Kirbyville @ Orangefield/73-31 OF Wins/Comments

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Half time

Orangefield - 37

Kirbyville - 11

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73-31 OF wins.

[Bobcatfan4life]

Lady Bobcats now 10-0 in district!

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I was really proud of our girls tonight. They played team ball. They passed the ball around and found the open shot and they were very unselfish. We had alot of open shots underneath the basket. Allie Beach had a huge game and Amiee Scales played well again. This team really works well together. They are fun to watch.

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Lady Bobcats pressure wilts Kirbyville

Van Wade

The Orange Leader

ORANGEFIELD — It was business as usual for the Orangefield Lady Bobcats in District 21-3A action Tuesday night at Bobcat Gym.

They made sure of it, utilizing a suffocating press to force the Kirbyville Lady Wildcats into 37 turnovers as the 13th-ranked Lady Bobcats stayed perfect in 21-3A play by waltzing to a 73-31 victory.

Senior Kaylin Little celebrated her birthday in style with another torrid shooting night, scoring 23 points, swiping seven steals and grabbing five rebounds.

Little had plenty of help, especially from six-foot post Allie Beach, whose stock continues to go up with her outstanding play of late. Beach, who scored 29 points in the Orangefield (19-9, 10-00 victory over Silsbee last week, torched the Lady Wildcats (8-7, 5-5) for a nice double-double, tallying 23 points and snagging 10 rebounds.

“We wanted to come out early and make a statement with our press,†said Orangefield coach Chris Jost. “We thought we could dictate the tempo early on with the press. Even when we backed down from it in the second half, I thought the kids continued to play excellent defense.â€

After struggling in their half-court offense in the first 2:30 of the game, the Lady Bobcat full-court press began chipping away at the Lady Wildcats. Orangefield went on to force 10 turnovers in the period and grabbed a comfortable 17-6 cushion at the end of the first period. Little and Beach combined for 14 first-quarter points, scoring seven apiece.

Things got much worse for Kirbyville in the second period with the Lady Bobcats forcing a whopping 11 turnovers in eight minutes. Little broke loose for eight points in the quarter. Beach popped for six and Olivia Wagner, who had eight points, scored four as they helped spark a 20-6 run in the quarter as the Lady Bobcats cruised into the locker room with a 37-11 advantage.

Orangefield went on an 18-8 surge in the third period, forcing nine more Lady Wildcat turnovers in the process.

Orangefield went on an 18-12 tear in the final eight minutes as Beach had the hot hand with eight points in the fourth quarter.

“Allie has become quite a workhorse for us underneath,†Jost said. “She’s getting such great position down low and has shown a lot of power going up for good shots and getting big rebounds. She just keeps getting better and better each week.â€

Abril Wright and Tynisha Adams paced the Lady Wildcats with eight points apiece. Elissa Tieman and Keila Brown led Kirbyville with eight rebounds apiece.

Orangefield’s Laura Riddick fought off a wrist injury pretty well to score six points and dished off seven assists. Point guard Jessica Weldon contributed six points and six rebounds while Aimee Scales came off the bench to tally six points.

The Lady Bobcats finished with a slight 29-28 rebounding edge while Orangefield had just 14 turnovers.

The only pitfall for Coach Jost’s crew on this night came from the free-throw line, where they went just 9-of-23.

“That’s a little mind-boggling to me, because we shoot over 65 percent from the line,†Jost said. “That’s something we’ll be concentrating on at the next practice.â€

The Lady Bobcats return to 21-3A action Friday when they welcome Orange County rival Bridge City to Bobcat Gym.

[Bobcat1]

Good game ladies!  You all passed the ball extremely well.  Keep it up.

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Also good thanks for the great article Mr. Wade.