Shelbyville Lady Golden Bears Basketball

Sectional matchups in the 39th Annual IHSAA Girls Basketball State Tournament will be announced Sunday, Feb. 2 (Super Bowl Sunday), on Fox Sports Indiana beginning at 4 pm ET / 3 pm CT.

The Lady Golden Bears Improve Their Record To (7-11 Overall & 2-4 In HHC Play) After They Defeated Delta Now (5-9 overall & 1-4 In HHC Play) 53-36. The Lady Bears Was Led In Scoring By: Riley Achenbach 15, Taylor Pierce 11, Allyson Conner 9, Morgan Parker, & Alexis Tackett 6 Apiece, Cassady Skipton 4, & Cora Reinhart 2. Delta Was Led In Scoring By: Micaya Richardson 14, Kaitlyn Rawls 6, Ericka Pursley 5, Stacie Sanders, & Mackenzi Roe 4 Apiece, Sydney Decker 2, & Audrey Benbow 1. The Lady Golden Bears Will Be Back in Action Monday Night When They Travel To Take On Triton Central (11-5) In A Make Up Of The Pink Out Game From Last Thursday Night. JV Tip Is At 6 PM. & Varsity Tip Is At 7:30 PM. The Sectional Draw Is Sunday At 4 PM. On Fox.

Shelbyville remains calm as Warriors’ late rally falls short By Ross Flint Staff writer Published: Saturday, January 25, 2014 8:05 AM US/eastern If there’s one thing the Shelbyville girls’ basketball team can be confident in with the state tournament less than a month away, it is this: The Golden Bears know how to come through in the clutch. The Golden Bears won another close ball game Thursday, beating Whiteland 47-44, for their fifth “fourth-quarter win” of the season, coach Scott Larrabee said. Shelbyville (6-11) held off a late charge by the Warriors, knocking down three key free throws in the final 45 seconds. Freshman Alexis Tackett gave the Golden Bears a 44-37 lead with a drive to the hoop with 4:02 remaining in the game, but the Warriors (1-14) made a run to pull within one. * Kaylee McCracken made a pair of free throws and Monica Wagner made 1-of-2. Wagner got a putback to go with 2:38 remaining and the Golden Bears turned the ball over with 1:55 remaining when Tackett took her eye off the ball and the pass deflected off her hands and out of bounds. Sidney Crowe cut Shelbyville’s lead to one, 44-43, with 1:41 remaining on a layup. But the Golden Bears knocked down big free throws down the stretch, starting with one by senior Riley Achenbach, which made it a two-point lead. Sammi Fancher made 1-of-2 free throws with 28 seconds left, making it 45-44, but Shelbyville sophomore Morgan Parker made it a two-point lead again with a free throw with 11 seconds left. Even though she had a look, Fancher tried to make an extra pass from the baseline about three feet from the hoop, only for the ball to go out of bounds with three seconds left, and another free throw from Allyson Conner gave the Golden Bears the three-point win. “It was a game of runs,” Larrabee said. “We got a little passive and they stayed aggressive and were able to cut into the lead. I was really proud of our girls, there at the end, to be able to switch modes and we started attacking and knocked down free throws. (It) shows growth in our ball club to win another close game like this.” The Golden Bears led by as many as 10 in the fourth quarter in large part to finding their shooting touch in the third quarter. Shelbyville, which had shot 30 percent from the field in the first half, shot 54 percent in the third quarter in taking a 36-29 lead. After finding themselves down 21-19 at the half, Larrabee reassured his team that it would find its scoring touch, and it did. Sophomore Cassady Skipton, who didn’t take a shot in the first half, tied the game 15 seconds into the second half with a layup, and after Kate White knocked down a 3-pointer from the corner, Skipton cut the deficit to 24-23. Tackett’s field goal gave the Golden Bears the lead 11?2 minutes into the half. Achenbach’s fast-break layup made it 27-24, but Crowe tied it with a three. Achenbach gave the Golden Bears the lead for good with a 3-pointer of her own, and Parker made 1-of-2 free throws for a 31-27 lead with 4:44 remaining. Conner’s baseline shot gave Shelbyville a 33-27 lead with 1:50 remaining and after a layup by Crowe, Achenbach beat the buzzer with a 3-pointer for the seven-point lead. “We felt like we were getting good looks in the first half and they weren’t going down,” Larrabee said. “We just kept telling the girls ‘Forward thinking, forward thinking,’ and they started falling.” Shelbyville did a good job rebounding the ball, finishing with a 34-22 advantage. “We did a nice job,” Larrabee said. “They were in that 1-2-2 (defense) and we did a nice job crashing the offensive glass and certainly was a big part of the win tonight.”

The Lady Golden Bears Improve Their Record To (6-11 Overall & 1-4 In HHC Play) After Defeating Whiteland 47-44. The Bears Was Led In Scoring By: Riley Achenbach 16, Allyson Conner12, Alexis Tackett 6, Cassady Skipton, & Morgan Parker 4 Apiece, Taylor Perry 3, & Taylor Pierce 2. Whiteland Was Led In Scoring By: Monica Wagner, & Kate White 11 Apiece, Sidney Crowe 9, Kaylee McCraken, & Ashley West 4 Apiece, Madison Dotson, &Sydney Mize 2 Apiece, Sammi Fancher 1. The Game Had 10 Jump Balls, 1 Tie, & 3 Lead Changes. The JV Ran Their Record To (1-16) After Losing To Whiteland 32-26. The Bears Was Lead In Scoring By: Taylor Perry 10, Ashley Decatur, & Natalie Weber 5 Apiece, Abby Smith, Abby Orem, & Madalyn Toll 2 Apiece. Whiteland Was Led In Scoring By: Allison Grantham 11, Sammi Fancher 10, Jessyca Napier 6, Audrey Morgan, & Taylor Coffman 2 Apiece, & Melanie Stuck 1. The Lady Bears Will Be Back In Action When They Host ( 5-8 Overall &1-3 In HHC Play) On Senior Day JV Tip Is At 1 PM. & Varsity Tip Is At 2:30 PM. Come Out And Back The The Lady Bears.

The Lady Golden Bears Move Their Record To (5-11 Overall & 1-4 In HHC Play) After Being Defeated By Mt. Vernon Now (11-3 Overall & 4-0 In HHC Play) 53-20. The Lady Bears Will Be Back In Action Thursday When They Will Host Whiteland (1-13). JV Tip Will Be At 6 PM. & Varsity Tip Is At 7:30 PM.