Wilson's 17 points helps Waverly to 58-44 win over Burlingame
By Jesse Newell
Friday, January 25, 2008
The first press didn’t turn out to be too effective for Waverly against the Burlingame girls on Thursday.
Press No. 2 worked wonders, though, and the full-court, all-out, man-to-man pressure turned out to be the difference in the Lady Bulldogs’ 58-44 victory in the consolation bracket of the Lyon County League Tournament.
Waverly’s defense forced 32 turnovers, with 22 of those coming in the second and third quarters.
“Once they got their press going, it shook our confidence,” Burlingame coach Eric West said, “and that was our demise.”
Burlingame ended the game with more giveaways (32) than shot attempts (30).
Still, the Lady Bearcats were able to solve the first of the presses thrown at them.
With Waverly using a defense that picked up full-court but later fell back into a 3-2 zone, Burlingame attacked the pressure and went 6-for-9 from the floor in the first quarter.
“We got off to a good start, and that’s something we talked about in the locker room,” West said. “I thought we did a good job with their press and took advantage of numbers and opportunities up ahead.”
Meanwhile, Waverly started 0-for-11 from the field, and the result was a 15-8 Burlingame lead after one quarter.
The Lady Bearcats scored their first basket of the second period to take their largest lead at nine points.
“They were doing a good job of getting the ball inside and putting it in the hole, so that’s why we changed and went man,” Waverly coach Dennis Tyson said. “It paid off.”
And quickly, too.
Led by their defense, the Lady Bulldogs ended the half on a 14-2 run to take a 24-21 advantage into the break.
The cushion only grew after halftime.
Brenna Wilson scored Waverly’s first 10 points out of the intermission, going on a personal 10-2 spurt to push the lead to 34-23.
Meanwhile, the Lady Bulldogs defense allowed just one field goal in the third quarter.
“The first half, they played really good and they shot really good,” Wilson said. “We came out and shut that down.”
Waverly outscored Burlingame 18-6 in the third quarter, then built its lead to as high as 18 in the final frame.
Wilson led Waverly, scoring a game-high 17 points. Twelve of her points came in the third quarter.
“Brenna’s one that doesn’t look to score herself. She’s always looking for the other person,” Tyson said. “She knows that she’s going to have to score, and she’s done a good job all year.”
Megan Steward added a double-double for Waverly, posting 13 points and 12 rebounds.
Burlingame’s Miranda Fagan contributed 13 points, while Meghan Atchison and Shelby Creviston both added nine.
Waverly finished with more than double the shot attempts (64) of Burlingame (30).
With the victory, the Lady Bulldogs advanced to the tournament’s fifth-place game, to be played at noon Saturday.
“We came in sixth,” Tyson said, “so if we move up one, that’d be better than nothing.”
Waverly 58, Burlingame 44
Burlingame 15 6 6 17 — 44
Waverly 8 16 18 16 — 58
Burlingame — Danielle Greenwood 0-2 2-2 2, Meghan Atchison 3-7 3-5 9, Shelby Creviston 3-3 3-4 9, Gretchen Vandevord 1-6 1-4 3, Miranda Fagan 4-5 5-7 13, Shelby Love 1-5 2-2 4, Tabitha Lester 0-1 2-2 2, Shelby Cayton 0-0 0-0 0, Brooke Bingham 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 13-30 18-26 44.
Waverly — Megan Steward 5-16 3-4 13, Brenna Wilson 5-13 5-7 17, Kristina Ervin 1-4 2-2 4, Sarah Coursen 0-7 0-0 0, Tiffany Tyson 1-2 0-0 2, Danyl Chapman 1-6 0-0 3, Julie Gifford 3-10 1-2 9, Lauren Johnson 1-2 2-2 4, Jayme Hoag 1-2 2-2 4, Chelsea Fisher 1-2 0-0 2, Alyx Britton 0-0 0-0 0, Heather Schultz 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 19-64 15-19 58.
3-point goals — Burlingame 0-1 (Atchison 0-1), Waverly 5-24 (Wilson 2-4, Gifford 2-7, Chapman 1-6, Steward 0-1, Ervin 0-2, Coursen 0-4). Rebounds — Burlingame 29 (Creviston 9), Waverly 32 (Steward 12). Turnovers — Burlingame 32, Waverly 13. Total fouls — Burlingame 15, Waverly 22. Fouled out — Burlingame: Greenwood; Waverly: Ervin.
Hartford 40, Chase County 34
Hartford overcame a nine-point halftime deficit to trip Chase County, 40-34, and advance to Saturday’s fifth-place game.
The Lady Jaguars won by stepping up their defense in the second half. Chase County mustered just six points in the third quarter and five in the fourth.
Hartford also executed when it needed to down the stretch.
With the game tied at 29 in the fourth quarter, Amy Bolen provided a layup at the 4:20 mark and Paige Hamman followed with a three-point play to make it 34-29 with 3:11 left.
Chase County pulled to within three on a 3-pointer by Robin Grokett with 27.2 seconds left, but a lay-in from Bolen 10 seconds later sealed it.
Hamman’s 13 points led Hartford, while Jessica Wilson added nine and Kellie Farr had eight.
Grokett and Heather Duncan contributed eight points each for Chase County.
With the victory, Hartford coach Tammy Windle tied the season and overall series against her husband, Chase County coach Gene Windle.
Now, the two are 1-1 against each other this season and 2-2 against each other overall.
Hartford will face Waverly in the fifth-place game at noon on Saturday.
Hartford 40, Chase County 34
Hartford 7 7 11 15 — 40
Chase Co. 10 13 6 5 — 34
Hartford — Jessica Wilson 9, Megan Rohde 0, Kellie Farr 8, Samantha Wilkerson 0, Paige Hamman 13, Christina Lee 0, Amy Bolen 6, Carmen Clark 0, Cheyenne Veatch 0, Kim Darbro 2, Ashley Preeo 2. Totals 13 12-21 40.
Chase County — Robin Grokett 8, Maci Wells 0, Kelly Hannigan 0, Kylee Scott 2, Aubrey Watts 6, Ashley Cahoone 2, Heather Duncan 8, Sequoia Shull 6, Taylor Rains 0, Chelsea Wilson 0, Ashley Carr 2, Jordan Hatcher 0. Totals 9 10-16 34.
Halftime — Chase County 23-14. Total fouls — Hartford 15, Chase County 20. Fouled out — None.