Ava Rinehart Scores 24, Raegan Hogan Boards 11 as JH Shamrocks Beat Panthers

Ava Rinehart scored 24 points and Raegan Hogan had 11 boards as the North Harrison junior high girls beat Pattonsburg Monday night 31-16.

The focus of the game was on stopping Panther skyscraper Taylen Fore and keeping the ball out of the paint.  Hali Smith had a tough time trying to get shots over Fore and the Panther front line that night, so the Shamrocks had to have other people step up and score if they were to get the road win. Pattonsburg had been playing excellent basketball, winning a tournament in Winston recently.

They struggled to solve the Panthers’ height in the first quarter, but Ava Rinehart was able to get the Shamrocks on the board, getting two shots from Rinehart from the outside, and she got loose in transition for two more. Bentley Glenn added a free throw as the Shamrocks led 7-2 after one.

Defensively, the Shamrocks trapped the wings in order to keep the ball from getting in the post; they were able to force some turnovers that way. And Raegan Hogan was able to get a ton of boards down low to help out Hali Smith.

The Shamrocks pulled away in the second quarter as Hali Smith and Ava Rinehart started stealing the ball and Addison Milligan and Bentley Glenn all chipped in. Rinehart knocked one down from the right side, got to the rim after a nice skip pass from Glenn, and scored off a steal to make it 13-4. Hali Smith finally got one to drop over the tall Panther front line, and then Ava Rinehart drove down the baseline and finished to make it 17-2. Late in the half, Hali Smith and Ana Ingsson kept a possession alive with offensive boards, and that led to a buzzer beater by Kaydence Lambert to put the Shamrocks up 19-2 at the half.

The big stat of the game was the 33 tips and 23 steals by the Shamrocks as they were able to keep the Panthers out of their offense all night long.

Ava Rinehart scored off a steal, knocked one down from the right side after Hali Smith kept a possession alive, Hali Smith got a putback, and Hali Smith got a steal and aired out a pass to Rinehart as the Shamrocks led by as much as 27-4 before they started clearing their bench.

Ava Rinehart had 24 for the Shamrocks. Hali Smith had 4, Kaydence Lambert 2, and Bentley Glenn 1.

Hali Smith had 2 blocks and Raegan Hogan 1.

Hali Smith had 14 boards. Raegan Hogan had 11, Addison Milligan 4, Ava Rinehart and Bentley Glenn 3, and Lily Lane and Ana Ingsson 2.

Hali Smith had 7 assists. Addison Milligan had 2 and Bentley Glenn 1.

Ava Rinehart had 11 tips. Hali Smith had 9, Raegan Hogan and Addison Milligan 4 each, Kaydence Lambert 2, and Bentley Glenn, Kathryn Parkhurst, and Emily Parkhurst 1 each.

Hali Smith had 7 steals. Ava Rinehart had 6, Addison Milligan 4, Bentley Glenn 3, and Raegan Hogan 3.