Lady Bobcats play well despite setback

Published 4:59 am Tuesday, January 26, 2010

FRANKLIN FURNACE — There’s a “W” column and an “L” column for teams, but the Green Lady Bobcats would like to add a third column.

Despite losing Monday, the Lady Bobcats gave a strong performance as they lost to the South Webster Lady Jeeps 68-59.

“We showed a lot of heart. I was proud of our effort. We got a moral victory if there is such a thing,” said Green coach Bucky Bridges. “It was fun to watch Cook and Adrianne going at it all night.”

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South Webster’s Kayla Cook scored 30 points while Green’s Adrianne Blankenship had 19 points, 10 rebounds, 10 assists and 7 steals.

Lauren Jones had 18 points and Carlee Pollard 8 rebounds for Green (6-7).

Besides Cook, Casey Messer scored 19 points for the Lady Jeeps.

Messer scored 10 for the Lady Jeeps who took a 15-10 lead. Jones scored 6for Green.

Jones and Blankenship combined for 11 points but Cook poured in 13 points in the quarter as the lead grew to 36-24.

Hannah Collett came off the bench to score 5 points and the defense held Cooke scoreless in the quarter as Green closed to within 42-40.

Blankenship had 7 points in the fourth quarter, but Cook hit a pair of 3-pointers and was 8-of- 8 from the line.

South Webster 15 21 6 26 = 68

Green 10 14 16 19 = 59

SOUTH WEBSTER (NA): Natasha Blanton 0 0 1-2 1, Cassie Edwards 4 0 1-2 9, Casey Messer 3 4 1-2 19, Erin Homereski 0 0 0-2 0, Kendra Clark 0 1 1-2 4, Katie Haines 2 0 1-2 5, Kayla Cook 4 4 10-12 30. Totals: 13 9 15-18 68. Fouls: 11. Fouled out: None.

GREEN (6-7): Ali Suttles 1 0 1-2 3, Gidget Timberman 3 0 2-2 8, Hannah Collett 3 1 0-0 9, Dinah McCloud 0 0 0-0 0, Lauren Jones 9 0 0-2 18, Carlee Pollard 1 0 0-0 2, Andrianne Blankenship 5 2 3-4 19. Totals: 17 4 6-11 59. Fouls: 18. Fouled out: Blankenship. Rebounds: 33 (Blankenship 10, Pollard 8). Assists: 21 (Blankenship 10). Steals: 14 (Blankenship 7, Timberman 5). Turnovers: 12.