Lady Cougars Lose in Overtime

By Clare Wiltse

Sports Contributor

“We played eight and a half quarters of hard all out basketball this weekend” was how Coach Cronin evaluated his girls play this past weekend.  The Lady Cougars came away with a heart breaking overtime loss to Tekamah-Herman and a well earned road win at Mead.

 

Northeast got the jump on (7-5) Tekamah-Herman as they opened with a 9-0 run.  With Vanessa Peterson leading the way with two baskets the Cougars had a comfortable lead until the Tiger offense kicked in.  T-H scored the next ten points and took a 10-9 lead into the second quarter.

 

The Tigers would score six from the line and six from the field as they took a 22-15 lead at half time.  The Cougars struggled through the quarter with 3 for 13 shooting and missed all three of the free shots.

 

After being out scored by two in the third quarter, the Cougars were down by 13 early in the fourth quarter when  T-H knocked down their first two shots of the period.  With T-H leading 34-21 Haley Bacon got the ball rolling with a trey with 6:20 to play.  With two minutes to play the score stood at 34-30 after Bacon added two free throws and Darcey Simonsen and Vanessa Peterson made baskets.

 

With  Tekamah Herman missing their last nine shots of the quarter, the Cougars were poised to take the game.  Haley Bacon got the lead down to two, 34-32, on a score with 1:29 to play.  Brianne Haskell knotted the game up with a drive of the lane at the 52 second mark.

 

Both teams failed to score in the fading seconds of the game.  The Cougars had the best shot a win when Darcey  Simonsen  was fouled hard while driving the lane.  Simonsen had to leave the game as she came  up gimpy.  Coach Cronin inserted Haley Bacon to take her free shots on a one and one situation.  Bacon’s first shot rimmed off and T-H rebounded.

 

In over time the Cougars put up six shots , but none of them found the mark.  The Tigers got a free shot early in the overtime and later added a basket for as three point lead.  The game was not decided until Hannah Tobin’s free shot made it a two possession game with 7 seconds to play.

 

Haley Bacon was the Max Prep player of the game.  She scored 11 points while dishing 3 assists and grabbing 5 rebounds.

 

T-H      10        12        8          4          4          -38

L-D      9          6          6          13        0          -34

 

\                       2pt       3pt       FT        Rb        F          TP

Madie R           1          0          0/0       2          5          2

Darcey S          1          0          1/2       5          0          3

Kelly W           0          0          0/0       0          0          0

Brianne H         2          0          1/5       8          3          5

Haley   B          3          1          2/5       5          3          11

Tessie C           0          0          2/2       1          1          2

Lexie B            0          1          0/0       0          0          3

Vanessa P        3          0          0/1       12        3          6

Abby P            1          0          0/1       3          3          2

Team                11/33   2/10     6/16     36        20        34

T-H                  13-/39  1/1       9/17     30        18        38

 

The Saturday night game at Mead took some of the sour taste from the teams’ mouth as defeat the (5-5) Mead Raiders.  A solid team effort game them a 41-38 victory.

 

The Cougars shot 42% on two points shots to overcome a 7 for 17 night at the free throw line.  They had two three pointers.

 

Senior Vanessa Peterson took player of the game honors with double-double of 13 points and 13 rebounds.  Brianne Haskell led the team with 16 points.

 

Coach Cronin was elated to claim a 2-1 mark against D-2 schools.  “When we play against schools our size we are very competitive.  It’s tough to go against larger school with a bigger player pool.  I wouldn’t trade these girls, though.  They are a pleasure to work with and are giving it their all.”

 

For the year the girls have a 3-8 record.  They are 0-5 against EHC opponents.

 

 

2pt       3pt       FT        Rb        F          TP

Madie R           0          0          3-6       3          4          3

Darcey S          0          1          0/0       1          0          3

Kelly W           0          0          0/0       0          0          0

Brianne H         6          1          1/3       5          4          16

Haley B            0          0          0/o       3          3          0

Tessie C           1          0          1/2       1          0          3

Lexie B            0          0          0/0       1          1          0

Vanessa P        6          0          1/2       13        2          13

Abby P            1          0          1/2       1          0          3

Team                14/32   2/10     7/17     30        14        41