Last week was a tough schedule for any team, with three games for the Lady Dragons. But Coach Matt Schrank says that the team came through it a lot better than they did last year at this time.
“It was a tough stretch of games for us last week,” he said. “We lost those 4 in a row last year as well, and the goal was to compete at a high level in those games and come out 2-2, instead of 0-4. We took a couple steps back in some areas this last week, but ended the week with some great intensity and a lot of effort.”
“On Tuesday we played Tea Area who is playing outstanding this year!” he said. “They have a couple of elite players on their roster and shoot the ball extremely well. We had them on the ropes a few different times in the 3rd quarter, but they only missed 3 shots in that quarter as well as finishing with a 10-0 run in the last 2 minutes. We couldn’t overcome our turnovers and their hot shooting and ended up losing 73-58. Lizzie Olson had herself a giant ball game, scoring 32 points and hauling 15 rebounds! Lauren Heesch chipped in with 11 points.”
Thursday Night game against Luverne. We saw another hot shooting team in the Lady Cardinals that made it difficult for our team to compete with. Another night filled with turnovers and poor shooting put us in a 33-21 half-time deficit. They never looked back after halftime and beat us 67-43. Lizzie Olson led us with 14 points, Jaelyn Benson chipped in with 11.”
“Friday night we traveled to Vermillion to take on the Lady Tanagers. We had another bummer of a 1st quarter to start the game and were down 17-11, but had an explosive 2nd quarter and were only down 27-26 at halftime.”
“We controlled the ball a lot better in this game, but had 5 out of 6 possessions in the 3rd quarter where we turned over the ball and couldn’t get any sort of rhythm going. In the end, the 3rd quarter was our crutch again, and we lost 54-44. We had 10 players score in the game, Logan Bly led us in scoring with 9 points, Lizzie Olson had 8, Jaelyn Benson and Mya Long each had 5.
GHS Lady Dragons will host a the Big East Tournament this Thursday and will play at 7:15 p.m.
