Kristen Tracy Scores 18 as JH Tiger Girls Break Out

Worth County's junior high girls had a breakout game against St. Gregory's, hanging 43 points on them Monday night as Kristen Tracy came alive in the 43-24 win. The previous three games for Worth County had been decided by a double overtime win over North Harrison, an overtime loss to King City, and a three point loss to Northeast Nodaway. Naturally, the question was how many overtimes Monday's game would take. But this time, it was one of those nights in which everything Worth County threw up was going in. They scored as many points in one night as they normally score in three or four games. Their defense has been keeping them in games, but the question was how to score. For at least one night, they finally figured it out.

Kristen Tracy stuffed the stat line for Monday's game, getting 18 points, 9 boards, 5 assists, 4 tips, and 7 steals. Kambree Briner attacked the rim as well as she had all year, adding 13 points, and the rest of the starters chipped in. Worth County did a much better job of sharing the ball on offense, getting 17 assists in the game. 

Tracy scored off an inbounds play right off the bat, Keira Hardy scored off a Kambree Briner steal, and then Megan Tracy drove and scored two free throws. Briner got loose against the Falcon press to make it 10-0. Jade Price's putback cut it to 10-2, but Kristen Tracy got loose inside and got a pass from Audrey Runde, and then cleaned up on a miss in transition to make it 14-2 after one.

Price scored six points in the second quarter as she tried to keep her team in the game, but Tracy knocked down a shot in the high post despite being heavily guarded to spark the Tigers. Keira Hardy drove and found Megan Tracy loose underneath, Tracy got loose inside after another Hardy drive, and then Keira finished one to make it 22-4. Channing Harbin's left wing shot cut it to 22-6, and the teams traded blows for the rest of the quarter before Kambree Briner's drive at the first half buzzer put the Tigers up 28-10. 

Audrey Runde got loose behind the Falcon defense, Kambree Briner scored off another drive, and Tracy got loose for six more in the third as the Tigers scored the first ten points of the period to take their biggest lead at 38-10. The Falcons wouldn't quit as they continued to swarm and press the Tigers the rest of the way. They need other players besides Price to step up and score to be effective, and they finally did in the fourth quarter as both Grace Steins and Kori Quinlin got going offensively for them and they cut it to 38-16. But Kambree Briner converted a three point play and Kristen Tracy got loose in transition to make it 43-18 at the 1:53 mark before Worth County subbed freely the rest of the way.

Kristen Tracy had 18 points for the Tigers. Kambree Briner had 13, Megan Tracy 6, Audrey Runde 4, and Keira Hardy 2. 

Kristen Tracy had 9 boards. Kambree Briner had 6, Audrey Runde 5, Megan Tracy 5, and Keira Hardy 2.

Kristen Tracy had 5 assists. Audrey Runde had 4, Kambree Briner 4, and Keira Hardy 4.

Kambree Briner had 6 tips. Kristen Tracy and Megan Tracy had 4 each, Audrey Runde 2, and Keira Hardy 1.

Kristen Tracy had 7 steals. Kambree Briner had 4, Keira Hardy 3, Megan Tracy 2, and Audrey RUnde 1.