Brooklyn Smith Hangs 24 on Shamrocks; Tigers Get 1st Win

Worth County’s junior high girls were in over their heads playing Stanberry, which has won some games by ridiculously lopsided margins this year. The Bulldogs have 30 players in 7^th and 8^th grade out this year. Still shellshocked from that game, they promptly fell behind 11-4 to North Harrison Monday night. But then, they started climbing back and fought their way back to get a 44-35 win over the Shamrocks. It was Brooklyn Smith who went off for the Tigers, getting 24 points for the night and getting support from Megan Tracy and Audrey Runde. Kennedy Murphy chipped in with a lot of hustle plays.

For North Harrison, Ava Rinehart went off in the early going, getting a steal and then knocking down a 3-pointer after a pass from Jaelynn Polley. Brooklyn Smith countered with a free throw to put the Tigers on the board, but Rinehart got a pass from Addison Milligan and drove to make it 7-1. Smith hit a 3-pointer, but Rinehart capitalized off a pass from Hali Smith and Addison Milligan scored off a steal to make it 11-4.

But then Brooklyn Smith started carrying the Tigers on her shoulders, going coast to coast and hitting two free throws and then scoring off a steal to cut the Tiger deficit to make it 11-8.

Hali Smith got on the board with a 3-pointer and then kept a possession alive and found Ava Rinehart to make it 16-8 to start the second quarter, but then Brooklyn Smith got the ball from Audrey Runde and hit a 3-pointer and then Megan Tracy got on the board, pulling up and hitting a 3-pointer. Brooklyn Smith hit from the left wing and then Megan Tracy got her second pullup three after Kennedy Murphy got a steal to put the Tigers in front 19-16 at the half.

Audrey Runde got on the board for the Tigers to start the third quarter, then Brooklyn Smith got loose in transition and got a pass from Runde. Runde knocked one down from the right wing after Megan Tracy kept a possession alive with an offensive board to make it 25-16.

Ava Rinehart broke the run to cut the Shamrock deficit to 25-18, but then Brooklyn Smith scored twice more to make it 29-18 and then Audrey Runde went coast to coast for a layup and then slashed down the left baseline for another to make it 32-18. Rinehart cut it to 32-20, but then Kennedy Murphy got on the board and then Brooklyn Smith got a pass from Kennedy Murphy and got loose in transition to make it 36-20 after three.

But then North Harrison started fighting back, as Hali Smith hit Ava Rinehart backdoor, Smith got loose and cleaned up a miss in transition, and then Addison Milligan got a pass from Polley and hit from the high post to make it 36-26. Megan Tracy hit a pullup three and Brooklyn Smith hit another from the baseline after Megan Tracy inbounded one to her to make it 42-27, but then Hali Smith got a putback, Rinehart scored off a steal, and then Hali Smith got a putback, and Ava Rinehart scored off a Smith steal as North Harrison scored eight unanswered in less than a one minute span to cut it to 42-35 with 35 seconds left. They had two chances to get it to five, but then Brooklyn Smith got the ball to Audrey Runde in transition with 11 seconds left for the final dagger.

For Worth County, Brooklyn Smith had 24. Megan Tracy and Audrey Runde had 9 each, and Kennedy Murphy had 2.

Megan Tracy and Kennedy Murphy had 8 boards each. Brooklyn Smith had 6, Audrey Runde 5, Brecklyn Rush 4, and Kynlee Steele 1.

Megan Tracy had 6 assists. Audrey Runde had 3, and Kennedy Murphy, Kynlee Steele, Brecklyn Rush, and Brooklyn Smith had 1.

Brooklyn Smith had 11 tips. Megan Tracy and Audrey Runde had 4 each, Brecklyn Rush 3, and Kennedy Murphy 1.

Kennedy Murphy had 4 steals. Brooklyn Smith also had 4, Megan Tracy 3, Kynlee Steele 2, and Audrey Runde 1.

For North Harrison, Ava Rinehart had 21 points. Hali Smith had 10, and Addison Milligan had 4.

Hali Smith had 5 blocks and Addison Milligan 1.

Hali Smith had 20 rebounds. Ava Rinehart had 9, Addison Milligan 4, Raegan Hogan 3, Ana Ingsson 2, and Jaelynn Polley and Bentley Glenn 1.

Hali Smith had 5 assists. Jaelynn Polley and Addison Milligan had 2, and Raegan Hogan 1.

Ava Rinehart had 7 tips, while Addison Milligan had 4 and Raegan Hogan 2.

Hali Smith had 6 steals. Ava Rinehart and Addison Milligan had 2.