Megan Tracy and Kennedy Murphy went beast mode Friday night as the junior high Tiger girls beat Avenue City 41-10 to claim Consolation. Previously, they dropped a 21-15 game to Northeast Nodaway in an ice cold shooting game. They treated that game as a wakeup call, as everyone stepped up their game the rest of the tournament. They won handily over North Nodaway 42-2 and then faced Avenue City, which has normally played a lot of close games with the Tigers.
The Aces came in with a lot of size, and they were able to
pressure the ball, but Megan Tracy and Kennedy Murphy went beast mode, with
Tracy getting 16 boards and Murphy 15 as the Tigers pulled away to win in
running clock fashion. Brooklyn Smith found her shooting touch again and led
the scoring with 17, and Audrey Runde had 11. Three other players chipped in as
the Tigers were able to take advantage of Avenue City ganging up on Smith.
Smith started the Tigers off early and slashed to the rim,
but Mae Shuster countered with a shot from the wing. Audrey Runde slashed and
drew a foul, converting it and then Brooklyn Smith went coast to coast to make
it 7-2. Kinley Steele (sister of Kynah Steele) started for the Tigers and
helped them gain control of the boards early, grabbing three in the early
going. Abbie Morey cut it to 7-4, but Kinley Steele hit a free throw, Brooklyn
Smith hit a guarded shot in the high post after getting a pass from Megan
Tracy, and then Brooklyn converted a drive into a three point play to make it
13-4 after one.
Brooklyn continued to get into the lane, getting another
three point play after getting a pass from Audrey Runde, and then added a
pullup to make it 18-4. Audrey Runde cleaned up a miss on a fast break, then
slashed to the rim to get on the board. Kennedy Murphy added a free throw to
give the Tigers a 23-4 halftime lead. Avenue City was trying to answer the
Tigers by getting to the rim, but Worth County was closing the gaps hard and
not allowing a lot of easy looks.
Megan Tracy got on the board with a drive, Brooklyn Smith
added a free throw, and then got a steal to make it 28-4 to start the third.
Avenue City started faceguarding Smith, but the rest of the team chipped in to
allow the Tigers to continue to pull away. Billie Hare broke the run with a
basket for Avenue City, but Audrey Runde scored off a drive, Kennedy Murphy got
the ball inside off a pass from Megan Tracy, and Megan scored off a drive after
a pass from Audrey Runde to make it 34-6 before Shuster cut it to 34-8 at the
end of three.
Tracy got a free throw and scored off a drive, Audrey Runde
scored off another, and Kennedy Murphy got a putback as the Tigers got the game
into running clock territory.
Brooklyn Smith had 17 points. Audrey Runde had 11, Megan
Tracy 7, Kennedy Murphy 5, and Kinley Steele 1.
Megan Tracy had 2 blocks.
Megan Tracy had 16 boards. Kennedy Murphy had 15, Kinley
Steele 4, Brooklyn Smith 3, and Audrey Runde, Jane Hawk, Kaydence Downing, and
Laura Hansen 1.
Audrey Runde had 5 assists. Megan Tracy had 3, Brooklyn
Smith 2, and Kennedy Murphy 1.
Brooklyn Smith had 7 tips. Megan Tracy had 2, and Laura
Hansen and Audrey Runde had 1.
Megan Tracy had 8 steals. Brooklyn Smith had 7, Kennedy
Murphy 4, Audrey Runde 2, and Kinley Steele 1.
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