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The Lady Bears Lose To Pendleton Heights
Posted by Ronald Williams at Nov 24, 2011 4:00PM PST
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The Lady Golden Bears Move Thier Record To (2-2 Overall & 0-1 In HHC Play) After Losing To Pendleton Heights 61-32 Friday Night At Garrett Gymnasium. The Bears Was Led In Scoring By Raven Hibbard 8, Chelsey Skipton & Ashley Bush 6 Apiece, Allison Gobel & Riley Achenbach 5 Apiece, & Chelsee Simerly 2. Pendleton Heights Was Led In Scoring By Kenzie Gustin 17, Quincey Gary 14, & Kelsey Hubble11. The JV Fall To (2-2) After Losing 34-31 In Overtime. The Lady Bears Will Be Back In Action Tuesday Night When They Travel To Take On Hoosier Heritage Conference Foe Greenfield - Central JV Tip Is At 6 PM. & Varsity Tip Is At 7:30 PM.
One bad stretch leads to first loss for Shelbyville
Posted by Ronald Williams at Nov 23, 2011 4:00PM PST
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Columbus North dominates 2nd quarter on way to 51-30 win
By Jeff Brown
Sports editor
Any thought the Shelbyville Lady Golden Bears had of celebrating Thanksgiving with an undefeated record disappeared in the second quarter against Columbus North Tuesday night at William L. Garrett Gymnasium.
The visiting Lady Bull Dogs outscored Shelbyville 21-6, and that proved to be the difference in the game.
Columbus North went on to a 51-30 victory to improve to 3-0 on the young season, while Shelbyville fell to 2-1.
“Columbus North is a very strong opponent,” said Shelbyville coach Amanda Norris. “We knew they were going to be stronger than us. We knew we had to out-smart them and we didn’t do that.”
Shelbyville committed a season-high 27 turnovers and shot just 25 percent from the field. But, if not for such a poor eight-minute stretch, the outcome could have been different.
“Our first quarter, our defense looked good. Our offense didn’t look bad,” said Norris. “We just had a hard time putting the ball in the bucket and you could see the girls getting discouraged. When our offense is down, we can’t let our defense get down as well. And that’s the one thing I’m disappointed in. We just lost our heads in the second quarter.”
Shelbyville managed just one field goal in the first quarter – a Riley Achenbach 3-pointer – but only trailed 8-4 at the first break.
The Bull Dogs needed less than four minutes in the second quarter to double their first-quarter output. An 8-4 lead grew to 14-4, and eventually 20-6. Another 7-0 run made it 27-7 before Raven Hibbard hit a 3-pointer for Shelbyville.
Columbus North’s Quin Shoultz scored from the wing with four seconds left in the half to make it 29-10 at halftime.
“We didn’t execute the game plan the way we had designed,” said Norris. “We didn’t weather the storm enough that we gained the momentum. The first quarter was phenomenal. We told the girls if we played like that in the second quarter, we’d be fine.”
Shoultz just missed recording a double-double, with 14 points and nine rebounds.
Shelbyville scored twice to start the third quarter. Ashley Bush scored in the low post and a Chelsey Skipton drive and score cut the lead to 29-14. The lead fluctuated between 15 and 20 points the rest of the contest.
“The second half, I was pleased with our effort. We didn’t let up,” said Norris. “We didn’t give up.”
Columbus North freshman guard Ali Patberg had 11 points, four rebounds, four assists and two steals. Tayler Goodall finished with 10 points and five steals.
Columbus North outrebounded Shelbyville, 35-28. More telling were the offensive rebounds. Columbus North won that category, 16-6.
Hibbard came off the bench to lead the Golden Bears with nine points and eight rebounds. The senior also had three assists and two steals while getting more playing time due to the second quarter injury to sophomore starting guard Riley Achenbach, who sat out the second half and wore a large bag of ice on her right knee after the game.
Skipton finished with seven points and six rebounds. Ashley Bush had four points and seven rebounds.
Shelbyville’s junior varsity team also suffered its first loss of the season. Columbus North won, 51-30.
Allyson Conner led Shelbyville (2-1) with 10 points. Megan Limecooly finished with seven.
Shelbyville opens its conference schedule Friday when Pendleton Heights (4-0, 1-0 Hoosier Heritage Conference) visits Garrett Gymnasium. Tipoff is at 6 p.m.
The visiting Lady Bull Dogs outscored Shelbyville 21-6, and that proved to be the difference in the game.
Columbus North went on to a 51-30 victory to improve to 3-0 on the young season, while Shelbyville fell to 2-1.
“Columbus North is a very strong opponent,” said Shelbyville coach Amanda Norris. “We knew they were going to be stronger than us. We knew we had to out-smart them and we didn’t do that.”
“Our first quarter, our defense looked good. Our offense didn’t look bad,” said Norris. “We just had a hard time putting the ball in the bucket and you could see the girls getting discouraged. When our offense is down, we can’t let our defense get down as well. And that’s the one thing I’m disappointed in. We just lost our heads in the second quarter.”
Shelbyville managed just one field goal in the first quarter – a Riley Achenbach 3-pointer – but only trailed 8-4 at the first break.
The Bull Dogs needed less than four minutes in the second quarter to double their first-quarter output. An 8-4 lead grew to 14-4, and eventually 20-6. Another 7-0 run made it 27-7 before Raven Hibbard hit a 3-pointer for Shelbyville.
Columbus North’s Quin Shoultz scored from the wing with four seconds left in the half to make it 29-10 at halftime.
“We didn’t execute the game plan the way we had designed,” said Norris. “We didn’t weather the storm enough that we gained the momentum. The first quarter was phenomenal. We told the girls if we played like that in the second quarter, we’d be fine.”
Shoultz just missed recording a double-double, with 14 points and nine rebounds.
Shelbyville scored twice to start the third quarter. Ashley Bush scored in the low post and a Chelsey Skipton drive and score cut the lead to 29-14. The lead fluctuated between 15 and 20 points the rest of the contest.
“The second half, I was pleased with our effort. We didn’t let up,” said Norris. “We didn’t give up.”
Columbus North freshman guard Ali Patberg had 11 points, four rebounds, four assists and two steals. Tayler Goodall finished with 10 points and five steals.
Columbus North outrebounded Shelbyville, 35-28. More telling were the offensive rebounds. Columbus North won that category, 16-6.
Hibbard came off the bench to lead the Golden Bears with nine points and eight rebounds. The senior also had three assists and two steals while getting more playing time due to the second quarter injury to sophomore starting guard Riley Achenbach, who sat out the second half and wore a large bag of ice on her right knee after the game.
Skipton finished with seven points and six rebounds. Ashley Bush had four points and seven rebounds.
Shelbyville’s junior varsity team also suffered its first loss of the season. Columbus North won, 51-30.
Allyson Conner led Shelbyville (2-1) with 10 points. Megan Limecooly finished with seven.
Shelbyville opens its conference schedule Friday when Pendleton Heights (4-0, 1-0 Hoosier Heritage Conference) visits Garrett Gymnasium. Tipoff is at 6 p.m.
Lady Golden Bears Lose To Columbus North
Posted by Ronald Williams at Nov 21, 2011 4:00PM PST
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The Lady Golden Bears Record Falls To (2-1) After They Lost To Now (3-0) Columbus North 51-30. The Lady Bears Was Led In Scoring By Raven Hibbard 9, Chelsey Skipton 7, Allison Gobel & Ashley Bush 4 Apiece, Riley Achenbach 3, Taylor Pierce 2, & Chelsee Smirley1. Columbus North Was Led In Scoring By Quin Shoultz 14, Ali Patberg 11, & Tayler Goodall 10. The JV Lost Thier Contest By A Score 49-26 They Are Also (2-1) On The Year. The Bears Will Be Back In Action Friday When They Host Pendleton Heights (4-0 Overall & 1-0 In HHC Play). It Be The Lady Bears Conference Opener.
Lady Golden Bears shoot down Spartans
Posted by Ronald Williams at Nov 20, 2011 4:00PM PST
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Lady Golden Bears shoot down Spartans
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| Shelbyville guard Riley Achenbach (24) drives the baseline past Southwestern’s Brooke Hommel during the first half of their game Friday night at William L. Garrett Gymnasium in Shelbyville. (Steve Bush photo) |
By Jeff Brown
Sports editor
Shelbyville needed one of its best team performances of the Amanda Norris era to knock off a road-weary Southwestern squad Friday night at William L. Garrett Gymnasium.
Ashley Bush recorded her second double-double of the season and Chelsey Skipton came up just short of a triple-double in Shelbyville’s 64-46 win over the Spartans, who were playing their third road game of the week.
“We have so much fun as a group. We constantly try to find something to smile about... something to joke about,” said Norris, Shelbyville’s third-year coach. “This is a team that plays extremely well when they’re playing hard and having fun.
“This is a huge win for us. It’s a great feeling to be undefeated, and especially undefeated at home. We haven’t started a season off like this yet.”
Shelbyville is 2-0 for the first time since the opening week in 2006. And its 64-point output is the most in Norris’ short tenure.
Bush had 18 points and 12 rebounds, and helped keep Southwestern center Oda Shackelford in check. The 6-foot-1 sophomore center for the Spartans (2-2) finished with 10 points and seven rebounds before fouling out.
Skipton racked up 17 points, nine rebounds and seven assists while staging several one-on-one battles with ultra-quick Southwestern point guard Annie Thomas, who had seven points, five assists and three steals but struggled shooting from the field – as did most of the Spartans.
Southwestern opened the week with a win Tuesday at South Decatur. On Thursday, the Spartans suffered their first loss of the season at Indianapolis Chatard. And while Shelbyville came out firing on all cylinders after halftime Friday, the Spartans visibly slowed down.
“It was our legs. The kids felt like they were wading through quicksand while trying to guard some very good players,” said Southwestern coach Bill Taylor. “Mentally, it wears on you too when your perception is you’re not getting the benefit of a few calls. And the shots stop falling.”
Southwestern hit just 28 percent of its shot attempts, and was a dismal 3-of-20 from the 3-point line.
Shelbyville proved much more effective hitting 44 percent of its shots, and a much more respectable 4-of-12 from the arc.
The Spartans trailed 10-5 midway through the first quarter before a 9-0 run bolstered their confidence. The Golden Bears answered back with scores from Skipton and Bush to tie the game at 14-14 at the first break.
A 7-0 run by Southwestern that included a 3-pointer from Tayler Britton made it 21-14, but again Shelbyville stood tough and fought back to tie the score at 26-26 by halftime.
“We’ve preached for years that we have to weather all storms,” said Norris. “It always makes you a little bit nervous as a coach to not know how the girls are going to respond. But this year, they’ve done a phenomenal job of coming out fighting when their backs are up against the wall. They’re not going to take it anymore.”
The first four minutes of the third quarter was owned by Shelbyville. A 15-0 run was started by a drive and score from Skipton and finished with a Raven Hibbard 3-pointer. And in that stretch, Shackelford collected her third and fourth fouls which relegated her to the bench.
“I’ve never seen the girls lay on the gas as they did in the third quarter,” said Norris. “It was good to see us come out and unload on somebody. That’s a good sign for this program.”
Shelbyville led 48-35 after three quarters, and Southwestern never got the lead under double digits in the fourth quarter.
Katelyn Smith continued her solid start. The Southwestern guard had 14 points and five steals. The senior is averaging 11.8 points per game this season after scoring a total of 43 points over 21 games last season.
“I couldn’t be happier with any player,” said Taylor. “I have so much confidence in her. I’m glad to see her have some confidence. Last year, she would hesitate on things. This year, she is taking charge and being a leader.”
Southwestern continues its busy stretch to start the season with a home contest tonight against Trinity Lutheran (1-1).
Shelbyville stays at home this week with contests against potential sectional foe Columbus North (2-0) on Tuesday, and Hoosier Heritage Conference rival Pendleton Heights (4-0) on Friday.
“This next week starts one of the toughest four-week stretches that our program could possibly have,” said Norris.
Ashley Bush recorded her second double-double of the season and Chelsey Skipton came up just short of a triple-double in Shelbyville’s 64-46 win over the Spartans, who were playing their third road game of the week.
“We have so much fun as a group. We constantly try to find something to smile about... something to joke about,” said Norris, Shelbyville’s third-year coach. “This is a team that plays extremely well when they’re playing hard and having fun.
“This is a huge win for us. It’s a great feeling to be undefeated, and especially undefeated at home. We haven’t started a season off like this yet.”
Bush had 18 points and 12 rebounds, and helped keep Southwestern center Oda Shackelford in check. The 6-foot-1 sophomore center for the Spartans (2-2) finished with 10 points and seven rebounds before fouling out.
Skipton racked up 17 points, nine rebounds and seven assists while staging several one-on-one battles with ultra-quick Southwestern point guard Annie Thomas, who had seven points, five assists and three steals but struggled shooting from the field – as did most of the Spartans.
Southwestern opened the week with a win Tuesday at South Decatur. On Thursday, the Spartans suffered their first loss of the season at Indianapolis Chatard. And while Shelbyville came out firing on all cylinders after halftime Friday, the Spartans visibly slowed down.
“It was our legs. The kids felt like they were wading through quicksand while trying to guard some very good players,” said Southwestern coach Bill Taylor. “Mentally, it wears on you too when your perception is you’re not getting the benefit of a few calls. And the shots stop falling.”
Southwestern hit just 28 percent of its shot attempts, and was a dismal 3-of-20 from the 3-point line.
Shelbyville proved much more effective hitting 44 percent of its shots, and a much more respectable 4-of-12 from the arc.
The Spartans trailed 10-5 midway through the first quarter before a 9-0 run bolstered their confidence. The Golden Bears answered back with scores from Skipton and Bush to tie the game at 14-14 at the first break.
A 7-0 run by Southwestern that included a 3-pointer from Tayler Britton made it 21-14, but again Shelbyville stood tough and fought back to tie the score at 26-26 by halftime.
“We’ve preached for years that we have to weather all storms,” said Norris. “It always makes you a little bit nervous as a coach to not know how the girls are going to respond. But this year, they’ve done a phenomenal job of coming out fighting when their backs are up against the wall. They’re not going to take it anymore.”
The first four minutes of the third quarter was owned by Shelbyville. A 15-0 run was started by a drive and score from Skipton and finished with a Raven Hibbard 3-pointer. And in that stretch, Shackelford collected her third and fourth fouls which relegated her to the bench.
“I’ve never seen the girls lay on the gas as they did in the third quarter,” said Norris. “It was good to see us come out and unload on somebody. That’s a good sign for this program.”
Shelbyville led 48-35 after three quarters, and Southwestern never got the lead under double digits in the fourth quarter.
Katelyn Smith continued her solid start. The Southwestern guard had 14 points and five steals. The senior is averaging 11.8 points per game this season after scoring a total of 43 points over 21 games last season.
“I couldn’t be happier with any player,” said Taylor. “I have so much confidence in her. I’m glad to see her have some confidence. Last year, she would hesitate on things. This year, she is taking charge and being a leader.”
Southwestern continues its busy stretch to start the season with a home contest tonight against Trinity Lutheran (1-1).
Shelbyville stays at home this week with contests against potential sectional foe Columbus North (2-0) on Tuesday, and Hoosier Heritage Conference rival Pendleton Heights (4-0) on Friday.
“This next week starts one of the toughest four-week stretches that our program could possibly have,” said Norris.
Lady Golden Bears Wins Home Opener Stay Undeafeated
Posted by Ronald Williams at Nov 17, 2011 4:00PM PST
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The Lady Golden Bears Stays Undeafeated At (2-0) After Defeating Southwestern 64-46 Friday Night. The Score After One 14-14 The Score At Halftime Was Tied 26-26 The Lady Bears Open The Third With 17 Unanswered And Led 48-35 After Three The Bears Outscored Southwestern 16-11 In The Fourth To Win The Game. The Lady Bears Was Led In Scoring By Ashley Bush 18, Chelsey Skipton 17, Allison Gobel 9, Chelsee Simerly 7, Raven Hibbard 6, Riley Achenbaach 5, & Taylor Pierce 2. Southwestern Was Led In Scoring By Katelyn Smith 14, Oda Shackelford 10. The JV Team Also Won Thier Game 27-22 They Are Also Undeafeted At (2-0). The Lady Bears Will Be Back In Action On Tuesday Night At Garrett Gymnasium JV Tip Is At 6PM. & The Varsity Tip Is At 7:30 PM.
