January 31, 2018 at 4:34 a.m.
Turnovers trouble Tribe
Fort Recovery loses to Franklin Monroe 38-33 at home
Turnovers trouble Tribe
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FORT RECOVERY — Tribe coach Brian Patch wasn’t shy about the stat which disappointed him the most.
It wasn’t his team shooting 14-of-43 (32.6 percent) from the field. Nor was it the Jets grabbing 16 offensive rebounds.
The Indians missing too many shots around the basket certainly stood out, but, again, Patch kept going back to one stat.
Turnovers. All 22 of them.
The Fort Recovery High School girls basketball team had trouble keeping the ball, especially in crucial fourth-quarter moments, in a 38-33 loss to the Franklin Monroe Jets on Tuesday at Fort Site Fieldhouse.
“They came in here and basically, I thought, outworked us,” said Patch, whose Division IV No. 8 squad dipped to 12-3 on the year.
Clinging to a 26-22 lead after three quarters, Fort Recovery had turnovers on three consecutive possessions that allowed the Jets (15-2) to take a lead after falling behind 12-2 way back in the first quarter.
After Belle Cable made a 3-pointer from the left wing to trim the Jets’ deficit to 26-25, the Indians turned the ball over at the other end before Kennedy Morris had a triple to put the Jets out front by two.
Corina Conley, who had a game-high 16 rebounds (half on offense), stole the ball on the next FRHS possession and went the length of the court for a lay-in and a 31-26 advantage with 3:43 to play.
Later in the period the Indians fell behind 35-28. Kiah Wendel got the Tribe back within one possession as she nailed a 3-pointer from the top of the arc on a Carley Stone assist and then converted a layup on a back-door cut on a Val Muhlenkamp pass.
But as Franklin Monroe split a pair of free throws twice — Conley grabbed an offensive rebound on the first set of two — in the final minute to lead 37-33, the Indians had yet another giveaway before Cable made the first of two shots from the foul line for the eventual final score.
“They come back, they’re battling back and they’re scrappy,” Patch said of the Jets. “They play hard and we just didn’t ever seem like our heads were in the game, focused and ready to go.”
Cable and Morris each had 10 points to lead the Jets, while Audrey Cable and Conley contributed eight points apiece. Despite allowing 16 offensive rebounds, the Indians out-rebounded the Jets 33-31.
Fort Recovery had a solid start to the game, jumping out to its 7-0 lead. It was later out front 12-2. Franklin Monroe missed its first eight shots, but then some of the shooting woes started to begin for the Tribe.
Hoping to turn its eight-point advantage into something bigger, Fort Recovery had difficulty putting the ball through the hoop. On one possession they missed three times, one 3-pointer and two shots from under the basket.
“We missed five or six point-blank shots,” Patch said. “At that point we had a chance to go up 20 almost, or whatever it would have been. I think if we would have done that it would have been a different ball game.
“Instead we missed shots. They come back and hit a couple shots.”
Grace Thien had nine points, all from behind the arc, to lead the Indians. Wendel tallied all eight of her points in the second half, while Olivia Patch and Muhlenkamp had six points each. Muhlenkamp also snagged a team-best seven rebounds.
Junior varsity
Fort Recovery had trouble shaking Franklin Monroe in the first quarter but pulled away in the second for a 29-22 victory in two quarters of play.
The Indians (12-3) led 15-14 after the first period before outscoring the Jets 14-8 in the second.
Brenna Homan and Hope Wendel both scored six points to lead the Tribe, which also got five points from Paige Fortkamp and four each from Alli Vaughn and Kierra Wendel.
Brooke Kahlig and Elena Evers had two points each.
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FORT RECOVERY — Tribe coach Brian Patch wasn’t shy about the stat which disappointed him the most.
It wasn’t his team shooting 14-of-43 (32.6 percent) from the field. Nor was it the Jets grabbing 16 offensive rebounds.
The Indians missing too many shots around the basket certainly stood out, but, again, Patch kept going back to one stat.
Turnovers. All 22 of them.
The Fort Recovery High School girls basketball team had trouble keeping the ball, especially in crucial fourth-quarter moments, in a 38-33 loss to the Franklin Monroe Jets on Tuesday at Fort Site Fieldhouse.
“They came in here and basically, I thought, outworked us,” said Patch, whose Division IV No. 8 squad dipped to 12-3 on the year.
Clinging to a 26-22 lead after three quarters, Fort Recovery had turnovers on three consecutive possessions that allowed the Jets (15-2) to take a lead after falling behind 12-2 way back in the first quarter.
After Belle Cable made a 3-pointer from the left wing to trim the Jets’ deficit to 26-25, the Indians turned the ball over at the other end before Kennedy Morris had a triple to put the Jets out front by two.
Corina Conley, who had a game-high 16 rebounds (half on offense), stole the ball on the next FRHS possession and went the length of the court for a lay-in and a 31-26 advantage with 3:43 to play.
Later in the period the Indians fell behind 35-28. Kiah Wendel got the Tribe back within one possession as she nailed a 3-pointer from the top of the arc on a Carley Stone assist and then converted a layup on a back-door cut on a Val Muhlenkamp pass.
But as Franklin Monroe split a pair of free throws twice — Conley grabbed an offensive rebound on the first set of two — in the final minute to lead 37-33, the Indians had yet another giveaway before Cable made the first of two shots from the foul line for the eventual final score.
“They come back, they’re battling back and they’re scrappy,” Patch said of the Jets. “They play hard and we just didn’t ever seem like our heads were in the game, focused and ready to go.”
Cable and Morris each had 10 points to lead the Jets, while Audrey Cable and Conley contributed eight points apiece. Despite allowing 16 offensive rebounds, the Indians out-rebounded the Jets 33-31.
Fort Recovery had a solid start to the game, jumping out to its 7-0 lead. It was later out front 12-2. Franklin Monroe missed its first eight shots, but then some of the shooting woes started to begin for the Tribe.
Hoping to turn its eight-point advantage into something bigger, Fort Recovery had difficulty putting the ball through the hoop. On one possession they missed three times, one 3-pointer and two shots from under the basket.
“We missed five or six point-blank shots,” Patch said. “At that point we had a chance to go up 20 almost, or whatever it would have been. I think if we would have done that it would have been a different ball game.
“Instead we missed shots. They come back and hit a couple shots.”
Grace Thien had nine points, all from behind the arc, to lead the Indians. Wendel tallied all eight of her points in the second half, while Olivia Patch and Muhlenkamp had six points each. Muhlenkamp also snagged a team-best seven rebounds.
Junior varsity
Fort Recovery had trouble shaking Franklin Monroe in the first quarter but pulled away in the second for a 29-22 victory in two quarters of play.
The Indians (12-3) led 15-14 after the first period before outscoring the Jets 14-8 in the second.
Brenna Homan and Hope Wendel both scored six points to lead the Tribe, which also got five points from Paige Fortkamp and four each from Alli Vaughn and Kierra Wendel.
Brooke Kahlig and Elena Evers had two points each.
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