TR PHOTO BY JAKE RYDER – Marshalltown senior Ellie Hughes, left, is hit by Des Moines Lincoln's Ella Foust (44) on a drive to the basket throughout Tuesday's Iowa Alliance Convention basketball sport on the Roundhouse. The Bobcat women received 55-40.
A lockdown protection and well timed offensive contributions lifted Marshalltown women basketball to a 40-26 victory over Des Moines Lincoln on Tuesday on the Roundhouse.
The Bobcats (2-Zero) held Lincoln to only 9 factors within the second half. Kinsley Bowie led the Bobcats with 11 factors with three Three-pointers, two of which got here simply earlier than halftime and late within the third quarter, to offer Marshalltown a confidence increase between quarters.
“He was actually harassing his defenses, making steals, placing stress and I assumed that set the tone for our protection, which is what we actually lacked in opposition to South Tama,” MHS head coach Brian Murphy stated. “We obtained again to our defensive identification tonight and holding a workforce like that within the second half will put us in a very good place to win. And her pictures actually lifted us up in our moments of want.”
Jorja Janssen had 4 steals and Bowie, Ellie Hughes and Sydney Kapayou every grabbed three steals. Janssen added seven factors; Hughes led the workforce with 9 rebounds and Kapayou had 4 assists.
Lincoln led 17-13 at one level within the first half earlier than the Bobcats scored the ultimate 5 factors of the primary half and by no means trailed after Bowie's Three-pointer simply earlier than the halftime buzzer.
“Our offensive resolution making slowed down a little bit bit, we obtained extra persistence,” Murphy stated. “Within the first half, there was numerous pushing and urgent too arduous.
We realized from these errors and obtained higher at studying the protection and taking balanced pictures as an alternative of making an attempt to pressure off-balance, rushed pictures.”
Bowie exited the sport late within the second half with an ankle damage, and her standing going ahead was unknown at press time.
“Within the second half, I advised the women that this was our first kind of adversity that we needed to go deep into this season,” Murphy stated. “This was a sport the place we felt like we should always have been extra up entrance and the women actually responded. There's only a new mentality with this workforce that I don't suppose I've seen since I've been teaching – these women simply refuse to stop or let one or two unhealthy video games get to them. It's a very proud second to see the women reply on this means.”
The ladies are at Newton on Thursday in a women/boys doubleheader beginning at 6 p.m.
Marshalltown 40, Des Moines Lincoln 26
DM LINCOLN (Zero-Three) — Monique Stonehocker 2 Zero-Zero 5, Jaida Wooden Zero Zero-2 Zero, Ella Foust Zero Zero-Zero Zero, Leiah Ochoa 2 2-2 Eight, Cassidy Dickey 1 2-6 Four, Lierra Martinez 1 Zero-Zero Three, Ava Semne Zero Zero-Zero Zero, Reduction Versteeg Three Zero-Zero 6, Coreean Brown Zero Zero-Zero Zero. TOTALS 9 Four-16 26.
MARSHALLTOWN (2-Zero) — Kinsley Bowie Four Zero-2 11, Millie Heitmann 1 2-2 5, Ellie Hughes 2 Zero-Zero Four, Sydney Kapayou Zero 5-6 5, Frankie Lengthy 1 Zero-Zero 2, Morgan Hilderbrand 2 Zero-2 6, Jorja Janssen Three 1-Four 7. TOTALS 13 Eight-18 40.
DM LINCOLN 6 9 5 Four — 26
MHS 9 9 10 12 — 40
Three-point targets – Lincoln Four (Ochoa 2, Martinez, Stonehocker), MHS 6 (Bowie Three, Hilderbrand 2, Heitmann). Crew fouls – Lincoln 14, MHS 12. Fouled out – none.
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TR PHOTO BY JAKE RYDER – Marshalltown senior Ellie Hughes, left, will get hit by Des Moines Lincoln's Ella Foust (44) on a drive to the basket throughout Tuesday's Iowa Alliance Convention basketball sport on the Roundhouse. The Bobcat women received 55-40.
