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Offensive woes doom Golden Bears at sectional
Posted by Ronald Williams on
Feb 10 2013
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04:00PM PST
By Jeff Brown
Sports editor
COLUMBUS — Shelbyville came into the Columbus East Sectional averaging 35 points per game.
The Golden Bears came nowhere close to that in an offensive meltdown Friday night against Bloomington South at the Orange Pit at Columbus East High School.
Shelbyville shot 11 percent from the field and 33 percent from the free-throw line in a 50-13 loss to the Panthers (15-7).
Mackenzie McNew hit a trio of three-pointers to lead Bloomington South with 15 points. Lauren Whitlach had 14 points – all in the first half.
Riley Achenbach led the Golden Bears (3-18) with four points.
Shelbyville’s offensive execution was sound in the first quarter. Dribble penetration got the Golden Bears into the lane for open looks. Converting proved to be the biggest problem, though. And when the offense fell apart, Shelbyville’s improving defense went missing, too.
“We’re a team that when we have trouble offensively, we get down on ourselves,” said Shelbyville coach Amanda Norris. “The last couple of games we’ve done a phenomenal job defensively of, when we’re not scoring, stopping people. I don’t know if it was the pressure of the game or just the atmosphere itself.”
Shelbyville took the lead in the first two minutes when Riley Achenbach, who came into the game leading the team in scoring (12.2 ppg) and 3-point shooting (43 percent), drilled a 3-pointer from the wing.
Achenbach added a free throw late in the quarter to tie the game at 4-4, as Bloomington South, who made national headlines earlier this season when it defeated Indianapolis Arlington 107-2, had trouble scoring.
Two baskets by Whitlach in the final 50 seconds opened up a 9-4 advantage after a quarter in which the Golden Bears were 1 of 12 from the field.
McNew had two 3s in the second quarter and Whitlach scored nine points as part of an 18-0 run that pushed the lead to 31-8 by halftime.
“It seemed like in the second quarter our defense let up,” said Norris. “We played exactly how we wanted to play in the first quarter ... we crashed the boards. In the second quarter, we saw the same (Bloomington South) plays we’ve gone over in practice, the same things we talked about and they were beating us with them.
“It’s just a lack of communication and letting the elements get to us. We were clearly down on ourselves going into the lockerroom at halftime.”
Shelbyville was 3-of-24 from the field in the first half and 1-of-6 from the free-throw line.
Bloomington South went deep into the roster for much of the second half knowing it would have a date with top-ranked Columbus North in the championship game.
The Class 4A, No. 1 Bull Dogs battled past Bloomington North 60-46 in the semifinals Friday then returned Saturday night to knock off Bloomington South 66-45 in the sectional championship game.
Columbus North (25-0) faces No. 2 Bedford North Lawrence (24-0) at noon Saturday in a regional semifinal game at Bedford.
The Golden Bears came nowhere close to that in an offensive meltdown Friday night against Bloomington South at the Orange Pit at Columbus East High School.
Shelbyville shot 11 percent from the field and 33 percent from the free-throw line in a 50-13 loss to the Panthers (15-7).
Mackenzie McNew hit a trio of three-pointers to lead Bloomington South with 15 points. Lauren Whitlach had 14 points – all in the first half.
Shelbyville’s offensive execution was sound in the first quarter. Dribble penetration got the Golden Bears into the lane for open looks. Converting proved to be the biggest problem, though. And when the offense fell apart, Shelbyville’s improving defense went missing, too.
“We’re a team that when we have trouble offensively, we get down on ourselves,” said Shelbyville coach Amanda Norris. “The last couple of games we’ve done a phenomenal job defensively of, when we’re not scoring, stopping people. I don’t know if it was the pressure of the game or just the atmosphere itself.”
Shelbyville took the lead in the first two minutes when Riley Achenbach, who came into the game leading the team in scoring (12.2 ppg) and 3-point shooting (43 percent), drilled a 3-pointer from the wing.
Achenbach added a free throw late in the quarter to tie the game at 4-4, as Bloomington South, who made national headlines earlier this season when it defeated Indianapolis Arlington 107-2, had trouble scoring.
Two baskets by Whitlach in the final 50 seconds opened up a 9-4 advantage after a quarter in which the Golden Bears were 1 of 12 from the field.
McNew had two 3s in the second quarter and Whitlach scored nine points as part of an 18-0 run that pushed the lead to 31-8 by halftime.
“It seemed like in the second quarter our defense let up,” said Norris. “We played exactly how we wanted to play in the first quarter ... we crashed the boards. In the second quarter, we saw the same (Bloomington South) plays we’ve gone over in practice, the same things we talked about and they were beating us with them.
“It’s just a lack of communication and letting the elements get to us. We were clearly down on ourselves going into the lockerroom at halftime.”
Shelbyville was 3-of-24 from the field in the first half and 1-of-6 from the free-throw line.
Bloomington South went deep into the roster for much of the second half knowing it would have a date with top-ranked Columbus North in the championship game.
The Class 4A, No. 1 Bull Dogs battled past Bloomington North 60-46 in the semifinals Friday then returned Saturday night to knock off Bloomington South 66-45 in the sectional championship game.
Columbus North (25-0) faces No. 2 Bedford North Lawrence (24-0) at noon Saturday in a regional semifinal game at Bedford.
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