July 23, 2014 at 2:10 p.m.
Cavs go down for five-count (12/15/06)
FRHS girls basketball
Cavs go down for five-count (12/15/06)
By By RAY COONEY-
COLDWATER, Ohio - Basketball officials hear a lot of insults:
-They're related to a player on the opposing team.
-They need glasses.
-They're being paid a little extra by the home squad.
But no one at the Fort Recovery/Coldwater girls game Thursday night could dare to disparage the referees' counting ability. They proved they could make it to five just fine.
The visiting Indians forced six five-second calls with their defensive pressure and on inbound plays. Those were part of a 27-turnover night for the host Cavaliers as the Tribe stayed perfect while handing them their first defeat, 43-32.
"I've done this a long time, and I don't recall a team turning the ball over at that point on the court with a five-second call that many times," said FRHS coach Jeff Roessner after watching his team move to 6-0 overall and 2-0 in the Midwest Athletic Conference. "Also we did a great job of making it difficult for them to inbound the basketball on any inbounds play all night long. Those were two big keys for our success."
The miscues were crushing for the Cavaliers (3-1, 1-1 MAC), who finished with more turnovers (27) than field-goal attempts (26).
The Indians got four of the five-second calls in the opening half to help them build a 23-16 lead. Still, Coldwater had a chance to pull within five points, or four on a 3-pointer, as they had the ball underneath their own basket with just 6.6 to play before halftime.
But again the Tribe defense denied the inbound play as Joanna Snyder tipped the Cavaliers' attempt at a lob pass near mid-court and came up with the steal. She passed ahead to Tiff Gaerke, who pushed down the right side of the floor, then passed back to Snyder behind the 3-point line. The sophomore let fly with a long ball and rattled in the triple at the buzzer, bumping the Fort Recovery lead to 10 points at the intermission.
"We went in down by 10 when we could have been down by seven," said Coldwater coach Nick Fisher, whose team won each of its opening three games by at least 16 points. "Obviously that was a big momentum swing for them."
Coldwater got as close as six points with six minutes to play, but the Indians followed with a 10-3 run to put the game out of reach.
Snyder's buzzer-beating 3-pointer was part of her seven-point night in support of an efficient offensive effort by Fort Recovery's two most experienced players.
Holly Stein and Vicki Roessner, who are both four-year starters, combined to shot 13-of-18 (72 percent) from the field in leading the Indians to 50-percent shooting overall. The pair repeatedly drove to the basket, scoring the first six points for the Tribe and eight of the last 10.
Stein went 8-of-11 from the field for 18 points, and Roessner finished 5-of-7 for 10. Roessner added four assists.
Fellow senior Sara Fortkamp hit three of her four field-goal attempts and chipped in six points. She and another senior, Tiff Gaerke, each grabbed five rebounds.
"Holly understands her mission on this team," said Roessner of his leading scorer at 12.7 points per game. "You did not see her force any shots from the perimeter. She was patient. That's the biggest change that you see from her now from a year ago. ... She took advantage of their lapses. If they made a mistake, Holly scored."
On the flip side, Coldwater's senior star Kendra Robbins scored a team-high 13 points, but she did it on 3-of-11 shooting. Point guard Tasha Stucke hit 5-of-6 from the field and added 12 points, and no other Cavalier scored more than four.
Robbins had six rebounds, and Stucke and Brooke Gross each added four.
"They play great half-court defense and really did a good job of pressuring us, whether it was Tash with the ball or whatever," said Fisher. "I thought maybe two or three possessions the whole game that we ran an offense the way we wanted to. We know what we want to do offensively, it's just their defense didn't allow us to do it. Give them all the credit in the world for that."
Fort Recovery, which lost to the Cavaliers a year ago, has won five of its opening six games by double digits. Its closest contest thus far came in a 47-38 victory over Versailles.
Junior varsity
Fort Recovery dominated the second quarter and was never seriously challenged in the second half of a 49-40 victory over the Cavaliers.
The Indians broke the game open with a 12-3 second quarter for a 12-point halftime lead. They pushed to a 20-point advantage in the third period before Coldwater rallied for the final margin.
Nicole Pottkotter finished with 15 points for Fort Recovery while Chelsey Leuthold shot 6-of-9 for 12 points. They each had five steals, and Leuthold also grabbed four rebounds.
Lauren Day added eight points and four rebounds, and Kelsey Wuebker had five assists.
Kara Uhlenhake had 10 points to lead the Cavaliers, and Betsy Fisher followed with nine.[[In-content Ad]]
-They're related to a player on the opposing team.
-They need glasses.
-They're being paid a little extra by the home squad.
But no one at the Fort Recovery/Coldwater girls game Thursday night could dare to disparage the referees' counting ability. They proved they could make it to five just fine.
The visiting Indians forced six five-second calls with their defensive pressure and on inbound plays. Those were part of a 27-turnover night for the host Cavaliers as the Tribe stayed perfect while handing them their first defeat, 43-32.
"I've done this a long time, and I don't recall a team turning the ball over at that point on the court with a five-second call that many times," said FRHS coach Jeff Roessner after watching his team move to 6-0 overall and 2-0 in the Midwest Athletic Conference. "Also we did a great job of making it difficult for them to inbound the basketball on any inbounds play all night long. Those were two big keys for our success."
The miscues were crushing for the Cavaliers (3-1, 1-1 MAC), who finished with more turnovers (27) than field-goal attempts (26).
The Indians got four of the five-second calls in the opening half to help them build a 23-16 lead. Still, Coldwater had a chance to pull within five points, or four on a 3-pointer, as they had the ball underneath their own basket with just 6.6 to play before halftime.
But again the Tribe defense denied the inbound play as Joanna Snyder tipped the Cavaliers' attempt at a lob pass near mid-court and came up with the steal. She passed ahead to Tiff Gaerke, who pushed down the right side of the floor, then passed back to Snyder behind the 3-point line. The sophomore let fly with a long ball and rattled in the triple at the buzzer, bumping the Fort Recovery lead to 10 points at the intermission.
"We went in down by 10 when we could have been down by seven," said Coldwater coach Nick Fisher, whose team won each of its opening three games by at least 16 points. "Obviously that was a big momentum swing for them."
Coldwater got as close as six points with six minutes to play, but the Indians followed with a 10-3 run to put the game out of reach.
Snyder's buzzer-beating 3-pointer was part of her seven-point night in support of an efficient offensive effort by Fort Recovery's two most experienced players.
Holly Stein and Vicki Roessner, who are both four-year starters, combined to shot 13-of-18 (72 percent) from the field in leading the Indians to 50-percent shooting overall. The pair repeatedly drove to the basket, scoring the first six points for the Tribe and eight of the last 10.
Stein went 8-of-11 from the field for 18 points, and Roessner finished 5-of-7 for 10. Roessner added four assists.
Fellow senior Sara Fortkamp hit three of her four field-goal attempts and chipped in six points. She and another senior, Tiff Gaerke, each grabbed five rebounds.
"Holly understands her mission on this team," said Roessner of his leading scorer at 12.7 points per game. "You did not see her force any shots from the perimeter. She was patient. That's the biggest change that you see from her now from a year ago. ... She took advantage of their lapses. If they made a mistake, Holly scored."
On the flip side, Coldwater's senior star Kendra Robbins scored a team-high 13 points, but she did it on 3-of-11 shooting. Point guard Tasha Stucke hit 5-of-6 from the field and added 12 points, and no other Cavalier scored more than four.
Robbins had six rebounds, and Stucke and Brooke Gross each added four.
"They play great half-court defense and really did a good job of pressuring us, whether it was Tash with the ball or whatever," said Fisher. "I thought maybe two or three possessions the whole game that we ran an offense the way we wanted to. We know what we want to do offensively, it's just their defense didn't allow us to do it. Give them all the credit in the world for that."
Fort Recovery, which lost to the Cavaliers a year ago, has won five of its opening six games by double digits. Its closest contest thus far came in a 47-38 victory over Versailles.
Junior varsity
Fort Recovery dominated the second quarter and was never seriously challenged in the second half of a 49-40 victory over the Cavaliers.
The Indians broke the game open with a 12-3 second quarter for a 12-point halftime lead. They pushed to a 20-point advantage in the third period before Coldwater rallied for the final margin.
Nicole Pottkotter finished with 15 points for Fort Recovery while Chelsey Leuthold shot 6-of-9 for 12 points. They each had five steals, and Leuthold also grabbed four rebounds.
Lauren Day added eight points and four rebounds, and Kelsey Wuebker had five assists.
Kara Uhlenhake had 10 points to lead the Cavaliers, and Betsy Fisher followed with nine.[[In-content Ad]]
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