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New Palestine gets hard-fought win at Shelbyville
Posted by Ronald Williams on
Dec 12 2010
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04:00PM PST
By Jeff Brown
Sports editor
Midway through the fourth quarter Saturday night at William L. Garrett Gymnasium in Shelbyville, New Palestine had about all it could take from Shelbyville.
Nursing an 11-point lead, the Lady Dragons spread the floor and tried to run out the final four minutes. They had been banged around, harrassed and generally frustrated by the Lady Golden Bears.
The final result still netted New Palestine a 55-38 victory but nothing came easy in securing the program’s second Hoosier Heritage Conference win of the season.
“Even though we took the loss, we took pride in the fact that people know now who Shelbyville is,” said Golden Bears coach Amanda Norris. “We play hard to the very last buzzer. This was probably one of best games where we worked the entire game.”
Shelbyville shot just 26 percent from the field and that, in the end, provided the difference for a New Palestine squad that was only slightly better at 33 percent.
Shelbyville could sense New Palestine’s displeasure at having just a four-point lead at halftime but a 1-for-8 performance from the field in the third quarter allowed the Dragons some breathing room.
“We didn’t hit many shots in the third quarter but there was never a moment where I felt like we let up,” said Norris. “We had total effort from every one of the girls.”
Scoring runs of 6-0 and 9-0 allowed the Lady Dragons to build a 44-29 lead after three quarters.
Eryn Hopper cut the lead to 12 with a free throw and then a score in the low post nearly 30 seconds later to open the fourth quarter.
Suddenly it was New Palestine that was cold from the field. The Lady Dragons (3-2, 2-0 HHC) hit just 1 of 9 shots over the final eight minutes but hit 9 of 13 free-throws to keep the Lady Golden Bears (2-7, 0-4 HHC) from ever getting the lead under double digits.
Bethany Murrell, Hancock County’s leading scorer at 18 points per game, had just 14 points and eight rebounds in the win Saturday. Danielle Owens did more damage with 18 points and nine rebounds.
“We didn’t try to do anything special with regards to Bethany,” said Norris. “Owens hurt us a little bit. She got quite a few offensive boards. I haven’t seen her play that aggressively this season.”
Chelsey Skipton led Shelbyville with nine points and eight rebounds. Caitlin Mills finished with seven. Raven Hibbard had six points and six rebounds coming off the bench. Hopper also had six points in a game where eight different Golden Bears scored.
Shelbyville will try to break a six-game losing streak Tuesday at the Bee Hive in Morristown. There is no junior varsity game. Varsity tipoff is scheduled for 6 p.m. with the Lady Yellow Jackets (1-6).
New Palestine earned its second junior varsity win of the season with a 26-21 victory.
Ivey Spreen, Taylor Espich and Katie Morris each scored eight points for New Palestine (2-5).
Allison Gobel led Shelbyville (5-4) with five points.
Nursing an 11-point lead, the Lady Dragons spread the floor and tried to run out the final four minutes. They had been banged around, harrassed and generally frustrated by the Lady Golden Bears.
The final result still netted New Palestine a 55-38 victory but nothing came easy in securing the program’s second Hoosier Heritage Conference win of the season.
“Even though we took the loss, we took pride in the fact that people know now who Shelbyville is,” said Golden Bears coach Amanda Norris. “We play hard to the very last buzzer. This was probably one of best games where we worked the entire game.”
Shelbyville could sense New Palestine’s displeasure at having just a four-point lead at halftime but a 1-for-8 performance from the field in the third quarter allowed the Dragons some breathing room.
“We didn’t hit many shots in the third quarter but there was never a moment where I felt like we let up,” said Norris. “We had total effort from every one of the girls.”
Scoring runs of 6-0 and 9-0 allowed the Lady Dragons to build a 44-29 lead after three quarters.
Eryn Hopper cut the lead to 12 with a free throw and then a score in the low post nearly 30 seconds later to open the fourth quarter.
Suddenly it was New Palestine that was cold from the field. The Lady Dragons (3-2, 2-0 HHC) hit just 1 of 9 shots over the final eight minutes but hit 9 of 13 free-throws to keep the Lady Golden Bears (2-7, 0-4 HHC) from ever getting the lead under double digits.
Bethany Murrell, Hancock County’s leading scorer at 18 points per game, had just 14 points and eight rebounds in the win Saturday. Danielle Owens did more damage with 18 points and nine rebounds.
“We didn’t try to do anything special with regards to Bethany,” said Norris. “Owens hurt us a little bit. She got quite a few offensive boards. I haven’t seen her play that aggressively this season.”
Chelsey Skipton led Shelbyville with nine points and eight rebounds. Caitlin Mills finished with seven. Raven Hibbard had six points and six rebounds coming off the bench. Hopper also had six points in a game where eight different Golden Bears scored.
Shelbyville will try to break a six-game losing streak Tuesday at the Bee Hive in Morristown. There is no junior varsity game. Varsity tipoff is scheduled for 6 p.m. with the Lady Yellow Jackets (1-6).
New Palestine earned its second junior varsity win of the season with a 26-21 victory.
Ivey Spreen, Taylor Espich and Katie Morris each scored eight points for New Palestine (2-5).
Allison Gobel led Shelbyville (5-4) with five points.
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