Warsaw's girls basketball team had beaten archrival Tippecanoe Valley Friday and had scored 100 points in doing so.

Bremen's girls basketball team had Friday off.

While it wouldn't classify as a trap game - it was only two games into the season, and the Tigers have routed Bremen in the past -ÊWarsaw coach Will Wienhorst was curious to see how his team would perform after a big Friday night.

The scoreboard said just fine. Warsaw, 2-0, beat 0-2 Bremen 75-41.

Six-foot senior center Jenna Rooney led Warsaw with 16 points and nine rebounds. Sophomore guard Hilary O'Connell added 13 points, six assists and three steals, while senior guard Christy Colt scored 11.

Senior forward Nicole Klotz scored 12 to lead Bremen.

After settling on a 16-13 lead at the end of the first quarter, Warsaw outscored Bremen 27-8 in the second quarter to go up 43-21 at halftime.

Fourteen of Rooney's 16 points came in the second quarter as she helped Warsaw widen its lead.

Though she is Warsaw's biggest player, Rooney displayed a soft shooting touch by opening the quarter with a three-pointer. Then she scored underneath, where no Bremen players could physically match up with her. If she touched the ball, she scored, as she hit 7 of 8 field goals, including 2 of 2 three-pointers.

"Offensively, she can score inside, she can step out and hit the three, and she can score off the dribble," Wienhorst said. "It's very difficult to defend her."

After scoring 43 in the first half, with three minutes to go in the second half, the Tigers had tacked on but 22. Rooney scored none in the second half.

"One of the things I did not like was we got three-happy," Wienhorst said. "The second half, when we hit two threes to start out, it's like our players say, 'Here we go, the game's over.'"

"Rooney scored 14 in the second quarter, and she didn't touch the ball in the third quarter. The third quarter, as soon as she came in, the girls should have known she had the hot hand and gotten the ball to her."

Warsaw outrebounded Bremen 53-22 and outscored Bremen 35-2 on second-chance baskets.

At the same time, Warsaw turned the ball over only one time less than Bremen, 25-24, and the Lions beat Warsaw on points off turnovers, 20-19.

While the scoreboard said the Tigers had won by 34, Wienhorst, who found fault with his team's defense in its 102-63 win over Valley, again found fault with his trapping, pressing defense against Bremen.

"Points off rebounds I liked, points off turnovers I did not," Wienhorst said. "It shows we're not getting back on defense. For us to be successful, we have to be better on defense. Right now, we're gonna go back and start from scratch on defense, beginning with basic stances.

"Tonight, because Bremen was a quicker team than us, we went at them instead of forcing them to the sidelines. They dribble penetrated and took the ball to the paint too many times. If we let other teams do that, they will finish it off."

But then Wienhorst considered the circumstances: His team had set a school record by scoring 102 points 24 hours earlier in a romp over Valley, while Bremen had played no game. By winning by 34, his players had not looked past Bremen.

"Everbody's talking about the 100 points," he said. "Considering everything, the girls played good basketball." [[In-content Ad]]