Scoreless 4th frame leads to Lady 'Cat loss
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Stephen Forsha-sforsha@gmail.com
For three quarters, it looked as though the Whiteoak Lady Wildcats were in control of their Southern Hills Athletic Conference game with the Eastern Brown Lady Warriors.
The problem was there were four quarters, and that is when the double-digit lead built in the third by WHS crumbled, and EB forced their way through the Lady 'Cats by a 46-36 score Thursday at WHS.
Eastern held WHS scoreless in the fourth quarter, while they did nothing but play stifling defense and on-point offense as the Lady Warriors outscored WHS from the 1:10 mark of the third until the end of the game, 19-0 to gain their first win of the season.
"We built a 10-point lead in the third, and we lost it," WHS head coach Mike Cooper said. "We didn't handle their press well, and they made a lot of nice shots. Eastern also controlled the board against us.
"In the fourth, we decided we just didn't want to play anymore."
WHS (1-5) entered the the fourth with a 36-30 advantage, as the host Lady 'Cats held the lead at the conclusion of each of the first three quarters by scores of 11-8 after the first and 24-22 at halftime.
[[In-content Ad]]Then in the fourth, nothing went the way of WHS, including the game being tied with 4:22 left in regulation at 36-36. The Lady Warriors took the lead for good with 4:02 left on the clock with a jumper by Lauren Towne. In fact, Towne scored seven straight points for an EB lead of 44-36 with 1:10 left in the game.
Towne scored nine points in the fourth and 15 points in the game.
Molly Prine led all scorers for EB with 17 points, including two 3-pointers. She was 5-of-8 from the free-throw line.
"Our guard play has to step up," Cooper said. "We have a lack of confidence, and we have to learn how to win. We'll just keep on working toward gaining that confidence."
Leading WHS was Emma Wardlow with 12 points, while Brittany Luman followed with seven points. Sunnie Lehr totaled five points, including a 3-pointer in the first quarter.
WHS was 9-of-24 from the free-throw line, including 0-of-6 in the fourth quarter and 1-of-8 in the second half.
WHS will play again on Monday when they host Hillsboro in a non-conference game.
The problem was there were four quarters, and that is when the double-digit lead built in the third by WHS crumbled, and EB forced their way through the Lady 'Cats by a 46-36 score Thursday at WHS.
Eastern held WHS scoreless in the fourth quarter, while they did nothing but play stifling defense and on-point offense as the Lady Warriors outscored WHS from the 1:10 mark of the third until the end of the game, 19-0 to gain their first win of the season.
"We built a 10-point lead in the third, and we lost it," WHS head coach Mike Cooper said. "We didn't handle their press well, and they made a lot of nice shots. Eastern also controlled the board against us.
"In the fourth, we decided we just didn't want to play anymore."
WHS (1-5) entered the the fourth with a 36-30 advantage, as the host Lady 'Cats held the lead at the conclusion of each of the first three quarters by scores of 11-8 after the first and 24-22 at halftime.
[[In-content Ad]]Then in the fourth, nothing went the way of WHS, including the game being tied with 4:22 left in regulation at 36-36. The Lady Warriors took the lead for good with 4:02 left on the clock with a jumper by Lauren Towne. In fact, Towne scored seven straight points for an EB lead of 44-36 with 1:10 left in the game.
Towne scored nine points in the fourth and 15 points in the game.
Molly Prine led all scorers for EB with 17 points, including two 3-pointers. She was 5-of-8 from the free-throw line.
"Our guard play has to step up," Cooper said. "We have a lack of confidence, and we have to learn how to win. We'll just keep on working toward gaining that confidence."
Leading WHS was Emma Wardlow with 12 points, while Brittany Luman followed with seven points. Sunnie Lehr totaled five points, including a 3-pointer in the first quarter.
WHS was 9-of-24 from the free-throw line, including 0-of-6 in the fourth quarter and 1-of-8 in the second half.
WHS will play again on Monday when they host Hillsboro in a non-conference game.