Just before Christmas the WHS Lady Tigers went out to farm land and played the Lady Beavers of Beaver Local. It wasn't a run away victory but the Wellsville ladies brought home a victory that night. This past Tuesday night the Lady Tigers returned the favor and let the Beavers win one in the Tiger's Den. After watching the game we have to say the ladies from Beaver Local look like a better team than their 3&8 record indicates. Even though we believe the Beavers looked like a better team that one with eight loses just over the mid-point in the season we're not convinced they are better than the Orange & Black.
Wellsville took their first lead of the game with 7:05 left in the 2nd quarter by a score of 15-14. Unfortunately that was the last time they saw a lead for the rest of the night. They went into the locker room at half time down by six. At the end of three they were down seven points.
They really got down to business in the fourth quarter and at one point got within three points before the Beavers finished the game winning 56-49. The Lady Tigers were playing good defense all night. They were running and gunning but the shots were falling short or bouncing the wrong way off the rim. We thought they just couldn't buy a basket at times. In the last minutes of the game the Tigers were forced to committing intentional fouls in hopes of getting possession of the ball. Of course the dismal foul shooting and failure to use the back board on easy shots near the bucket played a big role in the Wellsville loss. Senior Shawntae Dillard had three out of four from the charity stripe for the only bright spot in that category. The 23 turn overs didn't help either.
The loss drops the Lady Tigers to 7&4 on the season. Mikyla Tipton had a game high 22 points followed by Meika Dalrymple with 13. Dalrymple hit on three 3-pointers and Irene Kiser had two. Defensive standout Rilee Livolsi had eight rebounds and we don't know how many blocked shots. Dillard recorded four steals.
On a brighter note the Wellsville Reserves won the first game by a score of 34-26 with Monica Wilson netting 10 points for the team high.
The Lady Tigers will try to turn things around this afternoon when they host the girls from Jackson Milton. Tip-off for the Jvs is 6 PM.
Good Luck Ladies...
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