Eagles dent Tiger title hopes, Coyotes howl in the Cloud
Kent City 62 Grant 55 In the end it was just too much Maddie Geers. Way too much. Two of the top teams in the conference went to battle and there was a lot on the line for the Tigers. A win would send them to next week’s showdown with Morley Stanwood with a guaranteed share of the title already in their pocket. But they had to get past an Eagle squad that has been on fire winning 9 in a row including a pair of wins over state ranked teams The teams stayed even at 15 after one and the scoring slowed down in the second. Geers fired in 8 of the 10 Eagle points and Lily Krepps accounted for all 5 of the Tiger tallies, courtesy of the charity stripe. Down by 5 entering the third Emma Thompson, Reese Gragg and Jocee Pleune hit some key shots and when the quarter ended the hosts had knotted the score at 38 with 8 minutes to go. Except it wasn’t 8 minutes. Julie Ashbaugh hit 3 buckets while Welch and Gragg added one apiece. On the other side, Geers tallied all the 10 Eagle points including 3 trips to the line. When the dust cleared the teams were tied and overtime called. The extra frame saw more of Geers at the foul line where she made 9 of 12, added a bucket and delivered the Tigers their first home loss of the season. Coach Delamater: “This is a tough one to take. We battled all night. Whatever KC's game plan was for us tonight went out the window right away. Our girls played great defense on them and then Maddie Geers took over. She's a phenomenal player who moves extremely well without the ball and has extraordinary footwork. We doubled her at times and she still found a way to get the ball. We collapsed on her when she drove, and she still managed to get to the rim. On top of that, she was put on the line 22 times, equal to the amount of times we went to the line for the entire game. We had our shots. Now, going into the game on Friday against Morley, its winner takes all.” Julie Ashbaugh led the Tigers hitting for 14 points with Gragg close behind with 13. Thompson finished with 7 while Bella Welch and Kreps each tallied 5. Geers? She dropped a cool 46 on the night. Indeed a title game awaits when Morleystan hits town next Friday but before then Grant (12-4, 8-1) will host Whitehall (7-12, 5-6) on Tuesday. Reed City 57 White Cloud 15 The Coyotes took control early and never let go, running to an 11-3 lead after one and holding the Cloud scoreless in the second to build a 30-3 advantage. The visitors fired in a total of 10 triples on the night. Coach Wilk: “Senior night was a tough one for us. We couldn't get anything going, and RC played a great game on offense and defense. Luckily we have a few more games to send the seniors off on a higher note because tonight wasn't it. It looks like we won't have a game next week, so we will have plenty of time to work on things before we get into tournament time. This is always a fun time of the year, and I am excited to see what our girls can accomplish the rest of the way. The score was down for us tonight, but our spirits remain high. Don't count us out yet we have more basketball in us.” White Cloud (7-13, 2-8) will play in the first round of the conference tournament on Tuesday February 27th. Opponent yet to be determined.
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