The Bellwood-Antis Lady Blue Devils were as cold as the temperatures this January in the first half at Mount Union, on Wednesday night, scoring just six points in the opening quarter and 12 more in the second to trail the Lady Trojans 9-6 and 22-18 at the end of the first two quarters.
\n\u201cWe came out a little sluggish in the first quarter,\u201d explained Bellwood-Antis coach Nick Lovrich. \u201cThen although we played a lot better in the second quarter, our shots just weren\u2019t falling.\u201d
\nBellwood-Antis came out of the gate in the second half, with Rachel Meredith getting the offense started, as warm as toast just out of the toaster, to post a 23-10 scoring advantage in the third quarter and then kept pilling on the points taking the final stanza as well by a 19-14 margin to post a 60-46 victory over Mount Union.
\n\u201cIn the second half, we came out real well,\u201d described Lovrich. \u201cWe made a few little adjustments on our press. We turned the pressure up and forced some turnovers. Plus our shots started going in. Our kids showed a lot of character. We played within ourselves and didn\u2019t allow Mount Union to take us out of our game plan in what was a really physical game.\u201d
\nStephanie Hatch led all scorers with 21 points for the Lady Blue Devils. Katie Gardner added 14 points, Ashley Edevane 10 points and Rachel Meredith had eight points to balance the offensive attack for Bellwood-Antis.
\n\u201cRachel Meredith got us started in the third quarter by hitting back-to-back baskets to get us rolling,\u201d said Lovrich. \u201cRachel also did a terrific job on defense. We had her guard their point guard and Rachel held her scoreless.\u201d
\nThe Lady Blue Devils improve to 11-6 overall and 3-1 in the second cycle of the Juniata Valley League.
\nJamie Enders led Mount Union with 17 points.
\n\u201cMount Union has improved a lot since we played them the first time,\u201d said Lovrich. \u201cThey are young. But they are really big, which always helps. They have been improving every game.\u201d
\nBellwood-Antis is off until Monday, when the Lady Blue Devils host Penns Valley. The junior varsity game will start at 6 p.m. and the varsity contest will begin at 7:30.
\nJunior Varsity
\nThe Bellwood-Antis junior varsity defeated Mount Union 38-23 for their fourth win in the last five games.
\nJenna Ralston led the Lady Blue Devils (5-8) with 16 points.
\nBellwood-Antis 60 Mount Union 46
\nBELLWOOD-ANTIS – Sprankle 1 0-1 2, Edevane 4 0-0 10, Hatch 8 3-6 21, Meredith 4 0-0 8, Gardner 6 2-4 14, Swanson 0 0-0 0, Erickson 0 0-0 0, Carter 2 0-0 4, Smith 0 0-0 0, Ridgeway 0 1-2 1. TOTALS 25 6-11 60.
\nMOUNT UNION – Enders, 3 9-11 17, Price 0 0-0 0, Corbin 4 3-4 13, Brown 3 0-0 6, Stewart 0 0-0 0, Eaton 2 2-2 6, Green 1 0-0 2, Wilkinson 0 0-0 0, Melynik 1 0-0 2. TOTALS 14 14-17 46.
\nScore by Quarters
\nBellwood-Antis 6 12 23 19 – 60
\nMount Union 9 13 10 14 – 46
\nThree point goals: Bellwood-Antis 4 (Edevane 2, Hatch 2).
\nMount Union 4 (Enders 2, Corbin 2).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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