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Batesville beats Shelbyville 50-45
By Jeff Brown
Sports editor
When you are a struggling program trying to regain its winning ways, giving away a victory can be disheartening.
Batesville shot 22 percent from the field Saturday afternoon at William L. Garrett Gymnasium in Shelbyville but hit 28 of 38 free throws to steal a 50-45 win from the Golden Bears.
Despite the Bulldogs’ inability to put the ball in the basket, Shelbyville continued to rack up foul calls that bailed out a struggling club.
“We’re jerks in practice.We call every little ticky-tacky foul. We call every little travel. And the girls complain all the time,” said Shelbyville coach Amanda Norris. “But when we give out 28 of the 50 points they score on free throws, it’s pretty obvious we need to be even bigger jerks in practice.”
Shelbyville (2-5) built a 7-0 lead while Batesville missed its first 12 shot attempts. With a pair of free throws by Brooke Rohlfing and Bailey Baumer, that lead was reduced to 8-6 by the end of the first eight minutes.
The Bulldogs made just 3-of-11 field goal attempts in the second quarter, but connected on 8-of-11 free throws to lead 20-19.
Caitlin Mills had five of her nine points in the third quarter to help Shelbyville tie the score at 30 with eight minutes left to go. But Shelbyville already had seven fouls racked up, and Batesville would get into the double bonus early on in the fourth quarter.
The Bulldogs finally hit some shots in that fourth quarter and took a 43-40 lead with 2:11 to go. Both teams exchanged a pair of free throws before Ashley Bush stepped out to the top of the key and hit a 3-pointer to tie the game with 92 seconds left.
That would be the final points for the Golden Bears, who missed two final shots and had a turnover down the stretch.
”We’ve got to go back and work even harder and figure out our defense... and then execute our defense,” said Norris. “It’s frustrating when we had three great practices this week... defensively, especially, and then play like that on defense.”
Chelsey Skipton led Shelbyville with 16 points and four rebounds. Chelsee Simerly came off the bench for a team-high eight rebounds. Mills also had eight rebounds.
Fawn Ryan topped Batesville with 18 points, 14 from the free-throw line.
Shelbyville won the junior varsity game 27-22.
Allison Gobel had a team-high nine points
Batesville shot 22 percent from the field Saturday afternoon at William L. Garrett Gymnasium in Shelbyville but hit 28 of 38 free throws to steal a 50-45 win from the Golden Bears.
Despite the Bulldogs’ inability to put the ball in the basket, Shelbyville continued to rack up foul calls that bailed out a struggling club.
“We’re jerks in practice.We call every little ticky-tacky foul. We call every little travel. And the girls complain all the time,” said Shelbyville coach Amanda Norris. “But when we give out 28 of the 50 points they score on free throws, it’s pretty obvious we need to be even bigger jerks in practice.”
The Bulldogs made just 3-of-11 field goal attempts in the second quarter, but connected on 8-of-11 free throws to lead 20-19.
Caitlin Mills had five of her nine points in the third quarter to help Shelbyville tie the score at 30 with eight minutes left to go. But Shelbyville already had seven fouls racked up, and Batesville would get into the double bonus early on in the fourth quarter.
The Bulldogs finally hit some shots in that fourth quarter and took a 43-40 lead with 2:11 to go. Both teams exchanged a pair of free throws before Ashley Bush stepped out to the top of the key and hit a 3-pointer to tie the game with 92 seconds left.
That would be the final points for the Golden Bears, who missed two final shots and had a turnover down the stretch.
”We’ve got to go back and work even harder and figure out our defense... and then execute our defense,” said Norris. “It’s frustrating when we had three great practices this week... defensively, especially, and then play like that on defense.”
Chelsey Skipton led Shelbyville with 16 points and four rebounds. Chelsee Simerly came off the bench for a team-high eight rebounds. Mills also had eight rebounds.
Fawn Ryan topped Batesville with 18 points, 14 from the free-throw line.
Shelbyville won the junior varsity game 27-22.
Allison Gobel had a team-high nine points
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