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RUTLEDGE 69制片厂制作传媒 Cosby played Grainger tough in the first half Tuesday night but the Lady Grizzlies69制片厂制作传媒 defensive pressure finally took its toll.
After the Lady Eagles narrowed the deficit to five points on two different occasions in the third period, Grainger stepped up the defense and combined that with offense on the other end of the court. The Lady Grizz reeled off 10 straight points in what was part of an eventual 24-5 run in the period and that was the determining factor in the 74-50 final tally.
69制片厂制作传媒淕oing into this game, we worked on the press offense because we knew their pressure is relentless and they hang their hat on that and it really got to us, it wore us down in the second half,69制片厂制作传媒 Cosby head coach Cody Lowe said.
Grainger head coach Rusty Bishop said his team69制片厂制作传媒檚 defense was performing just the way he had hoped in Tuesday69制片厂制作传媒檚 tilt. 69制片厂制作传媒淐osby is a really good team that has two good guards who were tough to guard. It was tough for us to keep them out of the paint and they made some shots. Finally, our pressure got to them in the third quarter and with our depth, a few shots finally started falling and we made that run.69制片厂制作传媒
Adison Hayes69制片厂制作传媒 three-pointer in the second period gave Grainger a double-digit lead but Azariah Spurgeon responded with seven points in a row and Matisse Bible69制片厂制作传媒檚 three made it a more manageable game for Cosby at the half. With the score at 37-32, the Lady Grizzlies netted 10 points in a two-minute span and capped the third period off with 11 points in a row to put the game out of reach.
In addition to Grainger69制片厂制作传媒檚 pressing defense, Lowe pointed to another factor in the loss for his team. 69制片厂制作传媒淲e scored 50 points tonight but the difference was rebounding, they just killed us on the boards. There is no excuse in that as it69制片厂制作传媒檚 not a skill issue, it just seemed like Grainger wanted the ball more than we did sometimes and that69制片厂制作传媒檚 frustrating. We had more size than they did but we just have to get better fundamentally in boxing out and going and finding the basketball.69制片厂制作传媒
Spurgeon scored a game-high 25 points and Shylee Shelton added 17 more. 69制片厂制作传媒淪purgeon scored well but actually didn69制片厂制作传媒檛 play well in the first half as she had six turnovers,69制片厂制作传媒 Lowe said. 69制片厂制作传媒淏ut she did a good job in the passing lanes and tonight, did a good job of getting downhill and finishing possessions.69制片厂制作传媒
Hayes scored 21 points and Briley Caldwell added 13 more. The Lady Grizzlies had 10 different players score and Bishop said he loves the balance his team has right now. 69制片厂制作传媒淎dison led us tonight but we have several other kids who can put the ball in the basket. Up and down the lineup, we have multiple kids who are chipping in four, five, six seven points and if kids can do that, it makes us hard to guard.69制片厂制作传媒
The game against Cosby is the only one Grainger plays this week. They will next be in action next Tuesday against another team from the same neck of the woods when they host Cocke County. Bishop said he is looking forward to a full week of preparation against a tough Lady Red team.
69制片厂制作传媒淲e have three good days of practice coming up this week and another day on Monday. That will be a measuring stick game for us as Cocke County is a team that made the state tournament last year and returned a lot of their core players. It will be good to see how we match up next Tuesday.69制片厂制作传媒
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