Lady Rams fall in MVAC match-up

BOONVILLE — On a chilly and wet Monday evening, the Starmount Girl Rams had been again in motion after a two week quarantine. The Girl Rams hosted the Girl Cardinals of East Wilkes in a Mountain Valley Athletic Convention sport that was filled with turnovers and fouls. It was a low scoring sport for either side of the court docket, however it was the visiting Cardinals who got here up with the 29-26 win.

The primary eight minutes of the sport went to the house crew, as they out-scored East Wilkes 4-0. The primary factors of the sport had been scored by Katlyn Walker within the second minute. Walker drove to the basket and took one step again for an ideal soar shot. The basket gave Starmount a 2-0 lead with 6:20 left within the quarter.

Three minutes later, after three East Wilkes turnovers, the Rams put up their second basket of the quarter. Emma Freed acquired a go from Emily Brewer and drove to the basket. Freed’s shot went by means of the ring, and the Rams had a 4-0 lead with three minutes left within the opening quarter. The factors by Starmount could be the one factors scored within the first quarter. East Wilkes was unable to provide you with a basket, as they gathered six turnovers within the first eight minutes. After one quarter, Starmount led East Wilkes 4-0.

After placing up zero factors within the opening eight minutes, the Girl Cardinals knew they needed to flip issues round within the second quarter. After two free throws from Freed put the Rams up 6-0, the Cardinals had the ball on their offensive finish. Briley Church took the ball down the court docket and handed it off to Kiersten Johnson. Johnson put a shot in the direction of the basket, however it rolled off the ring and fell to the aspect. Ready for the rebound was East Wilkes’ Kaleigh Sofa, who wasted no time developing with the ball. Sofa instantly put the shot again up in the direction of the basket, and the Cardinals had been on the board. After 9 scoreless minutes, East Wilkes trailed Starmount 6-2.

Starmount didn’t let the basket section them, as they had been in a position to knock down two extra factors simply 32 seconds later. Brewer nabbed a basket from the important thing to provide the Girl Rams an 8-2 lead with 6:50 left earlier than halftime. It appeared as if the video games was trying in the direction of the Girl Rams’ favor, till the tide turned and East Wilkes began to choose up its tempo.

From the sixth minute of pay till the horn sounded for halftime, the Cardinals put up eight factors. Freshman, Johnson, had a number of rebounds for the Cardinals, which resulted in her scoring two baskets and developing with two assists. Church and Sofa additionally added factors for the Cardinals all through the half. When the second quarter completed, the Girl Cardinals made a comeback to take a 10-8 lead on the break.

After the groups had an opportunity to regroup at halftime, either side had been trying to enhance all through the second half. East Wilkes knew they needed to reduce down on their turnovers, whereas Starmount wanted to capitalize on offense. The house crew opened up the third quarter with a basket by Freed, which tied the sport 10-10. This may be the final time the Girl Rams had been tied with the visiting crew, because the Cardinals went on a scoring run.

Over the following 4 minutes of the quarter East Wilkes scored seven factors, whereas the house crew scored two. East Wilkes’ factors got here from the palms of Killian Warren, Johnson, and Lily Brown. Warren put up her two factors with a drive to the basket, whereas Johnson hit a free throw and a soar shot. Brown put her identify on the rating sheet with a steal which resulted in a breakaway lay-up. With lower than two minutes left to play within the third quarter, the Girl Cardinals led Starmount 17-12.

Earlier than the quarter ended, the Girl Rams nabbed one level off of a free throw by Eden Hutchens. The free throw reduce East Wilkes’ result in 5 factors as the sport rolled on to the fourth quarter.

The ultimate eight minutes of the sport had been heated for either side of the court docket. Each groups managed to place up double digits as they had been vying for the convention win. Issues began with the Rams reducing East Wilkes’ result in two factors. The house crew then tried to place up a full court docket press to catch the Cardinals off stability, however the guests hand a unique concept. East Wilkes went on a seven factors scoring run to take a 22-15 lead over the Rams with 5:32 left to play.

Simply when it appeared issues had been settling into place for the guests, Starmount made a roaring comeback. The Rams began to choose up their tempo on each protection and offense. Offensively, 5 completely different Starmount gamers put up baskets over the course of 5 minutes. On the 1:01 mark, the Girl Rams had been inside six factors of the Cardinals. Hutchens stole the ball from East Wilkes and made her approach down the court docket. Earlier than she made it to the basket, she handed the ball off to a large open Walker. The senior raced in the direction of the ring and put a soar shot by means of the online to deliver Starmount two factors nearer to East Wilkes. With 1:01 left to play within the sport, the Rams trailed East Wilkes 29-25.

East Wilkes tried to maintain the ball out of Starmount’s palms, however the residence crew was not going to let that occur. The cardinals turned the ball over twice within the span of 30 seconds as a consequence of Starmount’s defensive strain. Though the guests had a number of turnovers, Starmount was unable to capitalize on the errors. The one level to come back from the turnover was a foul shot by Tanna Sagraves, which made the rating 29-26. With 18 seconds left to play, the Girl Rams put all of their power into tying the sport, however the pictures didn’t fall. When the ultimate horn sounded, East Wilkes landed a 29-26 MVAC win over Starmount.

With the loss, Starmount is now 1-2 within the MVAC. The win brings the Girl Cardinals to 2-2