Camden Castleberry wouldn’t let the Shamrocks fall against Gilman City as they grabbed their sixth win of the year, a 20-15 win over the Hawks. The win, following a third place finish at the Mercer Tournament, sparked a winning streak that put them over the top. They subsequently beat Winston 20-12 and Grundy County on the road 21-16 to pick up their seventh and eighth wins against four losses, giving them a winning season since they only have three games left in their home tournament the week after Thanksgiving.
Gilman City came into the game featuring some pesky guard play; they were getting to the rack at will all night. But somehow, North Harrison withstood every effort to make a game out of it. Finally, Castleberry, who hadn’t scored all game until the fourth quarter, scored six straight out of nowhere as the Shamrocks took over the game and won it.
It looked at first like North Harrison would pull away early as Deva Wallace scored on a drive and Trendi Johnson scored from the right wing to make it 4-0. Jolee Ward countered with a drive, but then Jayliegh Robins got a steal to make it 6-2 after one.
North Harrison was playing without one of their big guns, Deva Wallace, for much of the night; she battled foul trouble. The Hawks spent the second and third quarters chipping away, getting to within 8-6 at the half. Sidney Gibson’s free throw with 4:02 left in the third made it 8-7, and North Harrison could not get anything going on offense as Gilman City was jumping everything. Finally, Ward’s triple tied it at 10 with 17 seconds in the third, only for Jayliegh Robins to get loose and score on a drive with 5 seconds left to make it 12-10 after three.
Gibson hit a free throw to bring the Hawks back within one with 4:36 left, and Gilman City tried to switch to a man to man defense, but had some people playing zone, some playing man, and nobody guarding Castleberry, who scored her first points of the game to make it 14-11. She followed with another drive and then a pair of free throws in a span of one minute to turn a nailbiter into an 18-11 ballgame.
Ward finally got loose on the baseline to make it 18-13, but then Robins got loose on the left wing and got a pass from Katelyn Briggs to make it 20-13 again. Free throws from Caitlynn McCrary and Ward made it 20-15 again with 1:15 left, but then North Harrison got five different offensive boards and killed 45 seconds off the clock to thwart any chances for Gilman City to get back into the game.
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