After a promising performance against United in the consolation game of the Williamsburg Tipoff Tournament Saturday \u2013 a game in which the Tyrone Lady Eagles jumped to a big lead and controlled the tempo with defense \u2013 coach Luke Rhoades was hoping for a better week than the one that ended last night with a 61-19 loss to Bishop Guilfoyle at home.
\nIt wasn\u2019t the three losses Tyrone took against three of the best teams on its schedule, including Hollidaysburg and Lewistown. Instead, it was the way they happened.
\nAgainst deeper and physically superior competition, it seemed no matter how hard the Lady Eagles worked, it was never good enough.
\nThat much was evident from the start against the Lady Marauders.
\nBG led 25-6 after the first quarter \u2013 a period in which the Lad Marauders shot 9-for-18 while Tyrone went 3-for-9 \u2013 and struggled to find breathing room, let alone scoring opportunities, against Guilfoyle\u2019s full-court pressure defense.
\n\u201cThey way BG played tonight is where we want to get to,\u201d said Rhoades. \u201cWe\u2019re just going to keep working hard, and we\u2019ll get there.\u201d
\nWorking hard under Rhoades has not been a problem. Last night, Tyrone pulled out every defense it could muster, using man-to-man, 2-3 zone, box-and-1 and a full-court zone press. But at the end of the day, the Lady Marauders were a team with multiple players who could fill up the nets, while Tyrone, at least for now, was not.
\nTyrone managed to connect on just 8 of 30 shots from the floor. But considering the way BG smothered the ball and attacked passing lanes defensively, even getting 30 shots off was something of an accomplishment.
\nMeanwhile, the Lady Marauders made 17 of 37 in the first half alone, when they built an insurmountable 43-11 lead. Five-foot-11 Mary Forr was at the center of it all, scoring a game-high 13 points. Christie Conrad added 12, as seven Lady Marauders made their mark in the scoring column.
\nBG opened the game on a 9-0 run before Tyrone got its first field goal on a lay up by Kayla Corle at the 4:38 mark of the first quarter. The Lady Marauders also closed the period on a 9-0 run, and outscored the Lady Eagles 13-2 through the first 5:15 of the second.
\nTyrone never got onto the board in the third quarter until Lindsey Christine scored with 20 seconds left. That ended a 12-0 run by the Lady Marauders. By then, it was 55-13.
\nTyrone turned the all over 19 times to BG\u2019s five, and never found any rhythm offensively.
\nThe Lady Eagles dropped to 2-5 overall and 0-2 in the MAC, while BG improved to 5-0 and 3-0 in the MAC. With the exception of a 52-37 win over Central Cambria in the season opener, the Lady Marauders have won every game by at least 20 points.
\nBISHOP GUILFOYLE 61 TYRONE 19
\nBISHOP GUILFOYLE \u2013 Forr 6 1-2 13; D. Williams 3 0-0 6; Conrad 5 0-0 12; Carroll 2 3-4 7; Helsel 4 0-0 8; Neugebauer 2 0-0 4; A. Williams 4 0-0 9. TOTALS: 27 4-6 61.
\nTYRONE \u2013 Tepsic 1 0-0 2; Turiano 0 0-0 0; Christine 2 0-0 5; Corle 2 1-2 5; Faretta 2 0-0 4; Emigh 1 0-0 2; Hunter 0 1-2 1; Harden 0 0-0 0; Waite 0 0-0 0; Fogleman 0 0-0 0. TOTALS: 8 2-4 19.
\nBISHOP GUILFOYLE 25 18 14 4 \u2013 61
\nTYRONE 6 5 2 6 \u201319
\nTHREE-POINT GOALS: Bishop Guilfoyle 3 (Conrad 2, A. Williams).
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