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Lady Golden Bears send Waldron into break with loss
Posted by Ronald Williams on
Dec 18 2011
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By Jeff Brown
Sports editor
No Shelby County basketball program is more ready for the Christmas break than Waldron.
Meanwhile, the Shelbyville Lady Golden Bears want to gift wrap one more win for head coach Amanda Norris to send the program into the break with a .500 record. That could happen Wednesday night when East Central comes to town.
A laboring Waldron program limped into William L. Garrett Gymnasium Saturday afternoon to play its third game in a week against a larger school system. And it did so without starting forward Haley Coffey, who is battling a knee injury.
Shelbyville benefitted from the return of second leading scorer Ashley Bush, who was sidelined for two games with an injury. Bush nearly had a double-double in the Lady Golden Bears’ 67-32 victory over Waldron which improved the program’s record to 4-5 this season.
The Lady Mohawks’ dropped their sixth straight to fall to 1-10 under first-year coach Rod Suiter.
“We can’t wait for Santa Claus to get here ... that’s for sure,” said Suiter, who needs either a heady point guard that can take care of the ball or a pure scorer that can amplify an offense averaging just 36 points per game this season.
Waldron opened the county matchup Saturday with a long jumper by Lauren Suiter – the coach’s daughter. But Shelbyville answered with a 15-1 run with most of the damage coming from Bush and sophomore guard Riley Achenbach.
Bush scored in the lane to get Shelbyville on the scoreboard and tie the game. Raven Hibbard hit a 3-pointer two minutes later and Achenbach scored on back-to-back steals to make it 9-2.
After a Lauren Harker free throw ended Waldron’s scoring drought, Shelbyville’s leading scorer, Chelsey Skipton, drove the lane and collected her first two points of the game. The junior struggled shooting the ball against the Lady Mohawks, but still finished with 10 points and seven rebounds.
Bush scored the next four points and Achenbach hit a half-court bomb just before the buzzer to give Shelbyville an 18-5 advantage.
Waldron never got the lead under double digits the rest of the way, but put forth a better offensive effort despite shooting 25 percent from the field.
“I thought we handled what little pressure Shelbyville threw at us,” said Suiter. “Mistakes on our own, just careless turnovers, hurt us. We have too many self-inflicted turnovers.”
Waldron finished with 33 turnovers, including 13 in the third quarter when it was outscored 17-9.
Laura Crosby led the Lady Mohawks with 11 points and eight rebounds. Shawna Jackson and Harker each had seven.
For Shelbyville, it was a much-needed win after back-to-back losses. It just wasn’t the top-notch performance that the coach wanted to see.
“This is a momentum-builder,” said Norris. “We didn’t accomplish any of our goals but we got a win. So we’re one step closer to .500 which is a huge goal for us this season.
“We’re still working on a complete game. It’s a win but it shows we’re still not playing the type of game that we’re capable of playing.”
Shelbyville’s balanced offensive attack was aided by Bush’s 10 points and eight rebounds. Allison Gobel had nine points and two steals.
It was Achenbach, though, that proved to be the most difficult matchup for Waldron. She finished with a game-high 13 points, grabbed four rebounds, handed out three assists and collected six steals.
“We’ve challenged Riley to step up defensively and be more aggressive,” said Norris. “She was much more aggressive today and smarter about it.”
Since Waldron did not have a junior varsity squad available Saturday, Shelbyville faced Morristown’s junior varsity squad.
The Golden Bears got 11 points from Kay Brokering and 10 from Allyson Conner to defeat the Yellow Jackets, 40-23.
Victoria Montarsi and Kayla Schuyler each had six points for Morristown.
Waldron is now off until Dec. 29 when Oldenburg (9-3) visits.
For the third time this season, Shelbyville will face a potential sectional opponent in East Central (6-3) on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, the Shelbyville Lady Golden Bears want to gift wrap one more win for head coach Amanda Norris to send the program into the break with a .500 record. That could happen Wednesday night when East Central comes to town.
A laboring Waldron program limped into William L. Garrett Gymnasium Saturday afternoon to play its third game in a week against a larger school system. And it did so without starting forward Haley Coffey, who is battling a knee injury.
Shelbyville benefitted from the return of second leading scorer Ashley Bush, who was sidelined for two games with an injury. Bush nearly had a double-double in the Lady Golden Bears’ 67-32 victory over Waldron which improved the program’s record to 4-5 this season.
“We can’t wait for Santa Claus to get here ... that’s for sure,” said Suiter, who needs either a heady point guard that can take care of the ball or a pure scorer that can amplify an offense averaging just 36 points per game this season.
Waldron opened the county matchup Saturday with a long jumper by Lauren Suiter – the coach’s daughter. But Shelbyville answered with a 15-1 run with most of the damage coming from Bush and sophomore guard Riley Achenbach.
Bush scored in the lane to get Shelbyville on the scoreboard and tie the game. Raven Hibbard hit a 3-pointer two minutes later and Achenbach scored on back-to-back steals to make it 9-2.
After a Lauren Harker free throw ended Waldron’s scoring drought, Shelbyville’s leading scorer, Chelsey Skipton, drove the lane and collected her first two points of the game. The junior struggled shooting the ball against the Lady Mohawks, but still finished with 10 points and seven rebounds.
Bush scored the next four points and Achenbach hit a half-court bomb just before the buzzer to give Shelbyville an 18-5 advantage.
Waldron never got the lead under double digits the rest of the way, but put forth a better offensive effort despite shooting 25 percent from the field.
“I thought we handled what little pressure Shelbyville threw at us,” said Suiter. “Mistakes on our own, just careless turnovers, hurt us. We have too many self-inflicted turnovers.”
Waldron finished with 33 turnovers, including 13 in the third quarter when it was outscored 17-9.
Laura Crosby led the Lady Mohawks with 11 points and eight rebounds. Shawna Jackson and Harker each had seven.
For Shelbyville, it was a much-needed win after back-to-back losses. It just wasn’t the top-notch performance that the coach wanted to see.
“This is a momentum-builder,” said Norris. “We didn’t accomplish any of our goals but we got a win. So we’re one step closer to .500 which is a huge goal for us this season.
“We’re still working on a complete game. It’s a win but it shows we’re still not playing the type of game that we’re capable of playing.”
Shelbyville’s balanced offensive attack was aided by Bush’s 10 points and eight rebounds. Allison Gobel had nine points and two steals.
It was Achenbach, though, that proved to be the most difficult matchup for Waldron. She finished with a game-high 13 points, grabbed four rebounds, handed out three assists and collected six steals.
“We’ve challenged Riley to step up defensively and be more aggressive,” said Norris. “She was much more aggressive today and smarter about it.”
Since Waldron did not have a junior varsity squad available Saturday, Shelbyville faced Morristown’s junior varsity squad.
The Golden Bears got 11 points from Kay Brokering and 10 from Allyson Conner to defeat the Yellow Jackets, 40-23.
Victoria Montarsi and Kayla Schuyler each had six points for Morristown.
Waldron is now off until Dec. 29 when Oldenburg (9-3) visits.
For the third time this season, Shelbyville will face a potential sectional opponent in East Central (6-3) on Wednesday.
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