December 22, 2021 at 5:55 p.m.
Broken glass
FR?can’t grab final rebound that led to winning bucket
Broken glass
FORT RECOVERY — The Indians dominated the glass all night.
Second-chance points were one of the things that kept them in the game with their starting point guard out and offense hard to come by in the half court.
But it was a rebound they didn’t grab that led to the game-winning points for the opposition.
Reagan Courter came up with a put-back bucket for Wapakoneta with 5.9 seconds left Tuesday night and the Fort Recovery High School girls basketball team was unable to get another shot up in the closing moments of a 33-31 defeat.
Despite the loss, FRHS coach Holly Gann saw progress.
“We’re getting better,” said Gann, whose team slipped to 1-8. “This is the name of the game. We just have to continue to get better. And tonight I felt like we got better.
“We got into a situation late. We had to ask them to do some things they haven’t done before. … They were very coachable, level-headed. They worked together as a team. And as a coach, that’s all you can ask for.”
With the game tied at 31, Wapakoneta (4-5) worked the clock following a timeout with 27 seconds left before getting the ball into the hands of senior Nikane Ambos at the top of the key. Ambos attacked the basket, driving the right side of the lane and putting up a layup attempt. Her shot was off the mark, but Courter was there to grab the back-door rebound and put the ball up and in to give her team the lead with 5.9 seconds remaining.
“We got the look that we wanted,” said WHS coach Rusty Allen. “And we were kind of hoping — in the back of my mind I was hoping — if Nikane did not make the shot that they would be a little focused on her and maybe we could get that back-side rebound. And Reagan did a nice job of just staying with it, putting it back up and giving it a chance to go in.”
Fort Recovery (1-8) called a timeout, but Mara Pearson was immediately double-teamed upon getting the ball on the ensuing play. The Indians called another timeout with 1.8 seconds left — they would call a second, and Wapakoneta would add one of its own before the ball was put back into play — but Whitley Rammel’s attempt at a long pass to Pearson bounced off several hands and out of bounds. The visitors were then able to inbound the ball to allow the final tenths of a second to tick away.
The Indians, playing without starting point guard Cali Wendel because of an illness, struggled to find much offense in the second and third quarters. But they scored the first seven points of the fourth — the final three came on a Kennedy Muhlenkamp 3-pointer from the right corner — to pull even.
Ambos hit a pair of free throws to push Wapakoneta back ahead before Pearson tallied the last of her 14 points to even the score again. FRHS had a chance to pull ahead with 50.1 seconds on the clock, but Rammel missed a pair of free throws and Wapakoneta whittled away the time until Courter hit what would be the game-winner.
“Defensively, we had an opportunity there to get the ball back and we missed it,” said Gann. (The Indians had a 28-13 advantage on the glass before giving up the key offensive rebound late.) “But like I told them, we can’t hang our hats on that one moment. We’ve got to look at the whole game.”
Among the other key moments, Gann referenced leaving wide-open 3-point opportunities in the first half. Allie Wilson cashed in three of those for Wapakoneta as she led the team with nine points. Ambose added eight points, and Courter totaled seven.
Pearson, who repeatedly came up with steals for fast-break buckets in the first half, was the only player from either team to finish in double figures as she scored 14 points on 7-of-10 shooting. Muhlenkamp added five points and six rebounds for the Indians, and Rammel notched a team-high eight boards.
Junior varsity
Fort Recovery improved to 5-3, scoring in double figures in each of the first three quarters.
Kensey Gaerke scored nine points, including a first-quarter 3-pointer, to lead the Indians. Maddie Guggenbiller added seven points, and Karlie Niekamp and Amalia Gimenz Martin each scored six.
Maddi Springer paced Wapakoneta with 10 points.
Second-chance points were one of the things that kept them in the game with their starting point guard out and offense hard to come by in the half court.
But it was a rebound they didn’t grab that led to the game-winning points for the opposition.
Reagan Courter came up with a put-back bucket for Wapakoneta with 5.9 seconds left Tuesday night and the Fort Recovery High School girls basketball team was unable to get another shot up in the closing moments of a 33-31 defeat.
Despite the loss, FRHS coach Holly Gann saw progress.
“We’re getting better,” said Gann, whose team slipped to 1-8. “This is the name of the game. We just have to continue to get better. And tonight I felt like we got better.
“We got into a situation late. We had to ask them to do some things they haven’t done before. … They were very coachable, level-headed. They worked together as a team. And as a coach, that’s all you can ask for.”
With the game tied at 31, Wapakoneta (4-5) worked the clock following a timeout with 27 seconds left before getting the ball into the hands of senior Nikane Ambos at the top of the key. Ambos attacked the basket, driving the right side of the lane and putting up a layup attempt. Her shot was off the mark, but Courter was there to grab the back-door rebound and put the ball up and in to give her team the lead with 5.9 seconds remaining.
“We got the look that we wanted,” said WHS coach Rusty Allen. “And we were kind of hoping — in the back of my mind I was hoping — if Nikane did not make the shot that they would be a little focused on her and maybe we could get that back-side rebound. And Reagan did a nice job of just staying with it, putting it back up and giving it a chance to go in.”
Fort Recovery (1-8) called a timeout, but Mara Pearson was immediately double-teamed upon getting the ball on the ensuing play. The Indians called another timeout with 1.8 seconds left — they would call a second, and Wapakoneta would add one of its own before the ball was put back into play — but Whitley Rammel’s attempt at a long pass to Pearson bounced off several hands and out of bounds. The visitors were then able to inbound the ball to allow the final tenths of a second to tick away.
The Indians, playing without starting point guard Cali Wendel because of an illness, struggled to find much offense in the second and third quarters. But they scored the first seven points of the fourth — the final three came on a Kennedy Muhlenkamp 3-pointer from the right corner — to pull even.
Ambos hit a pair of free throws to push Wapakoneta back ahead before Pearson tallied the last of her 14 points to even the score again. FRHS had a chance to pull ahead with 50.1 seconds on the clock, but Rammel missed a pair of free throws and Wapakoneta whittled away the time until Courter hit what would be the game-winner.
“Defensively, we had an opportunity there to get the ball back and we missed it,” said Gann. (The Indians had a 28-13 advantage on the glass before giving up the key offensive rebound late.) “But like I told them, we can’t hang our hats on that one moment. We’ve got to look at the whole game.”
Among the other key moments, Gann referenced leaving wide-open 3-point opportunities in the first half. Allie Wilson cashed in three of those for Wapakoneta as she led the team with nine points. Ambose added eight points, and Courter totaled seven.
Pearson, who repeatedly came up with steals for fast-break buckets in the first half, was the only player from either team to finish in double figures as she scored 14 points on 7-of-10 shooting. Muhlenkamp added five points and six rebounds for the Indians, and Rammel notched a team-high eight boards.
Junior varsity
Fort Recovery improved to 5-3, scoring in double figures in each of the first three quarters.
Kensey Gaerke scored nine points, including a first-quarter 3-pointer, to lead the Indians. Maddie Guggenbiller added seven points, and Karlie Niekamp and Amalia Gimenz Martin each scored six.
Maddi Springer paced Wapakoneta with 10 points.
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