July 23, 2014 at 2:10 p.m.
Accelerated adjustment (11/20/06)
JCHS girls basketball
Accelerated adjustment (11/20/06)
By By RAY COONEY-
So many games are won and lost with halftime adjustments. The Patriots will be hard-pressed to make better changes than they did during the break Saturday night.
The Jay County girls basketball team held a precarious one-point lead when it started the third quarter with its speed lineup, going with three non-starters in an effort to wear down the visiting Winchester Golden Falcons.
The result was an 18-4 Patriot domination in the period, a 15-point lead and a walk to a 53-42 victory over a Winchester team which finished 17-6 a year ago and was just outside the top 10 in the most recent Class 2A poll.
"The whole game we were trying to work on making Peacock a little tired," said JCHS senior Sara Garringer, who finished with a game-high 20 points, noting the effort from Abby Loy, Dana Horn and Kaelee Keller off the bench to start the second half. "... they're great on defense. The first three minutes were critical because they wore them into the ground and then Whitney and myself and Theresa, we could go in and do what we did best after they played all that defense."
Loy, Horn and Keller started the second half along with starters Nicole Pfeifer and Lindsay Wellman, and the Patriots harassed Winchester up-and-down the floor for the opening three minutes. They forced some turnovers, got a few easy buckets and had a 34-29 lead when Garringer returned to the court.
The Winchester (2-1) winded, Garringer went to work, burying a 3-pointer from a Horn assist at the 4:38 mark. She added another 3-pointer from a Loy assist a minute later, and hit a third on a pass from Shelby Rines to cap a 12-0 Patriot run.
Peacock scored her team's only field goal of the third quarter in the final minute, but it was far too little as the Golden Falcons saw their one-point halftime deficit balloon to 46-31.
"We decided to go to our quick lineup in the second half and make it a full-court game," said Jay County coach Kirk Comer. "I felt like it did wear them down. We've got some pretty quick girls and we got some turnovers to get some easy baskets there early.
"I thought whoever got the momentum was going to have a huge advantage, and luckily for us we got it."
Winchester had chances to get back in the game in the fourth quarter, but its outside shooting had disappeared. After hitting five 3-pointers in the first half, the Golden Falcons finished 0-for-4 from long range in the second and shot just 27 percent after the break in all.
"I'm sure coach Comer talked about it at halftime over in their locker room, about coming out and covering the shooters and not giving us that shot," said Winchester coach Gary Horner, whose team was 14th in the most recent Class 2A voting. "His bench was nice and deep and they hit some threes. We weren't covering it quite like we did in the first half. It's a well-coached team. This is a very good team at Jay County."
Garringer again paced JCHS, which has a 3-0 record for the first time this decade, scoring her 20 points efficiently after putting up 17 in Friday night's win over Bellmont. She went 6-of-11 (55 percent) from the field and 4-for-7 (57 percent) from 3-point range.
She also had six rebounds and three assists for the Patriots, whose longest winning streak last year was four games.
"Sara just had another game where she's our leader," said Comer. "She stepped up big time again tonight. When the pressure is there, we want the ball in her hands. Again tonight she came through."
Jay County had another balanced scoring effort behind Garringer, and used great passing to get there. Wellman finished with 10 points, and the Patriots had assists on 14 of their 19 made field goals. Loy, Pfeifer and Theresa Reinhart each scored seven points, and Horn was the top distributor with four assists.
Rines had her best game thus far with seven rebounds, and Wellman matched Garringer with six boards.
"It was a great team effort," said Comer. "Everybody that played tonight really helped us get that victory.
"I think that's the way it's going to be all year. We're going to be an awfully tough team to scout because on a given night you don't know who is going to step up."
With the defense hounding her, Peacock managed just four of her team-high 14 points for Winchester after the intermission. Mallory McCormick followed with 10 points and five rebounds.
Chelsea Hawley had nine rebounds and three assists, Kelsey Tarter grabbed five rebounds and Alli Woodbury had three assists.
Junior varsity
Jay County held off a late charge by the Golden Falcons for a 37-35 victory.
Winchester trailed by three when Kristen Rheinhart stepped to the foul line with 2.6 seconds remaining. Rheinhart made her first free throw and missed the second, but the Patriots' Mackenzie Loy grabbed the rebound to run out the clock.
Amber Edmundson scored 12 points for Jay County, and Kaelee Keller added eight. Pazia Speed and Brittany Mann each scored six points.
Rheinhart had 11 to lead the Golden Falcons, and Sierra Davis scored nine.[[In-content Ad]]
The Jay County girls basketball team held a precarious one-point lead when it started the third quarter with its speed lineup, going with three non-starters in an effort to wear down the visiting Winchester Golden Falcons.
The result was an 18-4 Patriot domination in the period, a 15-point lead and a walk to a 53-42 victory over a Winchester team which finished 17-6 a year ago and was just outside the top 10 in the most recent Class 2A poll.
"The whole game we were trying to work on making Peacock a little tired," said JCHS senior Sara Garringer, who finished with a game-high 20 points, noting the effort from Abby Loy, Dana Horn and Kaelee Keller off the bench to start the second half. "... they're great on defense. The first three minutes were critical because they wore them into the ground and then Whitney and myself and Theresa, we could go in and do what we did best after they played all that defense."
Loy, Horn and Keller started the second half along with starters Nicole Pfeifer and Lindsay Wellman, and the Patriots harassed Winchester up-and-down the floor for the opening three minutes. They forced some turnovers, got a few easy buckets and had a 34-29 lead when Garringer returned to the court.
The Winchester (2-1) winded, Garringer went to work, burying a 3-pointer from a Horn assist at the 4:38 mark. She added another 3-pointer from a Loy assist a minute later, and hit a third on a pass from Shelby Rines to cap a 12-0 Patriot run.
Peacock scored her team's only field goal of the third quarter in the final minute, but it was far too little as the Golden Falcons saw their one-point halftime deficit balloon to 46-31.
"We decided to go to our quick lineup in the second half and make it a full-court game," said Jay County coach Kirk Comer. "I felt like it did wear them down. We've got some pretty quick girls and we got some turnovers to get some easy baskets there early.
"I thought whoever got the momentum was going to have a huge advantage, and luckily for us we got it."
Winchester had chances to get back in the game in the fourth quarter, but its outside shooting had disappeared. After hitting five 3-pointers in the first half, the Golden Falcons finished 0-for-4 from long range in the second and shot just 27 percent after the break in all.
"I'm sure coach Comer talked about it at halftime over in their locker room, about coming out and covering the shooters and not giving us that shot," said Winchester coach Gary Horner, whose team was 14th in the most recent Class 2A voting. "His bench was nice and deep and they hit some threes. We weren't covering it quite like we did in the first half. It's a well-coached team. This is a very good team at Jay County."
Garringer again paced JCHS, which has a 3-0 record for the first time this decade, scoring her 20 points efficiently after putting up 17 in Friday night's win over Bellmont. She went 6-of-11 (55 percent) from the field and 4-for-7 (57 percent) from 3-point range.
She also had six rebounds and three assists for the Patriots, whose longest winning streak last year was four games.
"Sara just had another game where she's our leader," said Comer. "She stepped up big time again tonight. When the pressure is there, we want the ball in her hands. Again tonight she came through."
Jay County had another balanced scoring effort behind Garringer, and used great passing to get there. Wellman finished with 10 points, and the Patriots had assists on 14 of their 19 made field goals. Loy, Pfeifer and Theresa Reinhart each scored seven points, and Horn was the top distributor with four assists.
Rines had her best game thus far with seven rebounds, and Wellman matched Garringer with six boards.
"It was a great team effort," said Comer. "Everybody that played tonight really helped us get that victory.
"I think that's the way it's going to be all year. We're going to be an awfully tough team to scout because on a given night you don't know who is going to step up."
With the defense hounding her, Peacock managed just four of her team-high 14 points for Winchester after the intermission. Mallory McCormick followed with 10 points and five rebounds.
Chelsea Hawley had nine rebounds and three assists, Kelsey Tarter grabbed five rebounds and Alli Woodbury had three assists.
Junior varsity
Jay County held off a late charge by the Golden Falcons for a 37-35 victory.
Winchester trailed by three when Kristen Rheinhart stepped to the foul line with 2.6 seconds remaining. Rheinhart made her first free throw and missed the second, but the Patriots' Mackenzie Loy grabbed the rebound to run out the clock.
Amber Edmundson scored 12 points for Jay County, and Kaelee Keller added eight. Pazia Speed and Brittany Mann each scored six points.
Rheinhart had 11 to lead the Golden Falcons, and Sierra Davis scored nine.[[In-content Ad]]
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