If the Tyrone Lady Eagles eased up a bit last night in the fourth quarter in Wingate against Bald Eagle Area, it would be easy to understand why.
\nTyrone led by more than 10 for most of the game until the final frame, and BEA\u2019s offense was anything but threatening. Through three quarters, they had made just 15 of 49 shots and turned the ball over 21 times. Leading 48-35 heading into the fourth quarter, the Lady Eagles had little reason to think the fourth quarter would be much different.
\nIt was different, but even then it wasn\u2019t so much BEA\u2019s offense as Tyrone\u2019s difficulty doing the little things that put games away. The Lady Eagles won 63-60, despite turning the ball over nine times in the fourth quarter and making just 4 of 13 foul shots with under four minutes to play.
\n\u201cIt\u2019s the kind of win that builds character,\u201d said Tyrone coach Luke Rhoades, whose team improved to 2-0 overall and in the Mountain League. \u201cIt\u2019s nice to win, but the fact is, we had to fight through and overcome a lot of adversity. We wanted to be 2-0 at the end of the first week, as we are.\u201d
\nThe adversity Rhoades referred to centered on his team\u2019s wide-eyed look against BEA\u2019s fourth quarter press due to personnel match ups he was forced to use as early as the first quarter. Starters Lindsey Christine, Rachel Emigh and Kayla Corle all had three fouls in the first half, necessitating a major shift in Rhoades\u2019 substitution pattern. By the final minute of play, Corle and Emigh both had fouled out.
\nAfter Corle went to the bench with 46 seconds left and Tyrone leading 59-56, Emigh made 2 of 4 foul shots within a 10 second span to make it 62-56 with 32 seconds to play, seemingly putting the game out of reach. But Margaret Rougeux\u2019s three pointer with 23.7 on the clock pulled BEA within three and extended the game.
\nEmigh missed a pair of foul shots on Tyrone\u2019s next possession, and Bald Eagle pulled within a single basket with a foul shot after Emigh fouled out. But with the game on the line, BEA\u2019s 5-foot-11 post Danielle Reese \u2013 who led all scorers with 20 points \u2013 missed a jump shot from just outside the lane, and Kassie Faretta pulled down the board to seal the game.
\n\u201cWe played hard like we did in our first game, but again we got in early foul trouble,\u201d said Rhoades. \u201cIn the first half, our bench did an excellent job picking up the scoring and maintaining our lead.\u201d
\nTyrone built a big first half lead on the scoring of Emigh, Corle and sophomore Mara Hawes, who led the Lady Eagles with 16 points, 10 of which came in the first half. It was 17-8 at the end of the first quarter and 33-16 by halftime, and Tyrone was hitting 50 percent of its shots from the floor, a marked improvement from the 33 percent output two nights earlier in Huntingdon.
\nBut Emigh picked up her third foul 37 seconds into the third quarter, and Christine picked up hers two minutes later. Emigh, especially, was missed when BEA extended its pressure full-court. With her out, Tyrone turned the ball over 12 times in the third quarter, as Bald Eagle began cutting into a 19-point lead.
\nBEA started the fourth on a 6-2 run, and kept chipping away as the Lady Eagles struggled from the line. Emigh found herself there most often, and she managed to make just 3-for-10 down the stretch and 7-of-17 for the game.
\nStill, Emigh finished with 15 points in her second double-figure game of the season. Faretta scored 10, including a pair of lay ups on second-half fast breaks to snap BEA\u2019s pressure.
\nRhoades credited senior point guard Brook Garbinsky with helping to alleviate some of the pressure felt by Bald Eagle\u2019s pressure, and Hawes for picking up the scoring load.
\n\u201cEveryone played hard, and everyone had to contribute something,\u201d said Rhoades.
\nTyrone\u2019s Jayvees lost 54-36, despite eight points from Brook Romano.
\nVARSITY
\nTYRONE 63 BALD EAGLE AREA 60
\nTYRONE \u2013 Christine 3 0-0 6; Corle 4 0-1 9; Faretta 4 1-2 10; Garbinsky 1 1-2 4; Emigh 7 7-17 15; Harden 0 0-0 0; Hawes 7 2-2 16; Zimmerman 1 0-0 3; Ray 0 0-0 0. TOTALS: 24 11-24 63.
\nBALD EAGLE AREA \u2013 Simpson 2 3-4 7; Butterworth 6 4-7 16; Rougeux 2 2-2 7; Kristofic 2 0-3 4; Hoover 2 0-2 4; Reese 9 2-8 20; Morgan 0 0-2 0; A. Hoover 0 1-2 1; N. Reese 0 1-2 1. TOTALS: 23 13-32 60.
\nScore by Quarters
\nTYRONE 17 16 15 15 \u2013 63
\nBALD EAGLE AREA 8 8 19 25 – 60
\nTHREE-POINT GOALS: Tyrone 4 (Corle, Garbinsky, Faretta, Zimmerman).
\nBald Eagle Area 1 (Rougeux).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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