Hali Smith Boards 17 in Shamrocks Fifth Victory

North Harrison's girls weathered an ice cold second quarter as they had 47 rebounds as a team and Hali Smith went beast mode, grabbing 17. They came out of their shooting slump to regain the lead by halftime, then pulled away in the second half for a 33-21 win over Pattonsburg Friday.

The Shamrocks were trying to get back on track following a blowout loss to state ranked Princeton. Pattonsburg was trying to find their footing after they lost Katelyn Jones to a knee injury sustained in the previous game against Gilman City. 

North Harrison struck early as Hali Smith scored off a drive following a pass from Jaxcynn Hansel and Hansel got a pass from Ava Rinehart and scored to make it 4-0.

Without Jones, Addie Iddings, who had been mostly a three point shooter before, suddenly started driving to the basket for the Panthers and converted one to make it 4-2. But free throws by Hansel made it 6-2.

But then the Shamrocks went ice cold from the field; nobody wanted to take on shot blocking phenom Kinsley Johnson, and everything else was off line. Pattonsburg took advantage in the second quarter, getting four straight in the paint from Johnson, a coast to coast basket from Iddings, and a steal and drive from promising freshman Cheyenne Miller. That put them up 10-6.

North Harrison got back on track thanks to constantly crashing the boards, and Hansel converted an offensive board into free throws at the 3:03 mark of the half to break the slump. Hali Smith then hit Addison Milligan from the right side and then five straight from Lani Briggs put the Shamrocks back in front 15-10 at the half.

The lead grew to nine to start the third quarter as Jaxcynn Hansel knocked one down from the high post and Lani Briggs drove the left wing following a pass from Smith. Jayden Goble got on the board for Pattonsburg and Carli Pittsenbarger hit a free throw to cut it to 19-13, but then Ava Rinehart, who had been faceguarded throughout the first half and held scoreless, suddenly got untracked with a 3-pointer and Hali Smith added a free throw to make it 23-13 at the 1:24 mark of the third. 

Kinsley Johnson hit two free throws to cut it to 23-15, but Rinehart one of two from the line to make it 24-15 and then added a 3-pointer to start the fourth to make it 27-14.

The Panthers hung around for a while and Addie Iddings hit a guarded three to cut it to 28-19, but then Lani Briggs hit one free throw, Ava Rinehart hit two, and Jaxcynn Hansel hit from the right side to make it 33-19 with 1:19 left and put the game out of reach.

For North Harrison, Jaxcynn Hansel hit 10 points despite battling foul trouble. Ava Rinehart also had 10. Lani Briggs had 8, Hali Smith 3, and Addison Milligan 2.

Hali Smith, Addison Milligan, and Jaxcynn Hansel all had 2 blocks.

Hali Smith had 17 boards. Jaxcynn Hansel had 10 to complete a double-double. Gracie Young had 7, Ava Rinehart 6, Addison Milligan 4, and Lani Briggs 3. North Harrison outrebounded Pattonsburg 47-28 for the night.

Hali Smith had 4 assists. Jaxcynn Hansel had 3, Ava Rinehart 2, and Addison Milligan 1.

Ava Rinehart had 6 tips. Hali Smith had 4, Jaxcynn Hansel 3, and Gracie Young, Lani Briggs, and Addison Milligan had 1.

Ava Rinehart had 6 steals. Gracie Young had 5, Lani Briggs and Addison Milligan 2, and Jaxcynn Hansel and Hali Smith 1 each.

For Pattonsburg, Addie Iddings had 9, Kinsely Johnson 7, Cheyenne Miller and Jayden Goble 2, and Carlie Pittsenbarger 1.

Kinsley Johnson had 5 blocks.

Kinsley Johnson had 9 boards. Addie Iddings, Annabelle Gardner, and Cheyenne Miller had 5 and Jayden Goble 4.

Addie Iddings had 3 assists. Jayden Goble, Carlie Pittsenbarger, and Kinsley Johnson had 1.

Jayden Goble had 8 tips. Addie Iddings had 4, Cheyenne Miller 3, Kinsley Johnson 2, and Annabelle Gardner 1.

Addie Iddings and Cheyenne Miller had 4 steals. Annabelle Gardner and Jayden Goble had 2, and Kinsley Johnson had 1.