July 23, 2014 at 2:10 p.m.
Archers dominate JC inside (11/10/04)
JCHS girls basketball
Archers dominate JC inside (11/10/04)
By By RAY COONEY-
FORT WAYNE — The home team had five different players with five rebounds or more. The Patriots didn’t have any.
Still, Jay County had a chance to force overtime, but didn’t get a shot off in the final 2.2 seconds in a 48-45 season-opening loss to the Fort Wayne South Side Archers Tuesday.
South Side won the game mostly on the power of its ability to get to the loose balls. It dominated the Patriots on the glass, finishing with a 47-30 rebounding advantage.
“We’ve been stressing that here early,” said Archers coach Andy Rang. “We just want an effort out of them. We really stressed on the defensive end that we just have to get after it. And we knew we had to rebound the basketball tonight.
“That was one of our keys to the game. If we rebound, that does a lot for us to get our break going — get out in the open floor like the girls like to do and create some things. That really helped us tonight.”
Demetria Eley led the effort as she finished with 12 rebounds. She also had 19 points for a double-double.
Jana Reese had eight rebounds, Sha’la Jackson grabbed seven, and Sierah Moore and Laura Schneider each added five.
Senior Sara Dirksen was the leading rebounder for the Patriots with four.
“We got dominated in the paint,” said Jay County coach Kirk Comer after his first game at the helm. “We’ve got to get some production offensively from the inside and we’re not doing that right now.”
South Side (1-0) trailed for most of the first three quarters, but took the lead for good on a Jackson hoop with 4:49 remaining. It went up by seven points with 1:41 remaining, and was still ahead by five before Sara Garringer hit a lay-up with five seconds to play.
Garringer missed the ensuing free throw, but the ball went out of bounds off the Archers to give Jay County one final chance with 2.2 seconds on the clock. Jamie Bruggeman inbounded to Garringer, who passed back to Bruggeman for what could have been a game-tying 3-pointer.
It didn’t look as if Bruggeman got the shot off before the buzzer, but it didn’t matter as Jackson smacked the shot out of bounds to end the game.
Eley shot 9-of-20 from the field as South Side scored almost all of its baskets from inside the paint as it shot 36 percent. Jackson racked up 16 points, six assists and two blocks, and Reese had six points despite some foul trouble.
“They did a great job tonight,” said Rang. “Those three are our leaders. As they go, so do we go.”
Jay County had all kinds of struggles shooting the ball as it finished at 26 percent from the field. Garringer was the lone Patriot in double figures, scoring 15 points.
She added four assists and two rebounds.
Jamie Bruggeman went scoreless in the first half before hitting a trio of 3-pointers in the second to finish with nine points. Saffron Redwine was 2-of-4 from 3-point range for six points, and Markie Runyon also scored six points — four from the free-throw line.
Jay County was in control early as it did not trail until the final minute of the first half. Both teams went through a scoring drought to start the second half, with South Side’s Reese getting the first hoop at the 4:40 mark of the third quarter for a 26-25 lead.
The Patriots (0-1) immediately grabbed the lead back on a Bruggeman 3-pointer. They stayed ahead or tied for the next eight minutes before the Archers pulled ahead for good.
Comer said he did see some positives, which the team will try to use to get their first win when they host Muncie Southside Friday at 6 p.m.
“I thought we handled the press pretty well tonight,” said Comer, whose team had 16 turnovers after giving the ball away 28 times in Saturday’s scrimmage against Fort Wayne Carroll. “We’ve got to build on that. And obviously we have some work to do, but this is a good group of girls and they’re going to bounce back and they’re going to be just fine.”
Junior varsity
Jay County’s junior varsity team used stifling pressure to stop Fort Wayne South Side in a 56-16 victory Tuesday.
The Patriots rolled out to a 13-6 lead after one period and then put the game away. They outscored the Archers 17-0 in the second quarter, allowing just one South Side field goal attempt.
Natasha Stout paced Jay County with 11 points, and Miranda Betz also reached double figures with 10. Whitney Homan had eight points, and Nicole Pfeifer and Theresa Reinhart each added six.
Keonna Flotow and Kiera McGraw scored six points apiece for South Side.
Freshman
The Patriot freshman team racked up 28 points in the first quarter on the way to a 54-12 destruction of Fort Wayne South Side Tuesday. After the big first period by Jay County, the Archers went scoreless in the second and third to trail 47-4 heading into the final quarter.
Sharon Dirksen scored 11 points to lead the Patriots, and Brittany O’Dell added 10. Abby Loy scored nine points, and Amber Edmundson and Katie Runyon each had eight.[[In-content Ad]]
Still, Jay County had a chance to force overtime, but didn’t get a shot off in the final 2.2 seconds in a 48-45 season-opening loss to the Fort Wayne South Side Archers Tuesday.
South Side won the game mostly on the power of its ability to get to the loose balls. It dominated the Patriots on the glass, finishing with a 47-30 rebounding advantage.
“We’ve been stressing that here early,” said Archers coach Andy Rang. “We just want an effort out of them. We really stressed on the defensive end that we just have to get after it. And we knew we had to rebound the basketball tonight.
“That was one of our keys to the game. If we rebound, that does a lot for us to get our break going — get out in the open floor like the girls like to do and create some things. That really helped us tonight.”
Demetria Eley led the effort as she finished with 12 rebounds. She also had 19 points for a double-double.
Jana Reese had eight rebounds, Sha’la Jackson grabbed seven, and Sierah Moore and Laura Schneider each added five.
Senior Sara Dirksen was the leading rebounder for the Patriots with four.
“We got dominated in the paint,” said Jay County coach Kirk Comer after his first game at the helm. “We’ve got to get some production offensively from the inside and we’re not doing that right now.”
South Side (1-0) trailed for most of the first three quarters, but took the lead for good on a Jackson hoop with 4:49 remaining. It went up by seven points with 1:41 remaining, and was still ahead by five before Sara Garringer hit a lay-up with five seconds to play.
Garringer missed the ensuing free throw, but the ball went out of bounds off the Archers to give Jay County one final chance with 2.2 seconds on the clock. Jamie Bruggeman inbounded to Garringer, who passed back to Bruggeman for what could have been a game-tying 3-pointer.
It didn’t look as if Bruggeman got the shot off before the buzzer, but it didn’t matter as Jackson smacked the shot out of bounds to end the game.
Eley shot 9-of-20 from the field as South Side scored almost all of its baskets from inside the paint as it shot 36 percent. Jackson racked up 16 points, six assists and two blocks, and Reese had six points despite some foul trouble.
“They did a great job tonight,” said Rang. “Those three are our leaders. As they go, so do we go.”
Jay County had all kinds of struggles shooting the ball as it finished at 26 percent from the field. Garringer was the lone Patriot in double figures, scoring 15 points.
She added four assists and two rebounds.
Jamie Bruggeman went scoreless in the first half before hitting a trio of 3-pointers in the second to finish with nine points. Saffron Redwine was 2-of-4 from 3-point range for six points, and Markie Runyon also scored six points — four from the free-throw line.
Jay County was in control early as it did not trail until the final minute of the first half. Both teams went through a scoring drought to start the second half, with South Side’s Reese getting the first hoop at the 4:40 mark of the third quarter for a 26-25 lead.
The Patriots (0-1) immediately grabbed the lead back on a Bruggeman 3-pointer. They stayed ahead or tied for the next eight minutes before the Archers pulled ahead for good.
Comer said he did see some positives, which the team will try to use to get their first win when they host Muncie Southside Friday at 6 p.m.
“I thought we handled the press pretty well tonight,” said Comer, whose team had 16 turnovers after giving the ball away 28 times in Saturday’s scrimmage against Fort Wayne Carroll. “We’ve got to build on that. And obviously we have some work to do, but this is a good group of girls and they’re going to bounce back and they’re going to be just fine.”
Junior varsity
Jay County’s junior varsity team used stifling pressure to stop Fort Wayne South Side in a 56-16 victory Tuesday.
The Patriots rolled out to a 13-6 lead after one period and then put the game away. They outscored the Archers 17-0 in the second quarter, allowing just one South Side field goal attempt.
Natasha Stout paced Jay County with 11 points, and Miranda Betz also reached double figures with 10. Whitney Homan had eight points, and Nicole Pfeifer and Theresa Reinhart each added six.
Keonna Flotow and Kiera McGraw scored six points apiece for South Side.
Freshman
The Patriot freshman team racked up 28 points in the first quarter on the way to a 54-12 destruction of Fort Wayne South Side Tuesday. After the big first period by Jay County, the Archers went scoreless in the second and third to trail 47-4 heading into the final quarter.
Sharon Dirksen scored 11 points to lead the Patriots, and Brittany O’Dell added 10. Abby Loy scored nine points, and Amber Edmundson and Katie Runyon each had eight.[[In-content Ad]]
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