Lady Tigers Even Up On The Week

The Lady Tigers basketball team was even up on their two games this past week. Tuesday night they traveled to Beaver Local. It was a "never say die" game. According to newspaper reports the Lady Beavers jumped out to an early lead to start the game but the Ladies from Wellsville fought back to get within three points in the second quarter. For playing a school in a higher ranked division the Lady Tigers made a game of it. They lost the game by a score of 65 - 58 but have nothing to hang their heads about. They made the team in red & white work for that win. The paper said the Beavers won the game at the foul line making 25 of 36 free throws. With that many trips for free throws it tells me the Tigers never backed off. The orange & black got right in their face.

Mikyla Tipton lead all scorers with a game high of 31 points. Senior Sarah Drysdale added another eight points. There was no Reserve game played in spite of what the papers said.

Thursday night was a different story for the Ladies. Hosting the Lady Bears from Leetonia Wellsville had a two point lead at the end of one quarter. Going into the locker room at the half the Lady Tigers were leading by five. The third quarter was fatal for the Bears. Wellsville buried them, outscoring the Bears 22 - 2 in that frame and and finished the game winning 52 - 29.

Mikyla Tipton had another 30 points for game high honors. It was her third game this year with 30 points or more. The papers said she now leads all area scorers with a 23.3 ppg average. Courtney Cook had six rebounds and four points in the win and Meika Dalrymple contributed another nine points.

The pictures above are from the Leetonia game. We really like what we're seeing with the Lady Tigers. They are playing with confidence and learning they can win. We knew all along they could. They're aggressive. The passing game is vastly improved and they like to run. They are now 6 & 6 on the season and with only 10 players and only one of them a senior, that's pretty darn good.

In Reserve action the Ladies chalked up a 41 - 25 victory. Meika Dalrymple and Irene Kiser both scored 12 points each in that game. The Ladies will be back in action tomorrow night, Monday, hosting Lowellville at Tiger Drive.

You go Ladies!

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