Tasked with shutting down Gabrielle Bellon, Avery Gregg held her down to three points while she was on the floor and blocked four shots from her, fueling some of Gilman City's big runs. She has always been counted on to hold down the other team's best player, and she showed it again Thursday.
Shelby Gibson continues to get better every game. Earlier this year, she was limited by foul trouble. But the more she has kept her fouls down to two or three per game, the more she has been able to fill up the stat line. This time, it finally paid off for her in the scoring column with 11 points and 7 steals on defense. She also grabbed a couple of key putbacks during Gilman City's first quarter run.
Khloey Sperry controlled the opening tap to Gibson, who threw to Alli Burke for the finish just three seconds in the game. Khloey Sperry followed with a steal and Shelby Gibson another and Gilman City was up 6-0 less than one minute into the game. Khloey Sperry added a free throw to make it 7-0.
Gabrielle Bellon kept trying to get downhill on Avery Gregg, only to manage one free throw that cut it to 7-1 and get swatted away time and time again. Shelby Gibson got a putback, Khloey Sperry jumped a pass, and Shelby Gibson cleaned up on a fast break and later added a free throw to make it 14-1 after one.
Avery Gregg got on the board with a steal to start the second quarter and added a drive to make it 18-1. Shelby Gibson got a steal and fed Alli Burke for two, and then Avery Gregg got another steal and fed Burke to make it 22-1.
Four straight from Dawsyn Bear broke the run and made it 22-5, but Khloey Sperry hit a free throw and then a block from Avery Gregg set up a layup by Sperry on the other end to make it 25-5. Kelsey Sperry hit Avery Gregg in transition, then Shelby Gibson converted a steal to make it 29-5. Emily Petty cut it to 29-7 for the Saints, but Avery Gregg hit Caitlynn Chalfant on the baseline to make it 31-7 as the reserves got in the game late in the first half.
The second half started easily enough for the Hawks as Khloey Sperry scored off a steal after an Avery Gregg tip, Khloey Sperry aired one out to Shelby Gibson, and Alli Burke hit a 3-pointer to make it 38-9. But then in a scene resembling Pickett's Charge at the Battle of Gettysburg, Gracyn Newton, a freshman, suddenly began carrying the Saints on her shoulder, getting to the line at will, and scoring nine points in just over a two minute span. But the outcome was the same; a 3-pointer from Burke, another from Gregg, and a putback by Khloey Sperry in transition meant that the Hawks were still in control at 46-18. Finally, Khloey Sperry's relentless assault on the boards paid off as she drew Newton's fifth foul, scored the last four points of the third period, and left the Hawks up 50-18 going into the fourth.
Pyper Taggart got on the boards in the fourth quarter and Colbi Webb hit a free throw for the Hawks in the fourth quarter.
Khloey Sperry had 16 points. Alli Burks had 12, Shelby Gibson 11, Avery Gregg 9, Caitlyn Chalfant and Pyper Taggart 2 each, and Colbi Webb 1.
The Hawks continued to crash the boards hard in their win, this time grabbing 49. Khloey Sperry had 14, Kelsey Sperry 11, Colbi Webb 8, Alli Burke 5, Shelby Gibson 4, Pyper Taggart and Caitlynn Chalfant 2, and Avery Gregg, Emily Chalfant, and Riah Crump 1 each.
Avery Gregg had 4 assists. Shelby Gibson had 3, Khloey Sperry and Kelsey Sperry 2, and Alli Burke and Caitlynn Chalfant 1 each.
Avery Gregg had 4 tips. Khloey Sperry and Alli Burke had 3, and Caitlynn Chalfant, Kelsey Sperry, Shelby Gibson, and Riah Crump 2.
Shelby Gibson had 7 steals. Khloey Sperry had 6, Avery Gregg 4, Riah Crump 3, and Kelsey Sperry and Alli Burke 1 each.
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