By Bubba Harnist
Staff Writer
GREENCASTLE – It’s early in the 2007-08 girl’s basketball season, but we learned two things watching the consolation game of the 2007 Putnam County Tournament at South Putnam High School.
The first thing we learned is that Greencastle has a chance to be good as the season goes on. The second thing we learned is that North Putnam has some work to do.
This all came about after Greencastle beat North Putnam, 41-30 in the consolation game of the Putnam County Tournament. With the win, Greencastle evens their record at 2-2, while North Put falls to 0-5.
“We’re young,” Greencastle head coach Glenn Hile said. “We’re not as good yet as I think we can be.
The two teams were evenly matched after one quarter with Greencastle holding a slim one point lead, 8-7.
“The offense wasn’t as smooth as it can be (in the first quarter),” Hile said.
The second quarter was a whole different story as Greencastle scored the first eight points of the quarter to stretch the lead to 16-7.
“In the second quarter we found the open post,” Hile said. “They were overextending on us, which was leaving the backside post wide open.”
After a North Putnam free throw from Shawna Johnston made it 16-8, the Tiger Cubs scored the final six points of the quarter via a three pointer and a three point play from Chelsea Samuels.
Do the math, second quarter points: Greencastle 14, North Putnam 1.
“We played really good defense,” Hile said. “We are finding out that we are really doing a good job in out matchup zone.
“It seems to be our best defense and tonight we did a good job of matching up on their shooters and not giving really easy shots.”
North Putnam wasn’t done though as they started the second half on a 7-0 run to cut the deficit to seven, 22-15. Instead of hitting the panic button, Greencastle quickly regrouped and proceeded to go on a 7-0 run themselves to make it 29-15. When the wild third quarter finally ended, Greencastle was up 11, 30-19.
“In the second half, we turned the ball over too much,” Hile said. “We need to work on our offense a little bit.”
As the fourth quarter commenced, Greencastle held North Put in check. The closest the Cougars could get was nine points around the four minute mark, but a Greencastle three point play put the Tiger Cubs lead back to 12, 36-24.
From there, the two teams exchanged baskets to end the game as Greencastle came out on top 41-30.
Leading the way for North Putnam was Johnston with 11 points. Taylor Alles and Carlye McGaughey each chipped in six points in the losing effort. The 0-5 Cougars have the next 12 days off to work on things. North Put will not have another game until November 29 when they travel to Rockville to take on the Rox.
Leading the way for Greencastle was Becky Grivas with nine points. Olivia Miller and Cassie Alspaugh each chipped in six points for the winters. The 2-2 Tiger Cubs get right back after on Tuesday when they travel to Crawfordsville to take on the Athenians.
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