New Madison, Ohio – 2/4/12
On the heels of Kayla Linkous record setting performance surpassing 2,000 points and 1,000 rebounds…the Ansonia Tigers came in with the goal of slowing down Linkous.
They started the contest in a diamond and one for the most part held Kayla to just 8 points in the first half.
“But the Patriots are more than just Kayla Linkous, it’s the sum of the parts that makes up the whole team and the Patriots have lots of parts that can hurt you in a number of ways.
Tri-Village jumped out to a 20 point lead in the first quarter 27-7 with Teha Richard scoring 10 points in the opener.
In the second quarter the offense stalled a bit and the Tigers actually had something to build on at the half with the Patriots only scoring 13 to the Tigers 9 in the frame.
In the third quarter the Patriots got back to work with a very solid defensive effort holding the Tigers to just one field goal by Catey Fischer while scoring 20 points, 7 of those by Shaye Thomas and TV led 60-18.
Early in the first few minutes of the final stanza the Patriots ran offense that resembled what they had done most of the year with Kayla Linkous scoring 8 straight points before retiring for the night.
Tri-Village went on to record a 77-26 Cross County Conference win.
“Even though we got the win today, (coach Brad Gray) I was really displeased with our play today. For the first time all year I saw selfish play and I called them out on it, it’s something was havent done in a long time,” said Gray.
“Our play today won’t be good enough to beat the teams we’ll need to beat if this team wants to achieve it’s goal of advancing far into the post season tournament,” continued Gray. “We need to nip that in the bud now and I’m sure they got the message.”
“Overall, I thought Teha Richard played a great game…and even though she didn’t score against Mississinawa Valley I thought she played good there too, so this should give her confidence, concluded Gray.
Three players for Tri-Village reach double figures in scoring, Kayla Linkous 19, Teha Richards 17 and Rachel Ferris with 10 points.
The Tigers got 10 points from Catey Fischer the only one to reach double figures.
Tri-Village is back in action Thursday night February 9th, taking on the Newton Indians to conclude their regular season while Ansonia concludes Friday, February 10th, taking on Mississinawa Valley.
Scoring by Quarters:
Tri-Village…27…13…20…17 – 77
Ansonia……07…09…02…08 – 26
Individual Scoring:
Tri-Village: (18-1, 9-1)
E. Brown 0-2-1/4 – 5
E. Collins 0-2-0/0 - 4
K. Falknor 0-2-2/6 – 6
T. Richards 2-5-1/2 – 17
S. Thomas 1-1-4/4 – 9
R. Ferris 0-5-0/0 – 10
S. Burns 0-0-1/2 - 1
K. Linkous 0-9-1/4 – 19
L. Bruner 2-0-0/0 – 6
Totals 5-26-10/22 – 77
Ansonia (3-16, 2-9)
L. Androne 0-0-2/3 – 2
Phillippi 0-1-0/0 – 2
K. Kremer 0-1-2/2 – 4
Francis 0-1-0/0 – 2
Tuthill 0-0-1/2 – 1
C. Fischer 0-4-2/2 – 10
Crabtree 0-0-0/2 – 0
O. McEldowney 1-0-2/2 – 5
Totals 1-7-9/13 - 26
