ASTORIA GIRLS SHUT DOWN COMETS
The Astoria Girls Basketball team has had a "dis-jointed" non-conference start to the 2006-07 campaign.
Injuries, suspensions, and poor weather all have contributed to an up and down start to the season, but one thing has emerged: This Lady Fishermen team can play defense.
On display at the Brickhouse on Wednesday night, Astoria clamped down on Naselle, held the Comets scoreless in the 2nd quarter, and almost repeated the feat in the 4th quarter, only allowing Naselle 2 points, on their way to a convincing 38-18 victory in the opening game of the 36th Annual Vince Dulchich Memorial Tournament.
"I've been very happy with our defense," remarked Gordon Thompson, Astoria Head Coach. "We have kept ourselves in almost every ball game with our defense and tonight, we stepped it up a notch."
After Naselle jumped out to a quick 8-2 lead in the 1st quarter with 5:07 left, Astoria called a quick timeout and settled into a defensive rhythm that found the Fishermen holding the Comets scoreless the rest of the first half. While Astoria was not exactly lighting up the scoreboard themselves, a balanced attack led by Jamie Coggins (4 points) and Hilary O'Bryan (4 points), staked the homestanding Lady Fishermen to a 12-8 halftime lead.
The second half was more of the same for Astoria, and unfortunately, for Naselle. Taking a 22-16 lead into the final frame, Astoria placed the vice grip around the Comets offense yet again, with Sara Cullen hitting 3 consecutive open jumpers and KJ Carr clearing off the boards, Astoria out-scored Naselle 16-2 in the 4th and cruised to the 20-point win.
Astoria was led by Carr with 9 points, Jennifer Stephens also with 9, and Cullen with 6. Naselle was paced by the 8 points of Erin Saari. Astoria evens their record at 5-5 and will next play in the Championship game of the Dulchich Tournament Friday night against the winner of Thursday nights Knappa-Banks showdown. The Comets drop to 3-4 on the season and will play the loser of the Knappa-Banks game Friday afternoon at 2pm.
The Astoria game can be heard Friday night with the pre-game at 5:45 pm on 1370 AM KAST.
NASELLE 8 0 8 2 - 18
Saari 8, Steppe 4, Ahlstrom 4, Klinger 2, Landis, Pakenen, Beaulaurier, Green, Fletcher
ASTORIA 6 6 10 16 - 38
Carr 9, Stephens 9, Cullen 6, Coggins J. 6, O'Bryan 4, Roman 2, Hillard 2, Coggins E., Wilson
FIELD GOALS- AST: 17-45-37%, NAS- 9-21-43%
FREE THROWS- AST: 4-6-66%, NAS- 0-5-0%
REBOUNDS- AST: 23, NAS: 19
TURNOVERS- AST: 14, NAS: 21
Injuries, suspensions, and poor weather all have contributed to an up and down start to the season, but one thing has emerged: This Lady Fishermen team can play defense.
On display at the Brickhouse on Wednesday night, Astoria clamped down on Naselle, held the Comets scoreless in the 2nd quarter, and almost repeated the feat in the 4th quarter, only allowing Naselle 2 points, on their way to a convincing 38-18 victory in the opening game of the 36th Annual Vince Dulchich Memorial Tournament.
"I've been very happy with our defense," remarked Gordon Thompson, Astoria Head Coach. "We have kept ourselves in almost every ball game with our defense and tonight, we stepped it up a notch."
After Naselle jumped out to a quick 8-2 lead in the 1st quarter with 5:07 left, Astoria called a quick timeout and settled into a defensive rhythm that found the Fishermen holding the Comets scoreless the rest of the first half. While Astoria was not exactly lighting up the scoreboard themselves, a balanced attack led by Jamie Coggins (4 points) and Hilary O'Bryan (4 points), staked the homestanding Lady Fishermen to a 12-8 halftime lead.
The second half was more of the same for Astoria, and unfortunately, for Naselle. Taking a 22-16 lead into the final frame, Astoria placed the vice grip around the Comets offense yet again, with Sara Cullen hitting 3 consecutive open jumpers and KJ Carr clearing off the boards, Astoria out-scored Naselle 16-2 in the 4th and cruised to the 20-point win.
Astoria was led by Carr with 9 points, Jennifer Stephens also with 9, and Cullen with 6. Naselle was paced by the 8 points of Erin Saari. Astoria evens their record at 5-5 and will next play in the Championship game of the Dulchich Tournament Friday night against the winner of Thursday nights Knappa-Banks showdown. The Comets drop to 3-4 on the season and will play the loser of the Knappa-Banks game Friday afternoon at 2pm.
The Astoria game can be heard Friday night with the pre-game at 5:45 pm on 1370 AM KAST.
NASELLE 8 0 8 2 - 18
Saari 8, Steppe 4, Ahlstrom 4, Klinger 2, Landis, Pakenen, Beaulaurier, Green, Fletcher
ASTORIA 6 6 10 16 - 38
Carr 9, Stephens 9, Cullen 6, Coggins J. 6, O'Bryan 4, Roman 2, Hillard 2, Coggins E., Wilson
FIELD GOALS- AST: 17-45-37%, NAS- 9-21-43%
FREE THROWS- AST: 4-6-66%, NAS- 0-5-0%
REBOUNDS- AST: 23, NAS: 19
TURNOVERS- AST: 14, NAS: 21
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