Carroll received a good defensive effort on the road and used a pair of 3’s in the 2
nd quarter to improve to 6-5 overall and 4-5 in the Raccoon River Conference. The Tigers have won 3 straight to start the 2
nd half of the season. Gabi Hammer and Laura Sweeney knocked down some big 3’s in the 2
nd quarter as Carroll rallied from down 3 at the end of the 1
st quarter to take the lead for good at 23-20 at half.
Ella Collison led the way in the win with 11 points.
Carroll will be Glibert on KIKD 106.7 on Friday.
Carroll Stats
The Tigers suffered a couple of blows on Tuesday as they dropped a conference home game to fall to 3-3 overall and 1-3 in the Raccoon River Conference and they lost Ella Collison their leading scorer and rebounder early in the game to an injury.
Carroll had tied the game at 4 and 8 before Collison left the game and Winterset began to take control. The Huskies closed the quarter on a 6-0 run and led 14-8 heading into quarter two. Things didn’t get better for Carroll. They struggled on the offensive end to get good looks against the zone defense and Winterset took over the backboards on both ends of the floor. Jena Young went off for the Huskies in the 1
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South Central Calhoun 58
The Titans move to 7-0 on the season overall and are 2-0 in the Twin Lakes Conference after another quick start and a 4
th quarter spurt holds off SE Valley.
South Central Calhoun defense created some turnovers with the press early, allowing them to get several easy buckets as they built a 28-6 lead early in the 2
nd quarter. The Titans led 4-0 in the first minute of the game and only allowed a couple 3’s in the 1
st quarter as they went up 23-6 after one quarter. They extended the lead to 37-15 late in the 1
Carroll wanted to work on coming out with quicker starts after slow starts in several games this season and they did that on Friday. The Tigers jumped ahead 20-0 with just over a minute left in the 1
st quarter before Perry scored. The defense pressure led to several run outs and easy layups and the Tigers moved the ball well in the half court and were able to Ella Collison, Kennedy Lein and Camryn Schable going on offense. Schable did a lot of her damage on the offense back boards and had 3 in the 1
st quarter.
The Tigers led 22-3 heading into the 2