Female Flyers down Bobcats

Published 11:16 pm Saturday, January 7, 2012

FRANKLIN FURANCE — It was the shot in the arm the St. Joseph Female Flyers offense needed.

The Female Flyers used the outside shooting of their three guards to generate a combined 40 points as they beat the Green Lady Bobcats 52-28 on Saturday.

“We played really good defense and we shot the ball about as well as we could in the first half,” said St. Joseph coach Nick Miller.

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Amber Neal and Haley Bartram scored 14 points each to lead the Female Flyers while Hannah Miller added 12 points.

Brianna Bridges scored 10 points to lead Green (0-11).

Hannah Miller scored 9 points in the first quarter while Bartram scored 5 and Neal 4 as St. Joseph took an 18-7 lead. Bridges had 6 of Green’s 7 points.

“Hannah came out hot and they tried to take her away and Haley and Amber stepped up and had a good shooting night,” said coach Miller.

Neal scored 10 points and Bartram hit a 3-pointer and scored 6 points as the Female Flyers (5-6) opened up a 36-12 halftime lead.

Six different players scored in the third quarter as the Female Flyers built a 48-15 cushion.

Hannah Collett had all 6 of her points and Erin Imes all 5 of her points as Green outscored the Flyers 13-4 in the fourth quarter. Katie Compston hit a 3-pointer for St. Joseph.

St. Joseph 18 18 12 4 = 52

Green 7 5 3 13 = 28

SAINT JOSEPH (5-6): Meg Alexander 0 0 0-0 0, Katie Roach 1 0 0-0 2, Amber Neal 7 0 0-0 14, Katie Compston 0 1 0-0 3, Sarah Neal 1 0 0-0 2, Ariel Porter 0 0 0-0 0, Becca Patrick 1 0 1-2 3, Hannah Miller 2 2 2-4 12, Megan Fields 0 0 0-0 0, Haley Bartram 2 3 1-2 14, Molly Miller 0 0 2-4 2. Totals: 14 6 6-12 52. Fouls: 10. Fouled out: None.

GREEN (0-11): Bobbi Applegate 0 0 0-0 0, Jenna Crawford 0, Hannah Collett 3 0 0-0 6, Erin Imes 1 0 3-4 5, Brianna Bridges 4 0 2-2 10, Megan Kerns 0 0 0-0 00, Madison Applegate 0 0 2-4 2, Jessica Patrick 0 0 1-2 1, Kayla McCallister 0 0 0-0 0, Sammi Crisp 1 0 2-4 4. Totals: 9 0 10-16 28. Fouls: 8. Fouled out: None.