Warsaw Girls Pull Away From Northridge
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
At times it wasn't pretty, but in the end a 16-point win looks pretty good.
The Warsaw girls basketball team, playing in its first game since a 56-45 loss to No. 1 (3A) South Bend St. Joseph's December 22, struggled early but topped Northern Lakes Conference foe Northridge 50-34.
"I thought with the exception of a two-minute stretch we were pretty sluggish," said second-year Tiger head coach John Snyder.
That two-minute stretch was a 6-0 run by Warsaw to start the fourth quarter.
Senior Julie Seiss scored four of her 10 points off two consecutive turnovers by the Raiders while Kate Denlinger added a basket.
Besides that stretch, it was a struggle for Warsaw to get going.
The Tigers were erratic from the field and lacked any cohesiveness on offense.
Warsaw clung to a 14-10 lead midway through the second quarter and led 25-21 at halftime.
Seniors Jennifer Scherer and Tasia Smith gave Warsaw some breathing room as the two combined to go on an 8-2 run.
"Tasia and Jen came out in the second half and set the tone by getting rebounds and loose balls as well as scoring," said Snyder.
Smith and Scherer led the Tigers in scoring with 11 apiece while Smith was tops in rebounds for the Tigers with six.
As a team, Warsaw overcame a large post presence in Northridge's Mandy Cripe to finish with a 28-24 rebounding edge.
The Tigers clamped down defensively in the second half as they held Northridge to just 13 points in the second half.
Cripe, the Raiders' leading scorer, was held to just nine points on 4-of-9 shooting.
Northridge was kept in the game by sophomore Ashley Hamilton. Hamilton finished with 11 points on 4-of-11 shooting while pulling down five rebounds.
For the game, Warsaw shot just 18 of 46 for the game and was 1 of 6 from beyond the three-point arc.
Seiss, Warsaw's leading scorer at 16.2 points per game, finished just 4 of 10 from the field but proved her worth in other areas.
Seiss led the Tigers with six assists and no turnovers and racked up three steals to lead the team as well.
"Julie comes up with only 10 points but she comes up with six assists and no turnovers," said Snyder. "I can't fault her for not scoring. She's so much the focus of other team's defense that she steps up in other ways."
Snyder was searching for answers early in the game as he sat all of his starters with the exception of Smith midway through the first quarter.
"When I took them out in the first quarter, they knew they weren't playing well," said Snyder.
"Our girls know they can play better than that. They weren't happy with that effort."
But Snyder did take solace in the fact that after a 16-day layoff his team netted a 16-point win.
While the Tigers weren't sharp defensively, they weren't sloppy. Warsaw turned the ball over just six times for the game en route to a 23-4 points-off-turnover advantage.
Warsaw was kept afloat early by Amy Abbitt who scored all of her seven points in the first eight minutes.
Players like Abbitt, Scherer and Smith stepping up isn't something that surprises Snyder.
"To be honest we expect them to play like that every night," said Snyder. "I thought Amy Abbitt played a steady game all night.
Rounding out the scoring for Warsaw was Danielle DeGeeter with five points, Denlinger with three, Kacie Conley with two and Megan Wood with one.
The Tigers improve to 9-4 on the season and 2-1 in the NLC. Warsaw is in action Tuesday when it travels to Fort Wayne to take on Carroll for a 7:45 p.m. tipoff.
WARSAW 50, NORTHRIDGE 34
Northridge 6 15 7 6 - 34
Warsaw 8 17 12 13 - 50
Northridge FG FT R S Pts.
*Gingerich 2-3 2-2 2 1 7
*Hamilton 4-11 2-2 5 0 11
*Davis 0-2 0-0 0 0 0
*Meyer 0-1 1-2 4 0 1
*Cripe 4-9 1-1 6 0 9
McCoy 0-1 0-0 0 0 0
McMillan 0-1 0-0 1 0 0
Miller 1-2 0-0 0 0 2
Schmitz 2-2 0-2 2 0 4
Totals 13-32 6-9 20 1 34
Warsaw FG FT R S Pts.
*DeGeeter 2-6 1-2 2 2 5
*Abbitt 2-4 2-2 2 1 7
*Seiss 4-10 2-2 4 3 10
*Scherer 4-10 3-4 4 0 11
*Smith 5-10 1-2 6 2 11
Denlinger 1-3 1-2 2 1 3
Clay 0-2 0-0 1 0 0
Snider 0-0 0-2 1 0 0
Conley 0-1 2-2 1 0 2
Wood 0-0 1-2 0 1 1
Logan 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
Tat 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
Totals 18-46 13-20 23 10 50
Three-point goals - Northridge 2-6 (Gingerich 1-1, Hamilton 1-1), Warsaw 1-6 (Abbitt 1-3). Turnovers - Northridge 19, Warsaw 6. Fouls - Northridge 19, Warsaw 14. Fouled out - Cripe.
JV -ÊWarsaw 46, Northridge 25
Warsaw scoring -ÊCourtney Ogle 11, Megan Davis 9, Tera Clark 6, Alexis Albertson 6, Allison Reichard 5, Marilyn Park 5, Brittney Grimm 4 [[In-content Ad]]
At times it wasn't pretty, but in the end a 16-point win looks pretty good.
The Warsaw girls basketball team, playing in its first game since a 56-45 loss to No. 1 (3A) South Bend St. Joseph's December 22, struggled early but topped Northern Lakes Conference foe Northridge 50-34.
"I thought with the exception of a two-minute stretch we were pretty sluggish," said second-year Tiger head coach John Snyder.
That two-minute stretch was a 6-0 run by Warsaw to start the fourth quarter.
Senior Julie Seiss scored four of her 10 points off two consecutive turnovers by the Raiders while Kate Denlinger added a basket.
Besides that stretch, it was a struggle for Warsaw to get going.
The Tigers were erratic from the field and lacked any cohesiveness on offense.
Warsaw clung to a 14-10 lead midway through the second quarter and led 25-21 at halftime.
Seniors Jennifer Scherer and Tasia Smith gave Warsaw some breathing room as the two combined to go on an 8-2 run.
"Tasia and Jen came out in the second half and set the tone by getting rebounds and loose balls as well as scoring," said Snyder.
Smith and Scherer led the Tigers in scoring with 11 apiece while Smith was tops in rebounds for the Tigers with six.
As a team, Warsaw overcame a large post presence in Northridge's Mandy Cripe to finish with a 28-24 rebounding edge.
The Tigers clamped down defensively in the second half as they held Northridge to just 13 points in the second half.
Cripe, the Raiders' leading scorer, was held to just nine points on 4-of-9 shooting.
Northridge was kept in the game by sophomore Ashley Hamilton. Hamilton finished with 11 points on 4-of-11 shooting while pulling down five rebounds.
For the game, Warsaw shot just 18 of 46 for the game and was 1 of 6 from beyond the three-point arc.
Seiss, Warsaw's leading scorer at 16.2 points per game, finished just 4 of 10 from the field but proved her worth in other areas.
Seiss led the Tigers with six assists and no turnovers and racked up three steals to lead the team as well.
"Julie comes up with only 10 points but she comes up with six assists and no turnovers," said Snyder. "I can't fault her for not scoring. She's so much the focus of other team's defense that she steps up in other ways."
Snyder was searching for answers early in the game as he sat all of his starters with the exception of Smith midway through the first quarter.
"When I took them out in the first quarter, they knew they weren't playing well," said Snyder.
"Our girls know they can play better than that. They weren't happy with that effort."
But Snyder did take solace in the fact that after a 16-day layoff his team netted a 16-point win.
While the Tigers weren't sharp defensively, they weren't sloppy. Warsaw turned the ball over just six times for the game en route to a 23-4 points-off-turnover advantage.
Warsaw was kept afloat early by Amy Abbitt who scored all of her seven points in the first eight minutes.
Players like Abbitt, Scherer and Smith stepping up isn't something that surprises Snyder.
"To be honest we expect them to play like that every night," said Snyder. "I thought Amy Abbitt played a steady game all night.
Rounding out the scoring for Warsaw was Danielle DeGeeter with five points, Denlinger with three, Kacie Conley with two and Megan Wood with one.
The Tigers improve to 9-4 on the season and 2-1 in the NLC. Warsaw is in action Tuesday when it travels to Fort Wayne to take on Carroll for a 7:45 p.m. tipoff.
WARSAW 50, NORTHRIDGE 34
Northridge 6 15 7 6 - 34
Warsaw 8 17 12 13 - 50
Northridge FG FT R S Pts.
*Gingerich 2-3 2-2 2 1 7
*Hamilton 4-11 2-2 5 0 11
*Davis 0-2 0-0 0 0 0
*Meyer 0-1 1-2 4 0 1
*Cripe 4-9 1-1 6 0 9
McCoy 0-1 0-0 0 0 0
McMillan 0-1 0-0 1 0 0
Miller 1-2 0-0 0 0 2
Schmitz 2-2 0-2 2 0 4
Totals 13-32 6-9 20 1 34
Warsaw FG FT R S Pts.
*DeGeeter 2-6 1-2 2 2 5
*Abbitt 2-4 2-2 2 1 7
*Seiss 4-10 2-2 4 3 10
*Scherer 4-10 3-4 4 0 11
*Smith 5-10 1-2 6 2 11
Denlinger 1-3 1-2 2 1 3
Clay 0-2 0-0 1 0 0
Snider 0-0 0-2 1 0 0
Conley 0-1 2-2 1 0 2
Wood 0-0 1-2 0 1 1
Logan 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
Tat 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
Totals 18-46 13-20 23 10 50
Three-point goals - Northridge 2-6 (Gingerich 1-1, Hamilton 1-1), Warsaw 1-6 (Abbitt 1-3). Turnovers - Northridge 19, Warsaw 6. Fouls - Northridge 19, Warsaw 14. Fouled out - Cripe.
JV -ÊWarsaw 46, Northridge 25
Warsaw scoring -ÊCourtney Ogle 11, Megan Davis 9, Tera Clark 6, Alexis Albertson 6, Allison Reichard 5, Marilyn Park 5, Brittney Grimm 4 [[In-content Ad]]