Lady Tigers open basketball season
(By Coach Bradley Wright) The Osmond Lady Tiger basketball team opened its season with an away game at Bancroft-Rosalie, followed by a home game against Creighton.
Tigers vs. Panthers
BANCROFT — On Thursday, Dec.
4, the Lady Tigers opened their basketball season on the road by traveling to Bancroft-Rosalie to face the Panthers.
The home squad was able to jump out to an early lead and never looked back.
Osmond played hard and learned a lot in their first game, but ended up short on the scoreboard with the final score reading 63-9 in favor of B-R.
With limited numbers out this year, game reps will be so important and a great learning experience for our team, because we just simply can't simulate these situations in practice every day.
Senior Kaleigh Miller had a strong presence for the Tigers as she dropped in 7 points, grabbed 4 rebounds, and turned away 4 shots from the Panthers.
Korrine Moes led the team with a game-high 12 total rebounds.
Score by Quarter Osmond4 2 1 2 = 9 B-R 24 16 17 6 = 63
BOX SCORE
Pts Reb Asst Stl Bl K. Moes 2 12 0 0 0 C. Kumm 0 5 1 2 1 K. Miller 7 4 0 1 1 A. Miller 0 2 1 0 0 P. Hoffman 0 1 1 2 0
Tigers vs. Bulldogs
OSMOND — On Saturday, Dec.
6, the Tigers returned home for a matchup against the Creighton Bulldogs. Osmond was able to take the lead early in the first and held on to that lead through the first quarter up 9-5.
In the second quarter, Creighton had turned up the defensive effort putting on a press and switching their 1/2 court offense into man. Creighton gained the lead in the second quarter taking a 19-15 lead into the halftime break.
In a fairly even third quarter, the visitors were able to expand their lead slightly 30-23 heading into the final stanza of the game. The defen sive switch by the Bulldogs early in the game was a difference maker as Osmond struggled to find a rhythm after that and Osmond would drop their second game of the season by a final score of 49-23.
Osmond really showed a lot of growth from game 1 to game 2 in a short turn around. This team played with a lot of grit this game and look to continue improving each time out on the court.
Kaleigh Miller again put out a strong performance, finishing the game with a double-double as she poured in 12 points and grabbed 12 rebounds. Carrie Kumm also grabbed 12 rebounds and was a thief on the defensive end, stealing the ball 5 times from the Bulldogs.
Score by Quarter Osmond 9 6 8 3 = 26 Creighton 5 14 11 19 = 49
BOX SCORE
Pts Reb Asst Stl Bl K. Moes 7 9 2 2 1 S. Geneski 2 5 1 1 0 C. Kumm 5 12 0 5 3 K. Miller 12 12 2 3 3 A. Miller 0 4 0 1 1 P. Hoffman 0 5 1 2 0 The Tigers upcoming schedule is: Tuesday at Randolph, Friday home vs Wynot, Tuesday December 16 home vs Boyd County, and Thursday December 18 at Bloomfield.
