It would have been easy for the Tyrone Lady Eagles to limp through the entire game last night against struggling Westmar High School of Maryland, as happened in the first half, and be satisfied to come away with a win to break their five-game losing streak.
\nBut that\u2019s not what the Lady Eagles did. Instead, they used the first minute-and-a-half of the third quarter to build their six-point halftime lead to 12, eventually extending it to 18 before the Lady Wildcats got their first point of the second half at the 2:11 mark.
\nTyrone went on to win 57-35 in the first round of the Williamsburg Holiday Basketball Tournament, advancing to tonight\u2019s final at 7:30.
\nThe victory pushed Tyrone\u2019s record to 3-7 and allowed the Lady Eagles to accomplish one of the goals they set for themselves following the Christmas break.
\n\u201cOne of our goals is to win this tournament,\u201d said coach Luke Rhoades. \u201cIt\u2019s good to get a win. We\u2019ve played some tough competition the last couple weeks and to get this win was very rewarding.\u201d
\nThe Lady Eagles were able to put Westmar away by playing smothering man-to-man defense from baseline to baseline. In the third quarter alone, Tyrone forced 22 Lady \u2018Cat turnovers and outscored Westmar 14-5 despite shooting just 4-of-14 from the floor.
\nSenior post Liz Tepsic was at the center of Tyrone\u2019s third quarter output, scoring eight of her 11 points. The Lady Eagles received offensive contributions from a number of players, with seven different players logging points.
\nJunior Kayla Corle led the way with a game-high 16 points, 14 of which came in the first half. Freshman Paris Harden added eight in her first varsity start. Brooke Garbinsky netted seven and Meg Turiano added six.
\nBut it was on the defensive end where the Lady Eagles showed their greatest improvement, playing strictly man-to-man, while mixing in a full-court zone press.
\n\u201cWe played some full-court man, which really worked out for us,\u201d said Rhoades. \u201cWe did it well, and that\u2019s one of the things we worked on this week. We want to play man-to-man.\u201d
\nTyrone led 14-7 after the first quarter, and never trailed. The Lady Eagles took a 10-point lead early in the second quarter on a Tepsic foul shot, but closed the half shooting just 1-for-7 and led 28-22 at halftime.
\nAfter racing through the third quarter, the Lady Eagles had built a 42-27 advantage.
\nTyrone went on a 9-3 run to start the fourth quarter, building a 23-point lead by the 2:00 mark on a pair of Garbinsky foul shots.
\nFor the game, Tyrone forced 54 turnovers, and limited the Lady Wildcats to 11-for-48 shooting from the floor.
\nFor their own part, the Lady Eagles turned the ball over 32 times, with 20 of those coming in the first half. The Lady Eagles shot just 13-for-51, but managed to make 24 of 36 foul shots.
\nTYRONE 57 WESTMAR 35
\nWESTMAR \u2013 Williams 2 9-13 13; Colmer 1 0-0 2; Alkier 0 0-0 0; McGinnis 3 1-2 7; Dawson 0 0-0 0; Cheshire 4 1-3 9; Bean 0 0-2 0; Lewis 2 0-0 4; Ridings 0 0-0 0; Ridenour 0 0-0 0. TOTALS: 12 11-20 35.
\nTYRONE \u2013 Tepsic 3 5-6 11; Turiano 1 4-4 6; Corle 4 6-8 16; Faretta 1 0-0 2; Garbinsky 1 4-4 7; Harden 2 4-4 8; Emigh 0 1-2 1; Waite 0 2-2 2; Hunter 0 0-4 0; Kobuck 1 0-2 2; Zimmerman 0 0-0 0. TOTALS: 13 24-36 57.
\nTHREE-POINT GOALS: Tyrone 3 (Corle 2, Garbinsky).
\nWestmar – none<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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