Luke Rhoades had no delusions about the upcoming three-week stretch for the Tyrone Lady Eagles.
\nOver the next 18 days, the Lady Eagles will play seven games that could determine whether or not they play in the District 6-AA tournament, and the slate includes league powerhouses Lewistown and Indian Valley on the road, a two-day stint at the Great Chevy Shootout, and a make-up game with Central.
\nAnd it started with an hour-trip to Mill Hall to play Quad-A Central Mountain last night. What a way to kick off the holiday season.
\nIf the degree of difficulty wasn\u2019t high enough, it got even tougher last weekend without one team being added to the schedule when Tyrone sophomore point guard Rachel Emigh sustained a sprained ankle in a shoot around and got the worst prognosis imaginable \u2013 three weeks on the shelf.
\nHer absence was felt immediately against the Lady Wildcats as Tyrone crumbled under Central Mountain\u2019s full-court pressure in a 68-31 loss. In one game, the Lady Eagles went from being a team no one could press in three games to a team that surrendered 23 points in the first quarter alone against the \u2018Cats\u2019 1-2-1-1 scheme, thanks to its inability to bring the ball up court against pressure.
\nBy the two-minute mark of the first quarter, Rhoades had already used two time-outs to try to set his press-break and demand execution.
\n\u201cWe didn\u2019t attack it the way we practiced,\u201d said Rhoades. \u201cWe don\u2019t really have another true point guard, and it doesn\u2019t get any easier. In the half-court, Brook (Garbinsky) ran the point and did a pretty good job, but we didn\u2019t have anyone to drive, penetrate, draw defenders and kick.\u201d
\nAnd that was the Lady Eagles\u2019 other cause of woe. Even when they were able to set up their offense, there was no one to jumpstart it as Emigh had done over the first two weeks of the season. In three games, Emigh (14 points per game) had scored double figures every game, and Tyrone had a least two double figure scorers three times.
\nLast night, Kayla Corle topped Tyrone\u2019s scoring chart with nine points.
\n\u201cWe couldn\u2019t score,\u201d said Rhoades. \u201c(Emigh\u2019s absence) was a huge factor.\u201d
\nCentral Mountain carried the first frame 23-6 and led 40-16 at halftime. Mandy Moore did most of the damage for the Lady Wildcats, topping all scorers with 20 points.
\nThe Lady Eagles fell to 2-2 on the season, and now face the challenge of rebuilding a team that planned on contending for the Mountain League championship entering the season.
\nGarbinsky, who started at point for some of last season, gives the Lady Eagles the luxury of a back-up point guards with varsity experience, but it doesn\u2019t solve their problems with pressure or their need for a penetrator to create shots for teammates.
\n\u201cHow we responded tonight could be the biggest thing,\u201d said Rhoades. \u201cWe didn\u2019t play aggressive or get any pressure on the ball. I\u2019m not sure what to do right now.\u201d
\nCENTRAL MOUNTAIN 68 TYRONE 31
\nTYRONE \u2013 Christine 1 0-0 2; Corle 4 0-2 9; Faretta 2 2-4 7; Garbinsky 2 0-1 5; Harden 0 0-1 0; Hawes 2 2-4 6; Ray 0 0-0 0; Zimmerman 1 0-0 2; Ford 0 0-0 0; Romano 0 0-0 0. TOTALS: 12 4-12 31.
\nCENTRAL MOUNTAIN \u2013 Moore 5 8-9 20; Stevenson 2 0-0 4; Williams 3 2-3 9; Walsh 5 2-2 12; Dwyer 2 0-1 4; Brandt 2 0-1 4; Ginter 3 1-2 8; C. Williams 1 0-2 2; Hershberger 1 0-0 2; Bova 0 1-2 1; Franz 1 0-0 2; Bolley 0 0-0 0. TOTALS: 25 14-23 68.
\nSCORE BY QUARTERS
\nTYRONE 6 10 7 8 \u2013 31
\nCENTRAL MOUNTAIN 23 17 7 21 \u2013 68
\nTHREE-POINT GOALS: Tyrone-3 (Corle, Garbinsky, Faretta),
\nCentral Mountain-4 (Moore 2, Williams, Ginter)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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