NV Girls Basketball
Victoria
By CHUCK ZIMMERMAN
February 14, 2008
Northern Valley Lady Husky Basketball
Victoria
The Lady Huskies traveled to Wakeeney to play Victoria in a make-up contest from the second week on the season and came away with a 61-32 victory.
It took one quarter before the ladies started to play our style of ball as once again they played down to the level of their competition. After the break you could tell the intensity level picked up and we had a deciding 20-6 scoring advantage which we never relinquished.
In the second half we again approached the “30” point margin and we used a split team system of play allowing our junior varsity players to mix in with the varsity to allow them to realize the speed and intensity in which they need to play when they get in the game.
We had a balanced offensive attack in this game as three of our players were in double figures with two more being only one basket away. This must continue for us to improve our overall game.
Defensively, once we increased our intensity we were back on track much like the Logan second quarter as the Knights were whistled for 41 total turnovers of which we stole the ball 24 times off of 32 deflects.
Joni Hilburn led the team in deflects with 9. When Hilburn stepped up her intensity the rest of the team followed and as a result the team had a season high hustle stat with those 32 deflects. Alison Cole was right behind with 8 followed by Megan Cole with 6.
Steals, as I stated were many (24), show Christina Anderson taking 7, and if our press is working correctly Christina is playing the position that should be getting most of the steals, with Hilburn taking 5 and Alison C. 4.
Rebounds, well, credit must be given to the Knights as they hustled for every missed shot and did out rebound us by 3. Our leaders were Jessica Largent with 8 while Anderson and Alison C. each grabbed 6.
Hilburn, playing her best all-round game of the year also found 8 teammates open for scores. Largent and Alison C. each found 4. With our two “kahonas” being assist leaders this just shows that we are starting to understand the concept of using all our weapons and taking advantage of what the defenses are giving us.
3pt 2pt Ft Reb St As’t Def
Karen Wenzel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Megan Cole 1 4 2 2 2 3 6
Alison Cole 0 7 2 6 4 4 8
Kenzie Chandler 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
Staci Dole 0 1 0 2 1 1 3
Joni Hilburn 0 0 0 0 5 8 9
Christina Anderson 1 3 2 6 7 3 2
Phoung Le 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Brittney Braun 0 4 0 2 2 0 0
Pam Araujo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jessica Largent 0 4 1 8 2 4 4
