Ali Brown had 16 points and Kynah Steele got a double double with 12 points and 16 boards and the Worth County girls are no longer winless, beating Albany 53-34 last Tuesday night. It was one of those games in which everyone contributed; in each statistical category, ten or more Tigers got at least one point, rebound, assist, tip, or steal in the win.
Both teams came into the game not having won a single game. Worth County has played two similar games in its recent past; in 2010, they played Nodaway-Holt in a battle of winless teams in the last game of the season; the Tigers came out victorious 51-37. Two years later, in a battle of winless softball teams near the end of the regular season, Worth County beat Northeast Nodaway 20-6.
The two teams punched well above their weight in a game between two teams that were desperate for their first win. Albany had seven players listed in the program, but only five dressed out for the game last Tuesday. Nonetheless, they went blow for blow for the Tigers in a first quarter that saw a 9-9 standoff. Ali Brown had 5 points and Kynah Steele 4 for the Tigers in the period.
Addison Crawford’s triple sparked the Warriors, who took a 14-10 lead early in the second quarter. Worth County fought back to score the next nine points as Brylee Rush got the hot hand and Liz Brown and Justina Wimer chipped in as well. But despite Abigail Troncin getting her fourth foul, Albany fought back again, getting a guarded three from Crawford at the buzzer to put them back in front 20-19 at the half.
But Worth County was able to settle down at the half, and all of a sudden, they figured out they could win it. They started feeding the ball into Ali Brown at will, and she got loose once in transition as the Tigers regained the lead at 25-20. Liz Brown hit Taylor Sanders for three, Brown added a free throw, and then cleaned up on a miss after Sanders started a fast break to make it 31-20 with 3:20 left in the third. During that stretch, the Tigers, who had been plagued with turnovers all year, didn’t turn the ball over once.
Keylee Siddens hit a guarded jumper to break the run, and the teams traded buckets for the rest of the quarter and the start of the fourth. But with Worth County leading 39-28 at the 5:34 mark, Kynah Steele took it in on Troncin and drew her fifth foul, leaving Albany with four players for the remainder of the game.
Steele scored the next five points for the Tigers, but Cory Worrell fought back for the Warriors to bring them back to within 44-32. But Steele converted a three point play and then Kara Staton got the hot hand down the stretch as the Tigers pulled away for the win.
Ali Brown had 16 points for the Tigers. Kynah Steele had 12, Kara Staton 6, Taylor Sanders and Brylee Rush 5 each, Hailey Adwell, Abbi Brown, Justina Wimer, and Liz Brown all with 2, and Autumn Cousatte 1.
Kynah Steele had 16 boards for the Tigers. Ali Brown and Brylee Rush had 4, Abbi Brown, Liz Brown, and Hailey Adwell 3 each, Justina Wimer 2, and Taylor Sanders, Autumn Cousatte, Bridgette Hightshoe, and Lanie Cousatte 1.
Liz Brown had 4 assists for the Tigers. Brylee Rush, Kynah Steele, and Abbi Brown had 3 each, Autumn Cousatte, Hailey Adwell, and Ali Brown had 2 each, and Justina Wimer, Taylor Sanders, Kara Staton, and Bridgette Hightshoe had 1 each.
Hailey Adwell had 8 tips. Kynah Steele had 6, Liz Brown 4, Taylor Sanders and Ali Brown 3, Brylee Rush and Abbi Brown 2, and Autumn Cousatte, Bridgette Hightshoe, and Lanie Cousatte had 1 each.
Kynah Steele had 6 steals. Liz Brown had 4, Hailey Adwell 3, Abbi Brown, Autumn Cousatte, Taylor Sanders, and Brylee Rush 2 each, and Justina Wimer, Ali Brown, and Lanie Cousatte 1 each.
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