Kambree Briner had a career high 17 points as Worth County's girls snapped a two-game skid and beat South Holt 49-23 Thursday. Her previous high was 16 in the Princeton game. Worth County suffered a tough loss at St. Joseph Christian and then had to play a tough Mound City squad on the road, falling by 11. They got back on the winning track by getting back to what had worked for them, getting multiple people in the scoring column, moving the ball a lot better, guarding people, and rebounding better.
Their assist totals went from 4 in the Mound City game to 21 Thursday. Their rebounding went from 33 in the Mound City game to 41 against South Holt; it wasn't just Kristen Tracy getting boards; all nine players found their way into the rebounding column. They stopped giving up the easy baskets that had hurt them in previous losses; they didn't give up any until the fourth quarter, when the game was already decided.
The Tigers started off slowly, as some slumps have a way of dying hard. They only managed one field goal for the first several minutes but chipped away at the free throw line as Kristen Tracy and Kambree Briner both drew fouls and got on the line. Finally, Kristen Tracy, who had missed a few shots early, got one to go down from the high post and Megan Tracy hit Kambree Briner inside to put the Tigers up 11-4 after one.
Tracy knocked down her third shot of the night from the high post and Kambree Briner got loose in transition for two to start the second quarter. Finally, someone besides Briner or Tracy found the scoring column as Rylee Ruckman hit a 3-pointer from the top of the key to make it 18-4. Audrey Runde hit another triple to make it 21-4. Runde knocked one down from the high post after Megan Tracy had grabbed an offensive board to give the Tigers a 23-6 lead at the half.
Megan Tracy hit a 3-pointer to start the third quarter, and then Kambree Briner took over, slashing and scoring on one play, grabbing an offensive board and driving and scoring on another, and cutting inside and getting a bullet pass from Audrey Runde on another. Runde knocked one down from the high post off an inbounds pass from Briner before Worth County started subbing freely, mixing up their starters and reserves.
Briner continued to have the hot hand in the fourth quarter as Kennedy Murphy got a steal, threw it to Kristen Tracy, who aired it out to her to give Worth County its largest lead of the night at 44-14. They twice more led by 30, the last time being 49-19 with 1:10 left when Rayleigh Smith, who had battled a knee injury all year, finally got her first points of the year.
Kambree Briner had 17 points for the Tigers. Kristen Tracy had 10, Megan Tracy 9, Audrey Runde 8, Rylee Ruckman 3, and Rayleigh Smith 2.
Kristen Tracy had 1 block.
Kristen Tracy had 10 boards. Kambree Briner had 7, Megan Tracy and Kynlee Steele had 5, Audrey Runde 4, Rylee Ruckman, Keira Hardy, and Kennedy Murphy had 3, and Rayleigh Smith 1.
Eight different Tigers got their way into the assist column. Kristen Tracy and Audrey Runde had 4, Rylee Ruckman, Keira Hardy, and Megan Tracy had 3, Kambree Briner 2, and Kennedy Murphy and Kynlee Steele had 1.
Kambree Briner, Kristen Tracy, Megan Tracy, and Audrey Runde had 3 tips. Keita Hardy had 2 and Rylee Ruckman and Kennedy Murphy had 1.
Kristen Tracy had 5 steals. Kambree Briner, Kynlee Steele, and Kennedy Murphy had 2, and Megan Tracy and Rylee Ruckman had 1.
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Kambree Briner is ranked 18th in the state in assists with 3.9 per game.
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