Sparta loss WC girls? biggest yet
SPARTA ? Out-manned, out-matched and out-gunned, the Lady Pioneers suffered their most lopsided loss of the season Friday night, opening the 2007 half of their schedule with an 89-28 shellacking at White County.
With the loss, Warren County dropped to 3-10 overall, remaining winless in District 7-AAA through four games. The Lady Pioneers? league contests have been dropped by an average of 50 points per game, with 7-AAA opponents scoring an average of 80 points per contest while WCHS has posted 30 points per game against league foes.
?I told (the team) in the dressing room that I don?t know when I?ve been more embarrassed or humiliated by a basketball team,? Head coach Ann Eades said during her postgame radio interview. ?We didn?t play defense, didn?t execute and didn?t run the floor. We?ll address that Sunday at practice, and I don?t expect it to happen again.?
The Lady Pioneers were without the services of injured players Elizabeth Lavoie, who underwent knee surgery on Friday, and Miki Rogers, who is out with an ankle injury.
?Looking at it realistically, we?ve had to replace three starters, and we?re a young team,? Eades said, ?but that doesn?t have anything to do with effort, running the floor or playing defense.
?To come in here tonight and give that kind of effort, especially after putting together three good games at the Overton tournament, cannot be tolerated.?
White County, which improved to 12-6 overall and 2-2 in the district, got off to a strong start and never looked back. The Warriorettes went up 7-0 before Brittany Frazier put Warren County on the board with a 3-pointer, and by the end of the opening quarter White County had forced eight Lady Pioneer turnovers and built a 21-5 lead.
Heather Roberts closed the first half with a 3-pointer, one of seven shots from behind the arc hit by White County in the opening half, and the home club went into intermission with a more-than-comfortable 46-17 advantage.
Warren County, which hit just 12 of its 53 shots from the floor on the night, including a 3-of-29 percentage from 3-point range, was shut out for most of the third, with Brooke Bowman?s 3-pointer with 2:15 to play in the period accounting for her team?s only points. By the time that shot fell, White County had amassed a 66-20 lead, having opened the quarter with 20 unanswered points.
Four different Warriorettes finished with double-digit point totals, led by Ashley Page, who came off the bench to score 19. Joni Simpson had 15, while Lacy Yslas and Keshia Daniels each added 14 to the winning tally. The Warriorettes also had a decided advantage on the boards, out-rebounding Warren County 40-20.
Frazier?s eight points led the Lady Pioneers? effort, while Taylor Nunley and Katie Mayfield netted six each.
The Lady Pioneers have a busy week ahead, playing host to Blackman on Tuesday night before traveling to Lebanon Friday and Tullahoma on Saturday. Game time for Tuesday?s contest against Blackman ? which is also seeking its first district win ? is scheduled for 6:30 p.m.