December 29, 2018 at 10:55 p.m.
Supporting cast lifts Patriots
Supporting cast lifts Patriots
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FORT RECOVERY — As the Patriots’ leading scorer was held to her fewest number of points in almost three years, others stepped up around her to pick up the slack.
Hanna Dillon notched five of her nine points in the third quarter, helping the Jay County High School girls basketball team take a lead it never gave up and the Patriots hung on down the stretch for a 39-34 victory over Fort Recovery on Saturday afternoon at Fort Site Fieldhouse.
“We knew it was going to be a game of runs,” said JCHS coach Kirk Comer, whose team moves to 8-6 on the year after the team’s first win at Fort Site Fieldhouse since Dec. 20, 2008. “Someone made a comment to me earlier that if this was earlier in the season we probably would have lost this game. But we’ve matured. We’ve been through it. We’ve got the experience and we battled. A lot of times a team would fold up but our girls didn’t.”
Fort Recovery coach Brian Patch, whose team dips to 4-4, credits Jay County for switching to a zone defense in the third quarter which helped disrupt the Indians’ offensive game plan.
“That took away Liv a little bit and took away some of our dribble-penetration that we like to do to be able to get Val (Muhlenkamp) some shots,” he said. “That limited us a little bit offensively, which we know is a struggle for us.”
Wendel made two free throws, Patch scored on an assist from Muhlenkamp who stepped out to drain a 3-pointer as the Indians tied the score at 21 apiece.
That’s when Dillon drove the right side to the rack for two points on the ensuing possession. Fort Recovery turned the ball over on two of its next three trips down the court, the second such giveaway led to a Hannah Phillips fast-break layup at the other end.
Then following another Tribe miss, Dillon nailed a shot beyond the arc in the left corner in front of the Patriot bench to make it 28-21. Shelby Caldwell split a pair of free throws to cap the 8-0 swing by JCHS.
Caldwell, who on Dec. 20 set the single-game scoring record with 41 points, finished with just two Saturday. It was her fewest point total since her freshman season, a 62-39 defeat to Homestead in the sectional tournament Feb. 5, 2016.
It’s why Phillips’ team-high 10 points, Dillon’s nine points and six each from Kendra Muhlenkamp and Clare Dirksen were so crucial.
“It was nice to see that,” Coemr said. “It was a battle. We had girls step up in key situations. I wouldn’t expect Shelby to score two points.
“You’ve got to give them credit, they did a good job early doubling her … I was very pleased to see other girls step up.”
Three points the hard way from Hallie Fields — her only points of the afternoon — gave Jay County a 35-25 advantage with 4:29 remaining in the fourth quarter.
The Indians trimmed the margin to 36-32 with about a minute to play but never got any closer.
Val Muhlenkamp led the Indians with 13 points. Liv Patch was second with 12 points, all but two of which came in the second half.
“We missed some easy ones at the basket late in the fourth quarter that would have made a huge difference in that game,” Brian Patch said. The Tribe finished 14-of-41 (31.4 percent) after going 6-of-16 in the first 16 minutes.
“We’ve just got to do a better job of one, not turning it over,” Patch continued. “We had some costly turnovers at certain points as well, making good decisions with the basketball and being able to finish a little bit ourselves.”
Junior varsity
Free throws down the stretch helped Fort Recovery to a 41-35 victory over Jay County.
The Patriots (8-6) trailed 31-23 with one quarter to play before taking a 33-32 lead with 2:35 remaining. Hope Wendel, who finished with a team-high 13 points, made two freebies to put the Indians (3-5) ahead and they never trailed again. Fort Recovery was 9-of-12 from the stripe in the fourth quarter, seven of those came from Wendel.
Macy Day contributed nine points in support of Wendel.
Jay County’s Pacie Denney led all players with 14 points, and Aubrie Schwieterman contributed 10 points in the loss.
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FORT RECOVERY — As the Patriots’ leading scorer was held to her fewest number of points in almost three years, others stepped up around her to pick up the slack.
Hanna Dillon notched five of her nine points in the third quarter, helping the Jay County High School girls basketball team take a lead it never gave up and the Patriots hung on down the stretch for a 39-34 victory over Fort Recovery on Saturday afternoon at Fort Site Fieldhouse.
“We knew it was going to be a game of runs,” said JCHS coach Kirk Comer, whose team moves to 8-6 on the year after the team’s first win at Fort Site Fieldhouse since Dec. 20, 2008. “Someone made a comment to me earlier that if this was earlier in the season we probably would have lost this game. But we’ve matured. We’ve been through it. We’ve got the experience and we battled. A lot of times a team would fold up but our girls didn’t.”
Fort Recovery coach Brian Patch, whose team dips to 4-4, credits Jay County for switching to a zone defense in the third quarter which helped disrupt the Indians’ offensive game plan.
“That took away Liv a little bit and took away some of our dribble-penetration that we like to do to be able to get Val (Muhlenkamp) some shots,” he said. “That limited us a little bit offensively, which we know is a struggle for us.”
Wendel made two free throws, Patch scored on an assist from Muhlenkamp who stepped out to drain a 3-pointer as the Indians tied the score at 21 apiece.
That’s when Dillon drove the right side to the rack for two points on the ensuing possession. Fort Recovery turned the ball over on two of its next three trips down the court, the second such giveaway led to a Hannah Phillips fast-break layup at the other end.
Then following another Tribe miss, Dillon nailed a shot beyond the arc in the left corner in front of the Patriot bench to make it 28-21. Shelby Caldwell split a pair of free throws to cap the 8-0 swing by JCHS.
Caldwell, who on Dec. 20 set the single-game scoring record with 41 points, finished with just two Saturday. It was her fewest point total since her freshman season, a 62-39 defeat to Homestead in the sectional tournament Feb. 5, 2016.
It’s why Phillips’ team-high 10 points, Dillon’s nine points and six each from Kendra Muhlenkamp and Clare Dirksen were so crucial.
“It was nice to see that,” Coemr said. “It was a battle. We had girls step up in key situations. I wouldn’t expect Shelby to score two points.
“You’ve got to give them credit, they did a good job early doubling her … I was very pleased to see other girls step up.”
Three points the hard way from Hallie Fields — her only points of the afternoon — gave Jay County a 35-25 advantage with 4:29 remaining in the fourth quarter.
The Indians trimmed the margin to 36-32 with about a minute to play but never got any closer.
Val Muhlenkamp led the Indians with 13 points. Liv Patch was second with 12 points, all but two of which came in the second half.
“We missed some easy ones at the basket late in the fourth quarter that would have made a huge difference in that game,” Brian Patch said. The Tribe finished 14-of-41 (31.4 percent) after going 6-of-16 in the first 16 minutes.
“We’ve just got to do a better job of one, not turning it over,” Patch continued. “We had some costly turnovers at certain points as well, making good decisions with the basketball and being able to finish a little bit ourselves.”
Junior varsity
Free throws down the stretch helped Fort Recovery to a 41-35 victory over Jay County.
The Patriots (8-6) trailed 31-23 with one quarter to play before taking a 33-32 lead with 2:35 remaining. Hope Wendel, who finished with a team-high 13 points, made two freebies to put the Indians (3-5) ahead and they never trailed again. Fort Recovery was 9-of-12 from the stripe in the fourth quarter, seven of those came from Wendel.
Macy Day contributed nine points in support of Wendel.
Jay County’s Pacie Denney led all players with 14 points, and Aubrie Schwieterman contributed 10 points in the loss.
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