Sunday, June 24, 2018

Tiger Girls Successfully Turn Back Timberwolves as Anna Gladstone Scores 17, Steals 8

Worth County’s girls turned back a strong challenge from the invading Southwest Valley contingent 28-18 Sunday as the Tigers rolled through two different opponents in a home shootout.

Anna Gladstone padded the stat line against the Timberwolves as she got 17 points, 8 steals, 8 tips, and 7 boards as she carried the team. Worth County scored the first nine points of the game. Kristin New hit Regan Allee for a 3-pointer from the left wing, Jessi Badell got a putback, and then Anna Gladstone cut inside to get a pass from Kristin New and scored off a drive.

The Timberwolves fought back by scoring the next nine points and tying the game at 9 halfway through the first half. But then Gladstone came back in and scored off a drive, got a tip and steal that she turned into a free throw, and grabbed a putback to make it 14-9 to put Worth County up for good. Southwest Valley got a drive off an inbounds play to make it 14-11, but Gladstone got a steal and score and Regan Allee got a drive before Valley countered to trail 18-13 at the half.

Worth County switched from its man to its 1-3-1 to start the second half. Gladstone got two quick steals in a span of 23 seconds to make it 22-13 before the Tigers went through a 10+ minute scoring drought. But the Timberwolves could barely make a dent against the stingy Tiger defense, getting the margin only down to 22-15 at the 12:35 mark. Finally, the second group got the Tigers untracked as Jill Hardy scored off a Megan Cassavaugh steal and the first group came back in and Anna cut inside and got a pass from Regan Allee to supply the dagger and put Worth County back in control up 26-15.

Anna Gladstone led the scoring for Worth County, getting 17 of their 28 points despite getting hammered every time she tried to go to the basket. Regan Allee had 5, and Jill Hardy, Jessi Badell, and Kaylee McElvain had 2 each.

Regan Allee had two blocks for the Tigers. Anna Gladstone and Kaylee McElvain had 1 each.
Anna Gladstone had 7 boards for the Tigers. Regan Allee had 6, Kaylee McElvain 5, Jill Hardy and Jessi Badell 3 each, and Merrideth Spiers, Jenna Smith, and EmiLee Brown 2 each. Eight different Tigers got boards.

Anna Gladstone had 8 tips for the Tigers. Regan Allee had 7, Kristin New 3, Kaylee McElvain, Jenna Smith, and Megan Cassavaugh 2 each, and Merrideth Spiers, Jessi Badell, and Jill Hardy 1 each. Nine different Tigers got tips.

The Timberwolves had some ballhandlers and some athletic players, but that didn’t stop Worth County from getting some steals. Anna Gladstone had 8, Kristin New 4, Kaylee McElvain 3, Regan Allee and Jenna Smith 2, and Merrideth Spiers, Jessi Badell, and Megan Cassavaugh 1 each.

Kristin New had 3 assists. Regan Allee had 2, while Megan Cassavaugh and Jessi Badell had 1 each.

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