Worth County showed that they have picked up where they left off as they downed East Harrison 53-28 Tuesday at home in their opener. The Tigers fell short in their bid to go to state last year, falling in the quarterfinals. But they have nearly everyone back from that squad.
East Harrison has given Worth County and other teams fits, hanging around until the end and featuring strong guard play and balanced scoring. But Anna Gladstone went bezerk in the second quarter as Worth County pushed it out to double digits by halftime and continued to pull away despite Gladstone picking up three and sitting for the quarter. Then, when Gladstone came back in the fourth, Worth County put it away, pushing it up over 20.
Gladstone had 22 points and was one shy of the single game school record in steals, getting a double double with 11. The school record is 12 steals, set by Keitha Hart in 1982 against South Harrison in the old Armory gym in Albany. Marcy Ruckman also got 12 steals, doing it twice against Princeton; she did so once in 1994 and again in 1996.
The game started off slow, with the score stuck on 2-1 East Harrison for a long time until the two minute mark of the first quarter. Worth County was outplaying East Harrison on the floor, but missing three out of four free throw tries and a ton of tries from the field. Then, Kristin New sliced through the orange shirts and scored, and Anna Gladstone got a steal off the press, getting it to Merrideth Spiers, who kicked it out to Kristin New for three to make it 6-2. Anna Gladstone sliced through two to get a layup and Jessi Badell added a putback to put Worth County up 10-2 after one.
Like they have done so many times against strong opponents, East Harrison kept hanging around, getting a three from Kennison Roberts to make it 15-9 with 3:02 left in the second. But then Anna Gladstone, who already had all five Worth County points in the period, went totally bezerk, getting a putback and then stealing the ensuing inbounds pass to make it 19-9. The teams traded buckets until the 45 second mark of the second, when Kristin New found Anna in the high post and she drove into the teeth of the Bobcat defense, drew the foul, and converted a three point play to make it 26-14 at the break. When the dust had settled, Gladstone had 14 of Worth County's 16 points in the period.
Gladstone picked up her third foul at the start of the third and Regan Allee soon followed her to the bench with three, but Worth County kept clicking as Kristin New hit two three-pointers and Jessi Badell and Kaylee McElvain chipped in as Worth County raised their lead to 36-19.
Finally, Anna came back in to start the fourth; Megan Cassavaugh hit Jessi Badell on the right side and then stole the ensuing inbounds pass, feeding Gladstone to make it 40-19 and push it over 20. Cassavaugh tipped one to Gladstone and she added another drive; Anna hit Jessi Badell backdoor got an easy basket, Kristin New hit Badell on the baseline, and Gladstone went coast to toast to make it 48-23 with 4:26 left. Kristin New’s triple with 2:24 left gave Worth County its biggest lead of the game at 51-24.
Anna Gladstone had 22 points for the Tigers. Kristin New had 14, Jessi Badell 11, Kaylee McElvain 4, and Jill Hardy 2. The scary thing about that was that Worth County had beaten a quality opponent by 25 points without Regan Allee scoring; everybody else had her back that night. It will only get better once she finds the range.
Jessi Badell had 2 blocks for the Tigers. Anna Gladstone, Kristin New, and Regan Allee had 1.
Jessi Badell had 13 boards to go with her 11 points; she had a double double. Jill Hardy came off the bench with 9, Anna Gladstone and Kaylee McElvain 7 each, Merrideth Spiers 6, Kristin New 3, Regan Allee 2, and Haley Hunt and Aivry Griffin had 1.
Jill Hardy and Kristin New had 4 assists. Merrideth Spiers and Megan Cassavaugh had 2, while Regan Allee, Kaylee McElvain, and Anna Gladstone had 1.
Regan Allee and Anna Gladstone had 6 tips. Kaylee McElvain and Megan Cassavaugh had 4, Jill Hardy, Jessi Badell, and Merrideth Spiers had 2, and Kristin New and Haley Hunt had 1.
Anna Gladstone had 11 steals for the Tigers. Regan Allee had 6, Kaylee McElvain and Kristin New had 4, Jessi Badell and Megan Cassavaugh had 3, Jill Hardy had 2, and Haley Hunt had 1. As a team, Worth County stole the ball from East Harrison 34 times.
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