23 blocks 23: Samantha Meggison blocks Ashley Peter while on defense for the Panthers.
The Lady Panthers hosted the Aces Girls Basketball team on Tuesday, December 1. The game was very difficult for the home team when they scored only 4 points in the opening period. The Hicksville girls pounded the Lady Panthers outscoring them nearly 4-1 in the first half when both Addie Bergman and Chelsey Taylor were all over Paulding. The half time score was 11-41—Hicksville far in the lead, ouch!
The game took a daring turn starting with the third quarter starting up. Paulding finally got their act together when the girls delivered the ball to the basket over and over. “Despite the loss, the second half tonight is something we can build on.” stated Coach Mark Rhodes, “We played well and some of the things we have been working on in practice seemed to click with the girls, and best of all, it was against a quality opponent. Ss Hicksville has a very nice and well rounded team.”
The third quarter changed the game for the lady Panthers and demonstrated to the crowd, and most importantly to the players, that they can comeback even when they are down by so much. In the third and fourth quarters, Paulding earned more points than first and second combined. The final redemption was led by Faith Vogel in points and rebounds. The final score was 43-61. Still a tough loss, but it was a great to see the offense and defense work so well. Too bad it didn’t start until the first half of the game was over.
Score by the Quarter:
Paulding – 4 7 15 17=43
Hicksville – 19 22 8 12=61
Paulding Scorers of the Game:
Vogel 17; Manz 8; Townley 7; Meggison 5; Arend 4; Hale 2.
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