Jayliegh Robins matched a career high with 16 points and added 14 boards and 5 rejections as North Harrison beat Gilman City for the second time this year, 44-31 to claim consolation Friday night. Everybody else chipped in as Camden Castleberry had 12 points and 7 assists, Trendi Johnson matched a career high with 8 and added 6 assists, and Jaci Davis added 6.
The Hawks were playing without Ava Langfitt, who injured her shoulder in the East Harrison game Wednesday. She finished the game, but didn’t play in Friday’s game. North Harrison didn’t have Halle Morgan, one of their best rebounders, but everyone else made up for it, as they got 40 as a team and cleaned up on the missed boxouts that had plagued them in the Union Star game and the turnovers that had plagued them in the Tri-County loss.
North Harrison started off fast as Camden Castleberry hit a 3-pointer after she kept a possession alive with an offensive board and Trendi Johnson hit from the left wing after Camden skipped one to her to make it 5-0 with 4:57 left.
Gilman City had struggled to move the ball against North Harrison in their first meeting back in January. They made a concerted effort to move the ball better this time, and they started coming back, starting with Laina Ward’s triple. Jayliegh Robins countered inside for North Harrison, but then foul trouble started to rear its head as Camden Castleberry picked up two quick ones. Gilman cut it to two two more times, but then Jayliegh Robins slashed to the rim.
The critical sequence came the following time down the floor. North Harrison got a stop on defense and Jaci Davis got some newfound aggression, going all the way after a defensive board to draw a foul and hit both free throws. All of a sudden, after a conference at the scorer’s table, a technical foul was assessed on Gilman City (wrong number in the scorebook) and Camden Castleberry made one out of the two free throw shots. Then, North Harrison got a free possession and took advantage as Trendi Johnson hit Jayliegh Robins, who slashed to the basket and drew a foul, hitting both free throws. North Harrison had scored five points without Gilman City touching the ball and was up nine at 16-7 instead of up four.
North Harrison had it under control the whole way. Jayliegh Robins was protecting the paint, preventing any easy baskets from the Hawks. Everybody was boxing out and getting the boards, and North Harrison got contributions from everyone the rest of the game. Gilman City had some good looks in the post in the first game that they didn’t get in the second thanks to Jayliegh emerging as a rim protector.
Jayliegh Robins was not done in the first quarter as she slashed to the rim after getting a pass from Trendi Johnson and then went coast to coast after grabbing a defensive board to make it 20-7 after one. She had 10 points in the period.
Camden Castleberry picked up her third foul at the start of the second quarter, but coach Aaron Long gambled and left her in for much of the period, and she didn’t pick up another foul the rest of the way. She did, however, hit two 3-pointers in the period, one at the start of the period, and one after Gilman City had gotten it down to 23-11. Despite being in the double bonus, Gilman City could not get any closer than 13 the rest of the way, and Jaci Davis’ shot from the left wing put North Harrison up 30-15.
Trendi Johnson hit a shot from the left wing to start the third and Jaci Davis knocked one down from the right wing as North Harrison moved ahead 34-15 to start the third. The Shamrocks continued to battle foul trouble the rest of the period as Jayliegh Robins picked up her third foul and Jaci Davis her fourth, but Gilman City could not take advantage, only getting it down to 16. Jayliegh Robins took a pass from Camden Castleberry and hit one to push the margin back up to 38-20 after three.
Erin Virtue got into the scoring column to start the fourth and put North Harrison up 40-21 after the Shamrocks had run a lot of time off the clock. Jayliegh Robins and Trendi Johnson scored off drives down the stretch before Gilman City closed to within 13 at the end against the reserves. Erica Gerken got a monster stuff at the end for the Shamrocks.
Jayliegh Robins had 16 for the Shamrocks. Camden Castleberry had 12, Trendi Johnson 8, Jaci Davis 6, and Erin Virtue 2.
Jayliegh Robins had 5 rejections. Camden Castleberry and Erica Gerken had 1 each.
Jayliegh Robins had 14 boards. Camden Castleberry had 7, Erin Virtue 6, Trendi Johnson 5, Jaci Davis, Kira Robertson, and Erica Gerken 2, and Karley Koch and Carmon Fordyce 2 each.
Camden Castleberry had 7 assists. Trendi Johnson had 6, and Erin Virtue and Jaci Davis had 2 each.
Jayliegh Robins had 5 tips. Erin Virtue and Camden Castleberry had 2 each, and Trendi Johnson 1.
Trendi Johnson had 3 steals. Kira Robertson and Jayliegh Robins had 2 each.
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