left wing for Worth County, while Madelyn Runde hit a free throw and Aivry Griffin had a putback. North Harrison countered with a baseline shot from Jayliegh Robins. Little did Worth County know that they would only get two more points the rest of the game.
North Harrison turned things around through two factors besides Castleberry’s shot; their two main players in Castleberry and Deva Wallace got untracked, and they put on a press that gave Worth County problems. Castleberry’s drive and pullup from the right wing and Wallace’s 2nd chance shot from the high post and coast to coast look put North Harrison back in front 8-5 before Castleberry’s shot.
Jayliegh Robins got untracked for North Harrison in the third quarter as Worth County couldn’t buy a board as she connected on a 2nd chance basket from the left wing and broke away for a layup as Wallace aired one out to her. Alison Anderson countered with a drive for Worth County’s lone basket of the half to make it 15-7.
Both teams were pressing and trapping, trying to make something happen, but the dam broke for North Harrison in the fourth as Robins got a drive and Baily Briggs got behind the Tiger press and got a pass from Robins to push the lead into double digits. Deva Wallace hit a free throw and Robins scored off a drive to round out the scoring for North Harrison.
For the Shamrocks, Robins led the scoring with 10, having come a long ways from the start of the year. Castleberry had 5 along with Wallace. Baily Briggs added 2.
For Worth County, Alison Anderson had 4 points. Aivry Griffin had 2, while Madelyn Runde had 1.
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