Lady Tigers Dial Up Win Over No. 6 Oregon-Davis
December 2, 2016 at 4:35 p.m.
Lady Tigers Dial Up Win Over No. 6 Oregon-Davis
By Mark [email protected]
Warsaw shot, and made, more three-pointers than shots inside the arc, going 10 of 30 from long distance and 8 of 29 on two-point shots. Seven of the treys came in the first half as the Lady Tigers built a 27-19 lead at intermission.
“It is a lot of three pointers, but the thing is we have girls who can hit those shots,” Warsaw head coach Michelle Harter said. “Part of it was the girls were a little timid to go inside. At halftime we talked about slowing down, squaring ourselves up, and in the second half we did a much better job.
“We hit 33 percent of our three-pointers, and that’s not bad. I thought we did a nice job of finding the open person and making the simple play.”
Warsaw employed a bevy of inside players to contain Oregon-Davis’ inside presence of Leena Tetzloff and Alexandria Bope. Tetzloff was held to seven points and Bope to a single bucket.
“I was pleased with our defensive effort, especially with the big girls. We talked about how they love to hit that high-low look, throw it to Bope on the high post and low to Tetzloff,”?Harter said. “We talked about how we have to crowd them in the high post. In the first half we didn’t do that, and in the second half we did. I thought the girls adjusted well and did a very nice job, especially in the second half, of not allowing easy looks.”
Harter admitted one of the reasons Warsaw shot so many threes might have been to avoid the Lady Bobcats’ height inside. The Lady Tigers continually kicked the ball back out to an open shooter.
Dayton Groninger was the main beneficiary, hitting five threes on her way to a game-high 22 points. Mariah Rivera knocked down a pair of treys in the first quarter, Madi Graham hit a pair of threes and Kaylee Patton came off the bench and hit a three early. Twelve of Warsaw’s 13 first-quarter points came on threes.
“We were looking to attack offensively, finally making a point to get the ball down in the paint, or to our post players and looking to kick back out,”?Harter said. “That helps our post players as well as helping our outside shooters. We did have a lot more outside shots tonight than what we had been getting.”
“The other thing, offensively, that we focused on this week was transition. Get out and go, run the floor. I thought the girls did a really nice job of looking to push the ball up the floor. There were times that we went 1 on 3, and we talked a little about that at halftime, but we play so much better when we’re looking to transition. That gets us going on the offensive end, it also helps make us more active on the defensive end.”
The Lady Tigers will take a 6-1 record into its road trip to Portage Saturday night.
WARSAW 52, OREGON-DAVIS 31
O-D 10 9 7 5 – 31
W 13 14 16 9 – 52
Oregon-Davis – Jami Hurford 1-7 4-5 7, Madison Taylor 0-5 0-0 0, Sydney Williams 2-5 2-2 7, Jayden Worthington 2-3 2-2 6, Leena Tetzloff 3-4 1-1 7, Alexandria Bope 1-7 0-0 2, Katelyn Sauer 0-8 2-2 2. Totals 9-39 11-12 31.
Warsaw – Kennedy Patton 0-4 0-0 0, Page Desenberg 0-4 1-2 1, Mariah Rivera 2-10 0-0 6, Abby Glass 0-0 0-0 0, Kenzie Welk 3-5 1-2 7, Maddie Ryman 0-1 0-0 0, Dayton Groninger 8-17 2-2 22, Madi Graham 2-9 1-2 7, Kacy Bragg 1-3 2-2 4, Emma Bohnenkamper 1-3 0-0 2, Kaylee Patton 1-3 0-0 3. Totals 18-59 6-10 52.
Three-pointers – Oregon-Davis 2-18 (Hurford, Williams), Warsaw 10 (Groninger 5, Rivera 2, Graham 2, Ka. Patton); Rebounds – Oregon-Davis 28 (Tetzloff 6), Warsaw 45 (Groninger 6); Turnovers – Oregon-Davis 19, Warsaw 14; Fouls – Oregon-Davis 10, Warsaw 16; Fouled out – none; Records: Oregon-Davis 3-2, Warsaw 6-1.
JV – Warsaw 57, Oregon-Davis 28
Warsaw – Halle Shipp 18, Kenzie Martz 10, Kennedy Patton 6, Madelyn Smith 6, Maddie Ryman 5, Naomi Phillips 4, Grayson Kilburn 3, Emma Bohnenkamper 3, Ashlynn Hepler 2
Warsaw shot, and made, more three-pointers than shots inside the arc, going 10 of 30 from long distance and 8 of 29 on two-point shots. Seven of the treys came in the first half as the Lady Tigers built a 27-19 lead at intermission.
“It is a lot of three pointers, but the thing is we have girls who can hit those shots,” Warsaw head coach Michelle Harter said. “Part of it was the girls were a little timid to go inside. At halftime we talked about slowing down, squaring ourselves up, and in the second half we did a much better job.
“We hit 33 percent of our three-pointers, and that’s not bad. I thought we did a nice job of finding the open person and making the simple play.”
Warsaw employed a bevy of inside players to contain Oregon-Davis’ inside presence of Leena Tetzloff and Alexandria Bope. Tetzloff was held to seven points and Bope to a single bucket.
“I was pleased with our defensive effort, especially with the big girls. We talked about how they love to hit that high-low look, throw it to Bope on the high post and low to Tetzloff,”?Harter said. “We talked about how we have to crowd them in the high post. In the first half we didn’t do that, and in the second half we did. I thought the girls adjusted well and did a very nice job, especially in the second half, of not allowing easy looks.”
Harter admitted one of the reasons Warsaw shot so many threes might have been to avoid the Lady Bobcats’ height inside. The Lady Tigers continually kicked the ball back out to an open shooter.
Dayton Groninger was the main beneficiary, hitting five threes on her way to a game-high 22 points. Mariah Rivera knocked down a pair of treys in the first quarter, Madi Graham hit a pair of threes and Kaylee Patton came off the bench and hit a three early. Twelve of Warsaw’s 13 first-quarter points came on threes.
“We were looking to attack offensively, finally making a point to get the ball down in the paint, or to our post players and looking to kick back out,”?Harter said. “That helps our post players as well as helping our outside shooters. We did have a lot more outside shots tonight than what we had been getting.”
“The other thing, offensively, that we focused on this week was transition. Get out and go, run the floor. I thought the girls did a really nice job of looking to push the ball up the floor. There were times that we went 1 on 3, and we talked a little about that at halftime, but we play so much better when we’re looking to transition. That gets us going on the offensive end, it also helps make us more active on the defensive end.”
The Lady Tigers will take a 6-1 record into its road trip to Portage Saturday night.
WARSAW 52, OREGON-DAVIS 31
O-D 10 9 7 5 – 31
W 13 14 16 9 – 52
Oregon-Davis – Jami Hurford 1-7 4-5 7, Madison Taylor 0-5 0-0 0, Sydney Williams 2-5 2-2 7, Jayden Worthington 2-3 2-2 6, Leena Tetzloff 3-4 1-1 7, Alexandria Bope 1-7 0-0 2, Katelyn Sauer 0-8 2-2 2. Totals 9-39 11-12 31.
Warsaw – Kennedy Patton 0-4 0-0 0, Page Desenberg 0-4 1-2 1, Mariah Rivera 2-10 0-0 6, Abby Glass 0-0 0-0 0, Kenzie Welk 3-5 1-2 7, Maddie Ryman 0-1 0-0 0, Dayton Groninger 8-17 2-2 22, Madi Graham 2-9 1-2 7, Kacy Bragg 1-3 2-2 4, Emma Bohnenkamper 1-3 0-0 2, Kaylee Patton 1-3 0-0 3. Totals 18-59 6-10 52.
Three-pointers – Oregon-Davis 2-18 (Hurford, Williams), Warsaw 10 (Groninger 5, Rivera 2, Graham 2, Ka. Patton); Rebounds – Oregon-Davis 28 (Tetzloff 6), Warsaw 45 (Groninger 6); Turnovers – Oregon-Davis 19, Warsaw 14; Fouls – Oregon-Davis 10, Warsaw 16; Fouled out – none; Records: Oregon-Davis 3-2, Warsaw 6-1.
JV – Warsaw 57, Oregon-Davis 28
Warsaw – Halle Shipp 18, Kenzie Martz 10, Kennedy Patton 6, Madelyn Smith 6, Maddie Ryman 5, Naomi Phillips 4, Grayson Kilburn 3, Emma Bohnenkamper 3, Ashlynn Hepler 2
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