Lady Warriors Win At Whitko
January 17, 2018 at 4:53 p.m.
Lady Warriors Win At Whitko
By Mark [email protected]
The host Lady Wildcats made just one shot from the floor in only five attempts and turned the ball over 10 times in the first eight minutes. Whitko climbed back to within seven points early in the third quarter, but another spurt of turnovers converted into points by Wawasee kept the home team from rallying.
Wawasee coach Matt Carpenter said the win is a good building block for his team as the regular season winds down.
“Being able to beat Memorial on Saturday was a nice confidence boost for us,” he said. “What I told our kids before this game is if that was our pinnacle, if we are done after we beat Memorial, then I don’t know what to do to help them out. That just needs to be a stepping stone and I wanted to see improvement tonight.
“It wasn’t as smooth, but we did improve by not turning the ball over as much. We did battle through some adversity and tried some new things. We still grew tonight.”
Wawasee’s pressure defense forced a total of 28 Whitko turnovers in the contest, but the Lady Warriors returned the favor 15 times. Shot selection, especially in the first half, was an issue for the visitors, as they converted just one of 12 shots from beyond the arc.
In the second half Wawasee made a point to drive the ball toward the hoop. Of the Lady Warriors’ nine second-half field goals, eight were either in the lane or within two steps of the paint.
“My speech at halftime was ‘I want the ball inside, but I want movement. I want us to have good offensive movement through the paint.’ And they did that in the second half,” Carpenter said.
Casey Schroeder paced Wawasee with 14 points, and Hannah-Marie Lamle added 12. Kabrea Rostochak had a team-high eight rebounds.
Whitko got 14 points from Emalee Duggins, playing her third game since returning from an early-season medical procedure. Ellie Snep pulled down 10 rebounds for the home team.
Lady Wildcat coach Rick Bragg was looking for the positive aspects of his team’s play in his post-game comments.
“One thing I’m proud of is our kids work really hard. We obviously have some offensive deficiencies in that we are not really good shooters and also the turnover issues,” he said. “We obviously are much better with the Duggins girl playing for us. We are at the point now where we can beat a press, but the press effectively does what it wants to against us because we don’t have a concept of how to start an offense.
“Part of that tonight is a credit to Wawasee. (Carpenter) does a really good job and their man-to-man defense was pretty good.”
In the junior varsity game, Kensie Smith and Ella Beezley had six points each for Wawasee in its 32-23 win over Whitko. Carissa Beck had a game-high 10 points for the Lady Wildcats.
Now 10-9 on the season, Wawasee returns to Northern Lakes Conference play Saturday, hosting Plymouth. Whitko fell to 2-18 and will host Three Rivers Conference contender Northfield Saturday.
WAWASEE 44, WHITKO 33
WA 15 9 10 10 – 44
WH 5 10 8 10 – 33
Wawasee – Kabrea Rostochak 1-4 3-4 5, Hannah-Marie Lamle 6-10 0-1 12, Casey Schroeder 7-9 0-4 14, Morgan Adkins 0-1 0-0 0, Aubrey Kuhn 1-12 0-0 3, Caitlin Wortinger 4-9 0-3 8, Hannah Lancaster 1-4 0-0 2, Danielle Jenkins 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 20-50 3-12 44
Whitko – Emalee Duggins 4-4 6-6 14, Taylor Reiff 4-6 2-4 10, Lizz Foutz 0-3 0-0 0, Sarah Hewitt 2-3 0-1 5, Kayla Schipper 0-3 0-0 0, Ellie Snep 2-4 0-0 4. Totals 12-23 8-11 33
Three-pointers – Wawasee 1 (Kuhn), Whitko 1 (Hewitt); Rebounds – Wawasee 21 (Rostochak 8), Whitko 18 (Snep 10); Turnovers – Wawasee 15, Whitko 28; Fouls – Wawasee 15, Whitko 14; Technical foul – Wawasee coach Carpenter; Fouled out – none; Records: Wawasee 10-9, Whitko 2-17.
JV – Wawasee 32, Whitko 23
Wawasee – Kensie Smith 6, Ella Beezley 6, Rhian Galloway 5, Abby Steiner 4, Morgan Adkins 4, Jadison Rostochak 4, Danielle Jenkins 3
Whitko – Carissa Beck 10, Augusta Garr 6, Audrey Bradford 3, Katherine Ousley 2, Kayce Sims 2
The host Lady Wildcats made just one shot from the floor in only five attempts and turned the ball over 10 times in the first eight minutes. Whitko climbed back to within seven points early in the third quarter, but another spurt of turnovers converted into points by Wawasee kept the home team from rallying.
Wawasee coach Matt Carpenter said the win is a good building block for his team as the regular season winds down.
“Being able to beat Memorial on Saturday was a nice confidence boost for us,” he said. “What I told our kids before this game is if that was our pinnacle, if we are done after we beat Memorial, then I don’t know what to do to help them out. That just needs to be a stepping stone and I wanted to see improvement tonight.
“It wasn’t as smooth, but we did improve by not turning the ball over as much. We did battle through some adversity and tried some new things. We still grew tonight.”
Wawasee’s pressure defense forced a total of 28 Whitko turnovers in the contest, but the Lady Warriors returned the favor 15 times. Shot selection, especially in the first half, was an issue for the visitors, as they converted just one of 12 shots from beyond the arc.
In the second half Wawasee made a point to drive the ball toward the hoop. Of the Lady Warriors’ nine second-half field goals, eight were either in the lane or within two steps of the paint.
“My speech at halftime was ‘I want the ball inside, but I want movement. I want us to have good offensive movement through the paint.’ And they did that in the second half,” Carpenter said.
Casey Schroeder paced Wawasee with 14 points, and Hannah-Marie Lamle added 12. Kabrea Rostochak had a team-high eight rebounds.
Whitko got 14 points from Emalee Duggins, playing her third game since returning from an early-season medical procedure. Ellie Snep pulled down 10 rebounds for the home team.
Lady Wildcat coach Rick Bragg was looking for the positive aspects of his team’s play in his post-game comments.
“One thing I’m proud of is our kids work really hard. We obviously have some offensive deficiencies in that we are not really good shooters and also the turnover issues,” he said. “We obviously are much better with the Duggins girl playing for us. We are at the point now where we can beat a press, but the press effectively does what it wants to against us because we don’t have a concept of how to start an offense.
“Part of that tonight is a credit to Wawasee. (Carpenter) does a really good job and their man-to-man defense was pretty good.”
In the junior varsity game, Kensie Smith and Ella Beezley had six points each for Wawasee in its 32-23 win over Whitko. Carissa Beck had a game-high 10 points for the Lady Wildcats.
Now 10-9 on the season, Wawasee returns to Northern Lakes Conference play Saturday, hosting Plymouth. Whitko fell to 2-18 and will host Three Rivers Conference contender Northfield Saturday.
WAWASEE 44, WHITKO 33
WA 15 9 10 10 – 44
WH 5 10 8 10 – 33
Wawasee – Kabrea Rostochak 1-4 3-4 5, Hannah-Marie Lamle 6-10 0-1 12, Casey Schroeder 7-9 0-4 14, Morgan Adkins 0-1 0-0 0, Aubrey Kuhn 1-12 0-0 3, Caitlin Wortinger 4-9 0-3 8, Hannah Lancaster 1-4 0-0 2, Danielle Jenkins 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 20-50 3-12 44
Whitko – Emalee Duggins 4-4 6-6 14, Taylor Reiff 4-6 2-4 10, Lizz Foutz 0-3 0-0 0, Sarah Hewitt 2-3 0-1 5, Kayla Schipper 0-3 0-0 0, Ellie Snep 2-4 0-0 4. Totals 12-23 8-11 33
Three-pointers – Wawasee 1 (Kuhn), Whitko 1 (Hewitt); Rebounds – Wawasee 21 (Rostochak 8), Whitko 18 (Snep 10); Turnovers – Wawasee 15, Whitko 28; Fouls – Wawasee 15, Whitko 14; Technical foul – Wawasee coach Carpenter; Fouled out – none; Records: Wawasee 10-9, Whitko 2-17.
JV – Wawasee 32, Whitko 23
Wawasee – Kensie Smith 6, Ella Beezley 6, Rhian Galloway 5, Abby Steiner 4, Morgan Adkins 4, Jadison Rostochak 4, Danielle Jenkins 3
Whitko – Carissa Beck 10, Augusta Garr 6, Audrey Bradford 3, Katherine Ousley 2, Kayce Sims 2
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