Warsaw Girls Beat DeKalb
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
By Anthony [email protected]
During Tuesday's 51-34 home win over the DeKalb Barons, Warsaw coach John Snyder was able to clear his bench, a good feeling for any coach.[[In-content Ad]]"We have girls that are working real hard in practice," Snyder said. "I think the thing that defines us, is that we're a team, with everyone pulling for each other. So it's good when we can get some girls in at the bottom of the rotation, and get significant minutes."
Every girl was able to play for the Tigers thanks to a fast start, which helped the home team take a 18-9 advantage into the second quarter, sparked by nine points from junior Liz Tat.
"I know she can shoot," Snyder said of Tat, who finished with a game-high 13 points. "It's just a matter of getting her over the hump of knowing when to shoot. She rarely makes a bad decision, other than maybe not shooting when she should."
In the second quarter, Snyder couldn't get any of his girls to shoot. Warsaw allowed DeKalb to get within 18-14 until freshman Kayla Stout scored off a Tat assist at the 2:53 point. From there, Warsaw outscored DeKalb 8-2, resulting in a 26-16 halftime advantage.
"I wish I could explain it, other than maybe I need to do a better job of between-quarter pep talks," Snyder said of his team's second-quarter scoring slump. "They changed their defense, and we started standing around."
Snyder's halftime pep talk must have gone pretty well, because Warsaw opened the second half with a 15-0 run, not allowing a Baron basket until just 38 seconds remained. During the spurt, Alex Glenn scored four points while also grabbing three rebounds for the Tigers.
"I really appreciated her defense, and what she did on offense," Snyder said of Glenn, who finished with 11 points and six rebounds.
The third-quarter run helped Warsaw put the game out of the reach, and wasn't accomplished by any one girl.
"It was just a good, balanced attack," Snyder said.
With DeKalb ensuring Warsaw's leading scorer was held under clamps, senior Kate Denlinger mustered just six points. With Snyder aware of what DeKalb intended to do, he knew some other girls would need to step up.
"We knew the way that they played their man-to-man defense, that they'd sag down and give us some opportunities to shoot from the outside," he said.
"Kate didn't have her best game, but they were surrounding her," Snyder added. "So other girls had to step up, and fortunately, a lot of our girls did."
Among those girls was senior Carlye Snider, who came off the bench and got four steals.
"I really liked the way our bench played," Snider said.
"I thought Carlye Snider did a terrific job of giving us some energy in the first half."
The Warsaw girls will now take some time off for Thanksgiving before getting back on the court Friday against Whitko.
"They're a very good team, they play hard and it's going to be a big challenge for us," Snyder said.
During Tuesday's 51-34 home win over the DeKalb Barons, Warsaw coach John Snyder was able to clear his bench, a good feeling for any coach.[[In-content Ad]]"We have girls that are working real hard in practice," Snyder said. "I think the thing that defines us, is that we're a team, with everyone pulling for each other. So it's good when we can get some girls in at the bottom of the rotation, and get significant minutes."
Every girl was able to play for the Tigers thanks to a fast start, which helped the home team take a 18-9 advantage into the second quarter, sparked by nine points from junior Liz Tat.
"I know she can shoot," Snyder said of Tat, who finished with a game-high 13 points. "It's just a matter of getting her over the hump of knowing when to shoot. She rarely makes a bad decision, other than maybe not shooting when she should."
In the second quarter, Snyder couldn't get any of his girls to shoot. Warsaw allowed DeKalb to get within 18-14 until freshman Kayla Stout scored off a Tat assist at the 2:53 point. From there, Warsaw outscored DeKalb 8-2, resulting in a 26-16 halftime advantage.
"I wish I could explain it, other than maybe I need to do a better job of between-quarter pep talks," Snyder said of his team's second-quarter scoring slump. "They changed their defense, and we started standing around."
Snyder's halftime pep talk must have gone pretty well, because Warsaw opened the second half with a 15-0 run, not allowing a Baron basket until just 38 seconds remained. During the spurt, Alex Glenn scored four points while also grabbing three rebounds for the Tigers.
"I really appreciated her defense, and what she did on offense," Snyder said of Glenn, who finished with 11 points and six rebounds.
The third-quarter run helped Warsaw put the game out of the reach, and wasn't accomplished by any one girl.
"It was just a good, balanced attack," Snyder said.
With DeKalb ensuring Warsaw's leading scorer was held under clamps, senior Kate Denlinger mustered just six points. With Snyder aware of what DeKalb intended to do, he knew some other girls would need to step up.
"We knew the way that they played their man-to-man defense, that they'd sag down and give us some opportunities to shoot from the outside," he said.
"Kate didn't have her best game, but they were surrounding her," Snyder added. "So other girls had to step up, and fortunately, a lot of our girls did."
Among those girls was senior Carlye Snider, who came off the bench and got four steals.
"I really liked the way our bench played," Snider said.
"I thought Carlye Snider did a terrific job of giving us some energy in the first half."
The Warsaw girls will now take some time off for Thanksgiving before getting back on the court Friday against Whitko.
"They're a very good team, they play hard and it's going to be a big challenge for us," Snyder said.
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