KFDM COOP Posted January 29, 2008 Report Posted January 29, 2008 Lady Cards down Lady ’Cats Gabriel Pruett The Orange Leader BRIDGE CITY — When the Bridge City Lady Cardinals needed her the most, Jenna Angelle picked up her fourth foul early in the third period. Usually Jenna Angelle would be taken out yet Bridge City Coach Allen Ashworth stayed with the senior the rest of the game and Jenna Angelle came up big. Jenna Angelle came up with 21 points and 10 rebounds Tuesday night as the Lady Cardinals took down the Kirbyville Lady Wildcats, 69-60. Bridge City is now 10-13 overall and 3-9 in District 21-3A play. Kirbyville fell to 8-9 on the year and 5-7 in the district standings. Jenna Angelle scored 14 of her 21 points in the second half just when Kirbyville kept making a move. “Jenna plays better when she has four fouls because she knows she cannot get another one,†Ashworth said. “I figured we might as well go all the way with her. Jenna had 21 and Lauren (Angelle) had 16 so without those two and we were in trouble.†Lauren Angelle added 13 rebounds to her 16 points while both Jordan Royal and Sarah McPherson each finished the night with nine points. Junior Sam West added 13 rebounds in the victory while Cassie Carr had six rebounds and Allison Angelle snared five rebounds. The game started off with Bridge City ready to run Kirbyville right out of Cardinals Gym. The Lady Cardinals were up 17-5 after the first period, the Lady Wildcats started to chip away at the lead in the second. Abrial Wright, who had 21 points and eight rebounds for Kirbyville, scored 13 points in the second period as the Lady Wildcats outscored the Lady Cardinals 29-22 before the break. McPherson hit two three-pointers for the Lady Cardinals in the second and Lauren Angelle’s free throwing also kept Bridge City up on top. Lauren Angelle finished 9-for-12 from the free throw line in the second and Bridge City was 10-for-14 from the charity stripe in the second frame. It was Jenna Angelle and Royal in the third period to keep Bridge City in charge. Jenna Angelle had six points in the frame while Royal started the third off with a three-pointer on her way to five points in the period. Bridge City would outscore Kirbyville 17-12 in the third and held a 56-46 lead heading into the fourth. The Lady Wildcats were able to close within one at 57-56 only to see Jenna Angelle and Royal come up huge again. Jenna Angelle ended a 6-0 Kirbyville run with a bucket and Royal then drained yet another three-pointer. Jenna Angelle then added another shot to make it 64-56. The Lady Cardinals then led by at least six points for the rest of the game. Lauren Angelle opened the Lady Cardinals scoring in the first period with “and-one†to give Bridge City its first lead, which it never gave up in the entire game. After Kirbyville’s Dishonda Gosey hit a shot making it 3-2 Bridge City, the Lady Cardinals went on a 14-0 run to make it 17-2. That is when Kirbyville started to push back against Bridge City, forcing the Lady Cardinals to hold on to win the game. “We are just young and most of the players are learning how to win,†Ashworth said. “We will out-hustle anybody on any night. Our biggest problem is we try to be aggressive all game and sometimes that is not necessary. That is partially my fault but we are learning.†Bridge City returns to action Friday when they play host to the Hamshire-Fannett Lady Longhorns.
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