Avery Gregg sparked the Gilman City Hawks, who hung 64 points on winless Southwest Livingston County in Trenton Monday, December 30th and avoided a letdown with a 64-18 win. Following their 51-22 loss to Northeast Nodaway, they have treated it as a wakeup call and have unloaded on their last three opponents by 21 or more. Their 64 points was a season high this year.
The Hawks overcame early foul trouble from Khloey Sperry as Gregg had the hot hand early, scoring off a Kelsey Sperry steal and then getting a pass from Kelsey Sperry for three. Khloey Sperry got a defensive board, pushed it ahead to Alli Burke, who pushed it to Gregg in the corner for three to make it 9-0. Khloey Sperry added a steal and a putback before going to the bench with foul trouble with her team up 13-0.
Southwest made a stand in the latter part of the first quarter, getting three from Harley Anderson as they whittled the deficit down to 15-5 after one. But then Shelby Gibson, who had been battling foul trouble her last few games, suddenly showed what she could do when she was on the floor for the Hawks; she found Colbi Webb twice underneath the basket and added an inside shot of her own as the lead grew to 22-5. Gibson, who had only two fouls that afternoon, stuffed the stat line for the Hawks.
Kelsey Sperry hit from the right side, Alli Burke scored four straight, Shelby Gibson scored a putback, and then Khloey Sperry came back and went coast to coast to make it 32-7. The Hawks found they could play together with Khloey on the bench; when she came out, the score was 13-0, and when she returned, it was 30-7. Steals by Avery Gregg and Khloey Sperry and a drive by Burke where she exploded to the rim from the free throw line made it 38-7 at the half.
Avery Gregg hit a 3-pointer, Alli Burke hit a free throw after splitting two and then slashed to the rim after Khloey got an offensive board and then Khloey Sperry made up for lost time, going beast mode again and scoring 11 in the third quarter. She scored off a drive after Kelsey got her the ball, hit a free throw after grabbing an offensive board, hit Alli Burke in transition after being set up by a Colbi Webb block, and then posted up twice inside and scored. By the time the dust had settled, the Hawks were up 57-12 at the 1:35 mark of the third.
Pyper Taggart, a six-foot sophomore, came off the bench and showed a willingness to seal defenders and attack the rim; she got three. Riah Crump added a steal and Kelsey Sperry added a drive.
Khloey Sperry's big burst in the third quarter took her to 20 points. Avery Gregg had 15, Alli Burke 11, Colbi Webb 5, Shelby Gibson and Kelsey Sperry 4 each, Pyper Taggert 3, and Riah Crump 2.
The Hawks got a ton of rejections on defense to fuel their run. Colbi Webb had 3, Khloey Sperry had 2, and Alli Burke had 2.
Khloey Sperry had 15 boards. Alli Burke had 9, Shelby Gibson 8, Kelsey Sperry 5, Avery Gregg, Colbi Webb, and Pyper Taggart 2, and Emily Chalfant 1. The Hawks had "only" 45 boards after getting 60 the previous game, but that was because they forced more turnovers. The Hawks won the giveaway/takeaway battle 32-8.
Kelsey Sperry had 6 assists. Alli Burke and Shelby Gibson had 4, Avery Gregg, Khloey Sperry, and Emily Chalfant 2, and Caitlynn Chalfant 1.
Khloey Sperry had 4 tips. Avery Gregg had 3, Colbi Webb, Shelby Gibson, and Riah Crump had 2, and Alli Burke, Caitlynn Chalfant, Pyper Taggart, and Emily Chalfant had 1.
Avery Gregg and Khloey Sperry had 6 steals. Shelby Gibson had 5, Riah Crump 2, and Kelsey Sperry, Colbi Webb, and Emily Chalfant 1.
The competition will get much tougher with two rivalry games coming up, weather permitting. The Hawks will host North Harrison, who they play football with, on Thursday and Tri-County, a long-time rivalry game, on Friday. Both are district games and will affect their seeding.
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