Worth County and North Nodaway’s girls teams were two red-hot teams coming into Monday’s game. Worth County had won its last five games, while North Nodaway had won eight out of its last nine, returning to form after falling to Rock Port as they beat St. Joseph Christian and Nodaway-Holt. But it was Worth County who came out on top 53-44 despite being the lower seed against the Mustangs, grabbing their fifth straight to go 11-5. North Nodaway cooled off and dropped to 10-7. This is only the first blow, since the two teams will meet again in Hopkins.
It looked like it would be a long night for Worth County at first, as Audrey Trimble got loose inside and got a pass from Keagan O’Riley, Trimble hit Ashley Thompson in the paint, and Kandace Damgar hit Kristin Herndon for three to make it 7-2 just over four minutes into the game. Only a pair of backdoor looks from Jessi Badell to Anna Gladstone kept Worth County afloat as they made it 7-4.
But then Regan Allee shot the Tigers back into the game, scoring eight in the last 2½ minutes of the first; Anna Gladstone got loose in transition as well as Worth County erased their deficit and took a 15-9 lead after one.
North Nodaway fought back and tied it less than one minute into the second quarter, prompting a Worth County timeout. Ashley Thompson hit a free throw, Keagan O’Riley gave her a high-low look, and Kristin Herndon added a 3-pointer. Worth County settled down and got back in front after switching to a 1-3-1 and Anna Gladstone connected in the high post after a pass from Haley Hunt and Jessi Badell went backdoor and got a pass from Kaylee McElvain to make it 21-17.
But then Audrey Trimble got a steal and layup, then got another steal and Kristin Herndon’s putback turned into a three-point play to put North Nodaway back up 22-21. Worth County was able to limit Ashley Thompson, keeping her off the boards and limiting her to six. But it was Trimble who scored double her average and kept North Nodaway in the game.
Kaylee McElvain hit Regan Allee in the high post, Kristin New hit Anna Gladstone on a backdoor look, and Jessi Badell went backdoor and got a pass from Anna Gladstone to put Worth County back in front 27-23 at the half.
It looked like Worth County would take control when Regan Allee got a drive and pullup after Kristin New inbounded her the ball and Jessi Badell added a putback to make it 31-23. But once again, Trimble carried North Nodaway on her back, scoring from the baseline after getting a pass from Kristin Herndon. Herndon added two free throws to make it 31-27. Kristin New inbounded the ball to Anna Gladstone, who hit one over Ashley Thompson, but Trimble scooped up a loose carom and added another putback to make it 33-31 again.
Anna Gladstone took on Ashley Thompson and got her out of the game with three fouls and hit a free throw, killing North Nodaway’s momentum with 2:38 left in the third. Neither side could score again until Thompson came back in and scored off a high-low pass from Keagan O’Riley to make it 34-33.
Neither side could gain separation at that point as Kristin New hit a 3-pointer, but Kandace Damgar scored off a drive. Kristin New went coast to coast after a Jill Hardy defensive board and outlet, but Kristin Herndon hit Ashley Thompson inside. Kristin New hit Regan Allee for a guarded three only for Kristin Herndon to hit Audrey Trimble backdoor to make it 42-39 with 3:25 left.
The backbreaker came on the next play when North Nodaway went to a diamond press, only for Anna Gladstone to slice her way through it like it wasn’t there and hit Kaylee McElvain on the right baseline to make it 44-39 with 3:38 left. Those were McElvain’s first two points of the game. Regan Allee followed with a steal to make it 46-39.
Kandace Damgar hit a 3-pointer to make it four again, Kaylee McElvain hit from the baseline again for Worth County, but then Damgar got a steal for North Nodaway. Kristin Herndon hit a free throw with 1:27 left, Ashley Thompson got an offensive board, and hit another to make it 48-44 with 1:26 left.
North Nodaway could afford to be aggressive on defense as they were not in the bonus, but Regan Allee drove and drew a two-shot foul and hit one to make it 49-44, and then Worth County’s conditioning kicked in. North Nodaway threw a pass away, Anna Gladstone made one out of two to make it 50-44, and Jessi Badell rebounded the second free throw, allowing Worth County to run the clock down from 56 to 35 seconds before North Nodaway could foul and get the clock stopped. Kristin New hit one out of two to make it a three possession game at 51-44.
Kristin Herndon missed a 3-pointer, Anna Gladstone got the defensive board and got fouled and hit both free throws to make it 53-44 with 24 seconds left. After North Nodaway threw it away again, Worth County was able to run out the clock.
For Worth County, Regan Allee had 18 points. Anna Gladstone had 17, Kristin New 8, Jessi Badell 6, and Kaylee McElvain 4.
Regan Allee had the lone blocked shot for Worth County.
Jessi Badell had 12 rebounds for Worth County. Anna Gladstone had 8, Regan Allee and Kristin New had 2 each, and Kaylee McElvain, Merrideth Spiers, and Jill Hardy had 1 each.
Anna Gladstone and Kristin New had 5 assists each. Jessi Badell, Jill Hardy, and Kaylee McElvain had 2. Regan Allee, Haley Hunt, and Megan Cassavaugh had 1.
Kristin New had 8 tips for Worth County. Anna Gladstone had 6, Kaylee McElvain, Jill Hardy, Regan Allee, and Jessi Badell all had 3, and Haley Hunt had 1.
Kristin New, Jessi Badell, and Regan Allee had 2 steals each. Anna Gladstone, Megan Cassavaugh, and Kaylee McElvain had 1 each.
For North Nodaway, Audrey Trimble had 16. Kristin Herndon had 12, Ashley Thompson had 10, Kandace Damgar had 5, and Kaylee McElvain had 1.
Kristin Herndon had 3 blocks for North Nodaway and Ashley Thompson had 2.
Kristin Herndon had 8 boards for North Nodaway. Kandace Damgar had 7, Ashley Thompson 6, Keagan O’Riley and Audrey Trimble had 4 each, and Emma Hart and Alisha Davison had 1 each.
Keagan O’Riley had 5 assists for North Nodaway. Kristin Herndon had 4, Kandace Damgar had 2, and Audrey Trimble and Ashley Thompson had 1.
Kandace Damgar had 2 tips, while Audrey Trimble, Kristin Herndon, and Ashley Thompson had 1.
Audrey Trimble had 4 steals for North Nodaway. Kandace Damgar had 3, and Kristin Herndon, Ashley Thompson, and Alisha Davison had 1.
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