In the first match-up of the tournament, Colby Community College overcame a 44-40 halftime deficit to register an 81-80 win over Air Force Prep.
Action continues Friday in the tournament with four games. Little Big Horn will battle Colby at 1 p.m. and WNCC will take on Air Force Prep at 5 p.m. Men’s action will also tip off Friday with Garden City Community College facing Tri-State All-stars at 3 p.m., with the Cougar men taking on Little Big Horn at 7 p.m.
Thursday night, however, it was a tail of two halves for the Cougar women. In the first half, they jumped out to an 11-0 lead behind a strong defensive effort. WNCC went on to grab a 46-17 lead at intermission.
Davis, who led the team with 21 points and four assists, said they didn’t play hard enough, especially in the second half, when they let Little Big Horn score 31 points in the second half.
“The whole game was slow. It was like everyone thought it was an easy win and no one wanted to play. They saw the score when we were up by a lot,” she said. “It showed that we need to come out in every game and play as hard as we can, because when we play better teams and we play like that, we won’t be as successful.”
Another big reason for the big first half was field goal shooting. The Cougars were blistering, shooting 52 percent from the field. Granted, most were from bunnies, but those easy lay ups were caused by a stern defense, which forced the Rams to shot just 19 percent in the first half (29 percent for the game).
In the second half, Little Big Horn battled tooth and nail with the Cougars. Miranda Rowland canned three straight 3-pointers to slice the lead to 63-37.
That was when WNCC started to click once again, outscoring the Rams 23-11. During that run, WNCC hit three 3-pointers. SeLina started the with a trey, followed by threes by Amber Kistler and Lorena Medairos.
WNCC put just two players in double figures. Davis’ 21 points led both teams, while Tawny Drexler pitched in 10 points along with seven rebounds. Stormye Everett had a near double-double, collecting nine points and eight rebounds.
Caley Fisher finished with eight points and two steals, while Kistler and Medairos each had seven points.
Little Big Horn finished with three players in double digits. Katherine Haugen and Ashley Bird each had double-doubles. Haugen had 15 points and 12 rebounds, while Bird had 10 points and 10 rebounds.
The Rams also battled strong on the boards, nearly out-rebounding the Cougars. WNCC finished with 48 rebounds to Little Big Horn’s 42.
In the earlier game, Colby Community Community received 19 points from Tasha Wagoner and the Trojans buried 13 3-pointers to register the win. Wagoner and Jasmine Gardner each had four treys in the 81-80 win.
Air Force Prep was paced by Rhianna Farm’s 20 points, followed by Desiree Wilson’s 19 points and Shandin West’s 12 rebounds.
Colby 40 41 – 81
Air Force Prep 44 36 – 80
COLBY COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Danisha Cole 7, Tasha Wagoner 19, Jasmine Gardner 15, Jamie Alexander 10, Nikki Welsh 9, Jaclyn Marshall 7, Ashley Ming 14.
AIR FORCE PREP
Danielle Sorrera 9, Desiree Wilson 19, Austyn Wilson 9, Shandin West 7, Sarah O’Conner 2, Rhianna Farm 20, Kellie Johnson 14.
Three-pointers: Colby 13 (Wagoner 4, Gardner 4, Alexander 2, Welsh 2, Cole), Prep 6 (Wilson 3, Sorrera, Farm, Johnson).
Little Big Horn 17 31 – 48
WNCC (11-3) 46 40 – 86
LITTLE BIG HORN COLLEGE
Diane Leider 2, Miranda Rowland 14, Charla Takes Enemy 5, Kristin Jefferson 2, Ashley Bird 10, Katherine Haugen 15.
WESTERN NEBRASKA
Tanisha Gilmore 6, Amber Kistler 7, Lorena Medairos 7, SeLina Ysac 5, Shaquilah Davis 21, Stormye Everett 9, Janae Willis 9, Tawny Drexler 10, Caley Fisher 8, Juliana Bassetto 4.
Three-pointers: WNCC (Kister, Medairos, Ysac), LBHC 4 (Rowland 3, Takes Enemy 1).
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