Worth County’s girls recorded their biggest margin of victory ever over a South Harrison team. The Tigers have had more than their share of defeats against the Bulldogs over this years, but Monday’s win was finally a measure of payback as they won 59-30 in the first round of the Albany Tournament.
South Harrison had two skyscrapers in 5-11 Hailey Henry and 6’1” Brooke Blanton. But without anyone to give them the ball, it was a long night for South Harrison. The Tigers were swarming all night, getting a crazy 70 tips and 28 steals in the victory. They were playing at a breakneck pace, which resulted in some missed layups, but also wore South Harrison down.
Regan Allee’s triple with 6:21 left put Worth County up to stay off a pass from Anna Gladstone, and the Tigers pulled away from there. Kristin New hit Kaylee McElvain in the high post, and she scored off a drive. Then, Regan Allee got a steal, got it to Anna Gladstone, who got it to Kristin New for a 7-2 lead with 5:14 left. By that time, South Harrison, who had usually beaten Worth County until the Tigers won 51-50 in Bethany last year, burned two quick timeouts. Obviously, they couldn’t believe they were being manhandled by the Tigers.
It didn’t help, as Regan Allee hit Kaylee McElvain in the high post. As the whistles and fouls on South Harrison were racking up, the Tigers continued to wreak defensive havoc as Anna Gladstone scored off a Kristin new steal and got loose again after Haley Hunt got a steal, got it to Kristin New, and got it to Gladstone. Kristin New scored off one of her eight steals and Jessi Badell scored off another as Worth County led 17-6 after one quarter.
One of the few negatives for Worth County was the fact that they were 0 for 4 from the line at this point. This allowed South Harrison to hang around for a while. The Tigers had struggled hitting free throws last year. But then Jessi Badell hit two, Kristin New scored another off a drive after a pass from Badell, and New scored off another steal to make it 22-8.
Kooper Jennings banked one home to cut it to 22-10, but then Badell hit a free throw after Anna Gladstone kept a possession alive with a tipped ball. The Tigers got a stop and Kaylee McElvain got a quick outlet to Gladstone, who beat South Harrison down the floor. Then, McElvain got a steal and two free throws to make it 27-10. Jennings connected again for South Harrison, but then Kaylee McElvain grabbed an offensive board and hit Regan Allee in the high post, Jenna Smith hit Haley Hunt in the high post, and freshman Jill Hardy got a steal to make it 33-12 before Jennings’ triple made it 33-15.
Both teams were gassed in the third quarter, and the officials were letting a lot go on the floor. Anna Gladstone scored off a steal and a backdoor pass from Kristin New, Kaylee McElvain cut inside and got an inbounds pass from New, and Megan Cassavaugh threw one backdoor to Kristin New for Worth County’s scores in the quarter as they battled South Harrison to an 8-8 draw in the period.
The Tigers finally started pulling away again in the fourth as Regan Allee hit Kaylee McElvain, who faked a defender and drove to the rack. Anna Gladstone hit Kristin New backdoor, Regan Allee hit Kaylee McElvain backdoor, and Kristin New got another backdoor pass and hit two free throws to make it 51-25. Kaylee McElvain added a free throw and Regan Allee drove and went backdoor to Haley Hunt to make it 55-27 before Coach Les New began emptying the benches. Merrideth Spiers had two free throws and Anna Spainhower drove down the left baseline after Jenna Smith aired one out to her down the stretch.
Kaylee McElvain led the scoring for Worth County with 15. Kristin New had 12, Anna Gladstone 11, Regan Allee, Jill Hardy, and Haley Hunt all had 5, and Merrideth Spiers and Anna Spainhower had 2 each. Eight different Tigers had points.
Anna Gladstone, Jessi Badell, Kaylee McElvain, Regan Allee, Maddie Taute, and Merrideth Spiers all had 1 block.
Anna Gladstone led the team with 8 boards. Kaylee McElvain and Kristin New had 4 each, Jessi Badell 3, Hailey Hunt, Jenna Smith, and EmiLee Brown 2 each, and Megan Cassavaugh, Regan Allee, and Merrideth Spiers had 1 each. Ten different Tigers had boards.
Seven different Tigers had assists. Kristin New, Regan Allee, and Kaylee McElvain all had 5, Anna Gladstone had 3, Jessi Badell and Jenna Smith both had 2, and Megan Cassavaugh had 1.
12 different Tigers had tips. Kristin New had 14, Anna Gladstone 11, Jenna Smith 8, Kaylee McElvain and Jill Hardy 7, Haley Hunt 6, Regan Allee and Jenna Smith 5, Maddie Taute 3, Megan Cassavaugh 2, and Merrideth Spiers and Braidy Hunt had 1, the latter after a headlong dive.
Eight different Tigers had steals. Kristin New had 8, Anna Gladstone 5, Regan Allee and Kaylee McElvain 4 each, Jill Hardy 3, Jessi Badell 2, and Haley Hunt and Jenna Smith 1 each.
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