Tiger Cubs can't come back from slow start in loss to Edgewood
A second-half charge led by sophomore Allison White came up short as the slow-starting Greencastle girls' basketball team lost to visiting Edgewood on Monday 55-45.
White had 13 points, all in the second half, to help lead the Tiger Cubs. She also finished with eight rebounds.
"We started to see in practice that she's our best athlete," GHS coach Brad Key said. "We were just waiting for Al to gain some of that confidence and I hope tonight really showed her what she can do."
Greencastle (6-4, 1-0 West Central Conference) started out slow, played stagnant on both ends and let the Mustangs (6-3, 2-0 WIC) build a quick 30-13 lead at the half.
Junior Callan Taylor had six of her 13 points before the break, but the rest of the Tiger Cubs struggled to get adjusted to the energy of rival Edgewood.
Aside from Taylor, Greencastle finished the first half 3 for 19 from the field.
"We definitely came out flat," Key said. "We didn't have a lot of intensity. We didn't have a lot of purpose for what we were doing. ... That was the disappointing part.
"The neat part was that we battled back."
The Tiger Cubs fought back in the third quarter, starting on a 9-2 run but the 10-point deficit was as close as they got.
Sophomore Deja Callahan had 19 points and three steals for the Mustangs, using her quick hands to disrupt the Greencastle guards. Senior forward Vanessa Brown led Edgewood with 11 rebounds and had 11 points.
Greencastle sophomore Paige Bragg knocked down a pair of second-half 3-pointers and tied senior Alex Basile for the team-lead in assists with two.
Taylor had two steals before fouling out late in the fourth quarter as the Tiger Cubs tried to extend the game.
"I'm really happy with the way Paige Bragg and Allison White played," Key said. "They give us a little more quickness and a little more toughness. ... Those two played really well."
Greencastle hosts Rockville on Thursday at 7:30 p.m.
Edgewood (55): Callahan 6-10 5-8 19, Brown 4-7 2-3 11, Carter 3-4 1-3 7, Sherfield 1-7 3-4 5, Delos Santos 1-3 0-0 2, Curtis 3-6 1-1 5, Pitcher 1-3 2-2 4, Johnston 0-2 0-0 0. Total 19-42 14-21 55.
Greencastle (45): A White 4-8 4-4 13, Taylor 6-16 0-1 13, Lenihan 1-5 3-4 5, Basile 0-5 1-2 1, M White 0-1 0-0 0, Bragg 3-9 0-1 8, Bridgewater 2-6 0-2 5, Stoltey 0-3 0-0 0, Trout 0-0 0-0 0.
Edgewood | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | -- 55 |
Greencastle | 6 | 7 | 16 | 16 | -- 45 |
Team stats
_ | GC | ED |
3PM-A | 5-20 | 2-5 |
OR-DR-Tot | 12-22-34 | 8-28-36 |
Assists | 6 | 8 |
Steals | 7 | 6 |
Blocks | 0 | 3 |
Turnovers | 10 | 12 |
Fouls | 19 | 11 |