Jill Hardy sparked the Tigers into a lead they would not relinquish, and the Tigers snapped a two game losing skid with a 40-28 win over North Harrison Wednesday night. Worth County got back to what worked for them during their win at the Northwest Missouri Tournament; they took care of the ball on offense and held the Shamrocks under 30 points. As of the conclusion of Wednesday's game, the Tigers were 10-2 when holding an opponent under 40 points and 1-9 when they didn't.
For North Harrison, turnovers were costly, as well as the inability to get to the free throw line. They turned the ball over 24 times Wednesday night, while Worth County only surrendered the ball 10 times. They only got to the free throw line seven times in Wednesday's loss; they made a living on the line while avenging their Winston loss in their previous game.
Hardy started off the Tigers with back to back threes and EmiLee Brown added two free throws to put Worth County in front 8-2. The Tigers overcame four missed free throws in the quarter as Morgan Beagle added a 3-pointer late in the period to make it 11-2. The tale of the turnovers told the story; North Harrison turned it over seven times in the first period, while Worth County turned it over only once.
And yet, after Camden Castleberry's triple at the 4:35 mark of the second, North Harrison still had a chance despite being totally outplayed. Kami Gibson then cut inside and got a pass from Camden, and then scored off an Emma Craig tip and Halle Morgan steal to cut it to 11-9. Hardy countered with a 3-point play to make it 14-9, but then Emma Craig cut inside and scored to make it 14-11 at the half. Despite the turnover differential in Worth County's favor, North Harrison was still very much a part of the game.
Jill Hardy scored off a Megan Cassavaugh steal, but somehow, North Harrison kept hanging around, cutting inside to the basket twice to make it 16-15. They cut it to two at 19-17, and then later down to one again at 22-21 late in the third before EmiLee Brown's free throws made it 24-21.
But then a costly Shamrock foul swung the momentum in Worth County's favor as Emma Craig was taking it up the sideline against Worth County and collided with Braidy Hunt. Hunt took a perfect charge on defense and Craig was called for her third foul, sending her to the bench. After the turnover, EmiLee Brown converted a three point play to make it 27-21.
Jayliegh Robins got loose in transition for North Harrison to cut it to 27-23 after three, and Emma Craig came back to start the fourth, but the momentum was all in Worth County's favor. The lopsided turnover differential in Worth County's favor took its toll in the fourth as EmiLee Brown scored on a pair of lob passes and Braidy Hunt scored off a Megan Cassavaugh steal and a drive to make it 35-23 at the five minute mark.
Emma Craig did all she could to get the Shamrocks back in the game, breaking the run with a putback to make it 35-25, but then Morgan Beagle hit a long shot from the left side and a 3-pointer from the right side for a dagger.
For Worth County, Jill Hardy and EmiLee Brown had 11 each. Morgan Beagle had 8, Braidy Hunt 4, and Taylor Sanders and Megan Cassavaugh 3 each.
Megan Cassavaugh had 6 rebounds. Morgan Beagle had 5, EmiLee Brown, Braidy Hunt, Jill Hardy, and Kynah Steele all had 3, and Kara Staton and Autumn Cousatte each had 1.
Megan Cassavaugh had 6 assists. Morgan Beagle and Jill Hardy had 3, and Braidy Hunt had 2.
Morgan Beagle had 6 tips. Megan Cassavaugh and Jill Hardy had 5 each, Braidy Hunt 4, and Taylor Sanders and EmiLee Brown 1.
Megan Cassavaugh had 5 steals. Braidy Hunt had 4, Jill Hardy 2, and Kara Staton and Morgan Beagle had 1 each.
For North Harrison, Emma Craig had 15. Camden Castleberry had 5, Kami Gibson 4, and Trendi Johnson and Jayliegh Robins 2 each.
Emma Craig had 13 boards. Jayliegh Robins had 6, Kami Gibson and Erin Virtue 4 each, and Camden Castleberry, Halle Morgan, and Trendi Johnson 3 each.
Jayliegh Robins had 4 assists. Camden Castleberry had 3, Kami Gibson 2, and Erin Virtue and Halle Morgan 1 each.
Camden Castleberry, Emma Craig, and Jayliegh Robins had 5 tips. Trendi Johnson had 4, and Halle Morgan and Kami Gibson had 1 each.
Jayliegh Robins and Trendi Johnson had 2 steals each. Emma Craig and Halle Morgan had 1 each.
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