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Warriors fall to Jordan, 74-61 in opening round of Class 1AA state tournament |
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Megan
King waits for the call from the ref following another battle for a
loose ball during the Warriors’ 74-61 loss to Jordan in the State AA
quarterfinals played at Williams Arena last Wednesday.
Photo by Charlie
Warner
By Daniel McGonigle
Argus Managing Editor
The Caledonia Lady Warriors basketball team have relied on their press
defense to carry them to state. A quick Jordan team who moved well away
from the ball weren’t intimidated by the Warrior’s press. In fact, they
answered the bell Wednesday in the MSHSL Class 1AA state tournament
opener cruising past the press and to a 74-61 win.
The Warriors faced what head coach Scott Sorenson would describe as
“the real deal,” in point guard Brittany Chambers for Jordan. She led
all scorers with 29 points and was just one rebound shy of a triple
double as she finished with 29, 11 assists and nine rebounds.
The game slipped away from the Warriors early as a 7-1 run by the
Jaguars to close out the first half led to a 10 point deficit, 39-29.
Things didn’t get better for the Warriors after the break as the
Jaguars opened the second stanza with another 16-1 run to increase
their lead to 25 points.
The Warriors fought back and should hold their heads high as they dove
for loose balls, hustled and remained relentless in their press, even
when it was answered.
However, in the end Jordan was just too much for the Warriors to handle.
Jordan scored on seven of its first nine possession to begin the second
half, and the Warriors didn’t ever really find their shot.
Normally the Warriors shoot pretty well from the floor. However, on
this day, the girls would hit just nine shots from the field in each
half. They finished the game 18-of-47 shooting.
Caledonia went on a 12-4 run to make it close at the end but the Jaguars by that time had it all but wrapped up.
Megan King led the Warriors with 14 points. Laquita Becker scored 13
points and drove to the hoop almost every time she had the ball. Libby
Augedahl scored 11 points and Alicia Fruechte scored seven points
including back-to-back three points shots which were fun to see go down.
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