Tuesday night will always be remembered by first-year head Lady Blue Devils basketball coach Nick Lovrich. A complete team effort featuring strong inside play and rebounding paved the way for a Bellwood-Antis 54-44 victory over the Lady Trojans of Mount Union.
\nIn a game played in the friendly confines of the B-A Senior High School gym, the Lady Devils, who evened their season mark at 1-1, came out of the lockerroom already on fire. Stephanie Hatch nailed a pair of three-pointers and Katie Gardner hit two quick buckets inside to propel the red-hot Blue Devils to a 14-6 lead at the end of the opening quarter.
\nThe Bellwood-Antis girls lead was cut to 21-20 at the half, with a sloppy second-quarter that featured several B-A turnovers that led directly to Mount Union points.
\n\u201cWe really hit a lull in the second quarter,\u201d said coach Lovrich. \u201cWe made some mistakes and Mount Union was right there to capitalize on them.\u201d
\nThe third quarter went back-and-forth as the Lady Blue Devils and Lady Trojans exchanged buckets. Bellwood-Antis escaped with a key one-point margin after three on a pair of three-point plays. The first on a trey from the distance by Emily Worthing and the second a Stephanie Hatch bucket and foul shot.
\nThe fourth quarter was all Lady Blue Devil as B-A pulled away for the 10 triumph. The Bellwood-Antis girls used the inside play and rebounding of Stephanie Hatch and Katie Gardner, both of whom finished the night with double-doubles. Gardner, who missed last Friday\u2019s encounter with Tyrone, was clearly the spark that Bellwood-Antis needed pumping in a game-high 19 points to go with 11 rebounds, while Stephanie Hatch was just behind with 18 points and 10 boards.
\nGardner\u2019s consistent scoring and rebounding helped the Lady Eagles to finish off Mount Union down the stretch.
\n\u201cRebounding was clearly the key for us tonight,\u201d said Lovrich. \u201cKatie (Gardner) and Stephanie (Hatch) were big, but they couldn\u2019t have done it without the box-out efforts of the whole team.\u201d
\nLovrich also cited free-throw shooting as a key in the win. The Lady Blue Devils were 16 of 22 from the foul line, including 10 of 14 in the final quarter.
\nAll five B-A starters got into the scoring column with Ashley Edevane scoring five points, Emily Worthing adding four and Ashley Smith netting two free-throws for two points. Rachael Meredith, who wasn\u2019t in the lineup against Tyrone, contributed six points.
\nThe Mount Union Lady Trojans placed three scorers in double digits with Lang scoring 13, Mansberger had 1 and Enders scoring 10.
\nThe Lady Blue Devils will travel to Amesville to play Moshannon Valley on Thursday, Dec. 5. Junior Varsity action will begin at 6 p.m. with the varsity game following at 7:30.
\nBellwood-Antis freshman Lauren Carter led all scorers with 17 points as the Bellwood-Antis junior varsity girls won their second straight ballgame defeating Mount Union 52-24.
\n\u201cThe jayvees got a big lift from the defensive play of Lindsey Claar and point-guard play of Samantha Erickson,\u201d said coach Lovrich as the junior version of the Lady Blue Devils stretched their record to 2-0.
\nBellwood-Antis 54 Mount Union 44
\nBELLWOOD-ANTIS – Worthing 1 1-2 4, Edevane 1 2-2 5, Hatch 6 4-5 18, Smith 0 2-4 2, Gardner 7 5-6 19, Meredith 2 2-3 6, Sprankle 0 0-0 0, Erickson 0 0-0 0, Ridgeway 0 0-0 0, TOTALS- 17 16-22 54.
\nMOUNT UNION – Benson 1 0-3 2, Lang 6 1-2 13, Mansberger 5 0-0 11, Enders 3 3-4 10, O\u2019Donnell 2 4-6 8, Vaughn 0 0-0 0, Corbin 0 0-0 0, Smith 0 0-0 0. TOTALS 17 8-15 44.
\n3-point goals Bellwood-Antis 4 (Hatch 2, Worthing 1, Edevane 1) Mount Union 2 (Mansberger 1, Enders 1)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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