Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
Shelby Vogel throws up a jump shot in the Longhorn's game against Morrill.
A pair of wins over the past weekend extends the Kimball High girls win-loss record to 3-1. The Lady Longhorns won on the road at Grant 54-33 Friday night and defeated Morrill 48-36 on the home court Saturday.
Kimball was whistled for their 10th foul with 7:08 left in the 2nd quarter at Grant with Danika Daum picking up her third of the night at that point, and at half time the Lady Horns were on top by a slight margin of 22-20. Both Daum and Shelby Vogel had 3 fouls at intermission but Vogel already had 11 points behind her name in the score book, and was playing with gay abandon. Her speed and athleticism was standing out. She got Kimball's first basket of the third period on a rebound put-back, and then Daum moved inside and her team mates were finding her as she scored 11 straight points to blast Kimball to a 36-22 lead. Laura Flores had a pair of assists, Jessica Hanks and Brooke Hager one each during that stretch. Vogel closed out the third period with back to back steals and layin baskets, and Kimball led 40-25 entering the fourth period. Kelly Green took over in the final 8 minutes scoring 9 points including a trey, and the Lady Horns took care of business. Credit coach Chauncey Pedersen with making the adjustments at half time that changed the complexion of the contest. "We made a few changes on both our offense and defense and it worked well for us" said Pedersen.
Daum had 4 points at half time but ended up high with 19 to go with her team high 16 rebounds, 5 blocks, 3 steals and 1 assist as the talented sophomore turned in one more solid performance. Vogel ended with 17 points including a pair of treys, had 5 rebounds and 3 steals. Green hit double figures with 11 points with 1 trey and had 4 steals. Brooke Hager an all around good game with 4 points, 4 rebounds, 4 steals, and 4 assists along with running the team out front. Laura Flores had 2 and Madison Biesecker 1. Not scoring, but having great involvement were Brianna Jones with 5 rebounds and 2 steals and an assist, and Jessica Hanks with 5 rebounds and an assist.
In team stats, Kimball was 7/15 at the line, 19/58 on two point field goals, 3/12 on three pointers, had 38 rebounds, 18 steals, 10 assists, and 5 blocks. They also had 18 turnovers and 20 fouls. Perkins County had 30 rebounds, was 4/12 at the line, 10/49 on two pointers, and 3/10 on three pointers, with 19 fouls. Top scorers for Perkins County were Kendra Hoffert with 11 and Stephanie Schrotberger with 8.
Turnovers hurt the Lady Horns early in the Morrill game with 10 charted in the opening period and it took a three pointer by KellyGreen to give Kimball a 6-4 lead at the end of the first quarter. The Kimball ladies were deadly at the foul line in the first half hitting 10 of 12 and were 7 of 8 in the second period alone. Laura Flores was 5 of 6 and scored 7 points to help boost Klmball, and Daum had 5 and Vogel had 8 points by half time as Kimball took a 25-13 lead to the half time locker room. Like the Friday night game, Daum moved inside in the third period and had an 8 point quarter to improve the lead to 40-22 heading into the fourth period. Daum ended up high for the winners with 15, going 7/12 at the line, and matched her scoring with 15 rebounds, along with 6 steals, 1 block and 1 assist. Vogel had 12 points plus 5 rebounds and 2 steals. Green in double figures with 10 along with 4 rebounds. Flores wound up with 9 points going 7/9 at the line, and Hager had 2 points plus 5 rebounds, a steal and an assist.
Kimball shot 16/23 at the line, 13/39 on two point tries, 2/14 on three pointers, had 33 rebounds, 12 steals, 6 assists, 2 blocks, 21 turnovers, and 18 fouls.
Morrill had 25 rebounds, were 17/29 at the line, 8/40 on two point fielders, and 1/5 on three pointers and also had 18 fouls. A very athletic Kiley Guerue led Morrill with 19 points to take game scoring honors, and Dylainee Peacock chipped in with 7.
Coach Pedersen so far has been able to make the adjustments needed to turn close games into Kimball's favor in the second half. A real test awaits the Kimball ladies this weekend with Hershey coming to town Friday and a trip to Bayard on Saturday.