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Tuesday, January 6
Highland girls roll past Anderson
It wasn’t a work of art, and it certainly may have put Highland’s chances Thursday night in jeopardy, but the Scots posted a girls basketball win Tuesday over Anderson.
Highland turned around a 61-50 loss to the Indians last month by winning in the second round of the Madison County Tournament 53-41. The Scots will now play Pendleton Heights for the tourney title at 8 p.m. Thursday at Lapel.
Jessika Lark scored a game-high 20 points and tied for game-high honors in rebounding with nine. Paige Anderson also had nine boards for the Scots.
“I sensed early that we weren’t mentally ready,” said Highland coach Tod Windlan. “We just stopped to their game. It was really harum-scarum. Our mental execution wasn’t very good.”
The Scots put the game into a comfort zone of sorts in the second quarter when they outscored the Lady Tribe 18-8 to take a halftime lead of 25-11.
Anderson continued to apply defensive pressure and hope it would lead to some easy baskets. Half of that plan worked. The Indians forced Highland into 32 turnovers.
But there would be no easy baskets on this night for AHS. The Indians hit just 12 of 59 shots for the game. “We probably missed 12 layups in the first half,” said Anderson coach Randy Harrison. “Bry (senior Bryesha McCullough) asked me after the game if we were having practice (Wednesday). I told her ‘Yes, shooting practice.’”
Ci Ci Menifield and Onjanee Ivey tied for high-scoring honors for the Indians with nine points each.
“I was proud of the way we did play,” said Harrison. “To beat a city rival twice in a month is tough. But I’m proud of how we fought.”
The Indians played without starting senior Jasmine McGhee, who sat out with an ankle sprain.
“I’d rather see her in there for her and for Anderson,” said Windlan. “We’d rather beat them when they’re at full strength.”
The Scots may have to play for the title without sophomore Krosley Ogden. In the fourth quarter Ogden was going up for a layup and was fouled by Anderson’s Janelle Davis. The officials called an intentional foul.
Ogden was unable to get up under her own power. She suffered a severe hip injury. She also reinjured her jaw on the play. It appeared doubtful she would recover in time to play her team’s next game.
Tuesday, January 6
Lady Scots Over Lapel
There will be a new Madison County girls basketball champion this year. The Lady Scots (4-9) handed Lapel (10-1) its first loss of the season 47-35 at Robert E. Fuller Memorial Gymnasium.
We set three goals at the beginning of the season: Win the conference, win the county and win the sectional,” Highland girls coach Tod Windlan said. “We came into this game 3-9, but our schedule is absolutely brutal. We kept telling the kids, ‘You’re getting better, and you’re doing the right things. One day that will pay off.’”
Monday was that day.
Sophomore Jessika Lark scored nine of her game-high 15 points in the second half, and Highland outscored Lapel 31-16 in the second half.
“Jessika is just a tremendous basketball player,” Windlan said. “Nothing she does on the basketball court ever surprises me. She’s a good athlete, she’s a very good basketball player, and she’s a great kid.”
The going wasn’t always smooth for the Lady Scots. Lapel bounced back from a slow start to outscore Highland 13-3 in the second quarter and take a 19-16 lead into the halftime locker room.
The Lady Scots’ only basket in the quarter was a 3-pointer by Lark that briefly put them back in front 16-14. But Highland scored the first eight points of the third quarter and never trailed again.
Paige Anderson, getting a rare start, scored all eight of her points in the second half as the Lady Scots pulled away.
“She hit two or three shots on the baseline,” Windlan said, “and she was strong finishing inside.”
Windlan was especially happy with his team’s decision-making after Lapel made a fourth-quarter run to cut the deficit to 37-34. Instead of panic, the Lady Scots responded with patience.
“Late in the game, we weren’t going anywhere unless it was to the rim or to the free-throw line,” Windlan said.
Hillary Guion led Lapel with 11 points. She made consecutive jumpers to spur an 8-0 run midway through the final quarter, but the Lady Bulldogs didn’t seem to have the energy to finish off the run.
“I thought their legs were gone late in the game,” Windlan said.
“For a Lady Scot and a Lady Indian, I don’t think there’s a better thing to happen,” Windlan said. “You’re going to play against your city rival with a chance to play for the county championship on the line.”
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Thursday, December 31
Scots stall out in third quarter
For three quarters, the Highland Scots stood toe-to-toe with New Castle in a girls basketball game Tuesday. But nothing really seemed to go right in that other quarter — the third — and the Scots fell to the Trojans 63-53.
The loss dropped Highland to 3-9 on the season. The next Scots’ game will be Monday at home against Lapel at 6 p.m. in the first round of the Madison County Tournament.
Highland took care of the ball and played even with its visitors for the first 16 minutes. The Scots and Trojans were tied at 27-27 at intermission. To that point, the home team had only five turnovers.
New Castle changed very little to start the third quarter except for dialing up the intensity of the defensive effort, and that was all it took. Highland coughed the ball up eight times and got off only six shots.
The Trojans got eight points in the period from reserve Miranda Wallen, six of those coming on a pair of 3-pointers. They missed just four shots and had just three miscues.
The end result was a 19-9 win in the period for New Castle, and the Scots never seriously threatened in the final quarter.
Highland never warmed up from the field, perhaps in part because the New Castle zone didn’t allow the Scots many uncontested shots. As a team, Highland hit 17 of 44 field goals.
Jessika Lark had 16 points with five rebounds. Emily Jones added 15 and a team-high six boards. Krosley Ogden rounded out the double-digit scorers with 13 points and she too have five rebounds.
After that, the scoring party fizzled out. The remainder of the team tallied just nine points.
Courtney Baker paced New Castle with 14 points, half of them coming from the free-throw line. Wallen’s 11 was next followed by Kaycee Dobbs with 10. After the Trojans’ top three, the rest of the team scored 28 points.
New Castle also owned a 34-29 rebound advantage with Dobbs and Wallen each collecting six caroms.
Sunday, December 21
Lady Scots pull off comeback
Highland rallied from a 20-point third-quarter deficit to stop Greenfield 61-59 Saturday night. Jessika Lark scored 31 points to spark the rally. “Lark had a great game tonight from the beginning of the game until the end,” said Scots coach Tod Windlan. “This is the first time since I’ve been coach here that we’ve come back from a deficit that large. This is a big win for us.”
Emily Jones was the second-high scorer with 13 points. Highland’s Jarah Ice scored just three points but played a key role. “(Kelsey) Bryant had four 3-pointers in the first half,” Windlan said. “We put Jarah on her in the second half face guarding her without help.” Bryant had no 3-pointers in the second half.
Thursday, December 18
Lady Tribe wins war of attrition
It’s not the kind of moment that will stand out in the box score, but it could well have been the moment that swung Wednesday’s cross-town classic into Anderson’s favor.
With the Indians clinging to a 43-41 lead early in the fourth quarter, Highland prepared to inbound the ball underneath the opposing basket. Anderson freshman Breuna Braxton stepped in front of the pass, scored a basket, drew a foul and sent her team on the way to a 61-50 victory.
“I don’t know if that was the exact moment,” Anderson coach Randy Harrison said, “but I looked down the bench and said, ‘The Braxton girl’s been the X-factor tonight.’ I got a lot of nods and winks back in agreement.”
Braxton had plenty of help.
Jasmine McGhee scored 16 of her team-high 18 points in the second half.
She poured in eight points early in the third quarter to key a crucial 12-2 run that gave Anderson (2-5) a 39-27 lead.
“With Jasmine, it’s obvious to anybody even if they may never have watched any sporting event before that she is a tremendous athlete,” Harrison said.
The Indians focused on getting the ball inside during the second half, in part to take advantage of heavy Highland foul trouble.
Four Scots fouled out of the game, including senior Emily Jones who led the team with 15 points.
Seven of Jones’ points came in the third quarter, after Anderson had opened the big lead.
Her play helped Highland (2-7) close the gap to 43-39 by the quarter’s end.
“She’s a senior, and she stepped up when we really needed her to,” Scots coach Tod Windlan said. “Unfortunately, we played very poorly as a whole.”
Highland turned the ball over 23 times and lost the rebounding battle 53-39.
Jessika Lark was the only Scot aside from Jones to reach double figures. She scored 10 points and pulled down five boards, but Windlan felt she lacked intensity.
Sunday, December 14
Jay County 57, Highland 50
Krosley Ogden scored 11 points and Britney Ball scored 10 as the Scots battled the highly-ranked Patriots for most of the game before falling.
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Sunday, December 7
One bad quarter haunts Scots in loss to M-G
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| Kenzie Dodd and Emily Jones
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Justin Bates, For The Herald Bulletin
In three of the four quarters, the Highland Scots girls basketball team shot free throws with pinpoint accuracy, making 16-of-19 attempts. However, it was that 2-of-12 third quarter that doomed them as Madison-Grant escaped Fuller Memorial Gymnasium with a 63-61 victory Monday night.
“When you shoot as bad as we did, that’s how you lose a game,” said Highland coach Tod Windlan of the third-quarter free throws. “Those free throws (10-of-10 in the fourth quarter) would be to put the game away instead of stay in it. It was really frustrating to lose that one.”
Madison-Grant led by as many as eight points in the fourth quarter, but an 8-2 Scots’ run cut the lead to 50-49 with just under four minutes left in the game. Highland tied the game for the sixth time at 54 and took its first lead of the night on a free throw by Krosley Ogden with 2:16 left in the game.
The Argylls hit six straight free throws in the final two minutes to lead 62-59 with 20 seconds left, but Jessika Lark’s jumper cut the lead to one. Shelby Wells hit 1-of-2 free throws with five seconds left, and Highland failed to get off a shot before the buzzer.
On the final possession, Ogden drove the ball into the paint but passed the ball in the final seconds as the clock ran out. The sophomore finished with 18 points, four assists and four steals in 32 minutes, hitting 6-of-8 shots from the field, and drawing praise from Windlan.
“Ogden had a real good game, and we wanted her to take that last one to the rim to score,” said Windlan of the final play. “We told her if you get it, go and take it right to the rim.”
Lark led the Scots with 25 points and eight rebounds in 32 minutes, hitting 10-of-17 shots from the field and 5-of-7 from the free-throw line. Emily Jones was also in double figures with 10 points, three rebounds, five assists and two steals, also in 32 minutes.
“She played offensively pretty well,” said Windlan of Lark. “She didn’t play as well defensively as she is capable. It wasn’t bad, but not up to her standards.”
Freshman Kenzie Dodd came off the bench to add eight points and seven rebounds in 15 minutes, including five caroms on the offensive glass. Those four were the only Scots to score in the game.
“We were getting beat inside, and they ended the half with a putback basket,” said Windlan. “One of the things (Dodd) does well is play hard and rebound the ball. If we can get that from her, we’ll take it.”
Sam Yeagy led Madison-Grant with 14 points, and Holly Jarvis had 13 points and five rebounds. Shelby Wells was also in double figures with 12 points, four assists and three steals.
Highland shot 50 percent from the field (21-of-42), but Madison-Grant finished at 60 percent shooting (21-of-35), including 64 percent in the second half. Both teams finished with 18 free throws made as well, but the Argylls had three 3-pointers to one for the Scots.
Highland had a 27-21 advantage on the boards, including 14-6 on the offensive glass. The Scots had a slight edge in assists (13-12) and turnovers (20-21), but the Argylls had the lead in steals (12-7).
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Brit Ball
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Thursday, November 20
North Central Over Lady Scots
Lady Scots Fall to North Central 20-45. Emily Jones led Highland with 15 points.
Sunday, November 16
Highland 66, Indianapolis Tech 43
Jessika Lark scored 23 points and pulled down nine rebounds to lead the Scots to their first victory of the season in Indianapolis.
Emily Jones added 14 points, six rebounds and four assists for Highland (1-1). Krosley Ogden scored eight points — all at the free-throw line — and led the team with five assists.
Britney Ball had nine points, and freshman Kenzie Dodd finished with eight.
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Anderson Highland -- Lark 23, Jones 14, Ball 10, Ogden 8, Dodd 8, Bilyeu 4, Williams 0, Goodwin 0, Anderson 0. 3-pointers: None. Totals: 21 22-30 66.
Tech -- Wynne 16, Henry 9, McMorris 4, Trotter 4, Jones 4, Patrick 2, Johnson 2, Howell 2, Edmonds 0, Jones-Williams 0, Anthony 0, Smith 0. 3-pointers: Henry, Wynne. Totals: 19 3-7 43.
Thursday, November 13
Carmel ruins Scots' opener
Highland opened its girls basketball season Wednesday with an 84-35 loss to visiting Carmel.
The Greyhounds are ranked No. 4 in the Indiana Basketball Coaches Association’s single-class poll released Monday. Carmel received two No. 1 votes in that poll.
Emily Jones led Highland with 13 points. Hannah Bilyeu added seven, and Jessika Lark and Krosley Ogden each finished with six.
The Scots made more 3-point field goals (five) than the regular 2-point variety (four).
Highland (0-1) travels to Indianapolis Tech on Saturday.
Carmel 26 16 26 16 — 84
Highland 11 3 7 14 — 35
CARMEL (84) — Rudendunst 8 2-2 18, Steffen 7 1-1 17, McRoberts 4 3-4 11, Zeller 3 2-2 8, Defruscio 4 0-0 8, Langois 3 0-2 7, Byrne 2 0-0 5, Larsen 1 2-2 4, Dean 2 0-0 4, Jones 0 2-2 2. Totals 34 12-15 84.
HIGHLAND (35) — Jones 3 5-6 13, Bilyeu 2 1-2 7, Lark 3 0-0 6, Ogden 1 3-4 6, Ball 0 2-2 2, Tate 0 1-2 1. Totals 9 12-16 35.
3-pointers: Carmel 4 (Steffen 2, Byrne, Langois), Highland 5 (Jones 2, Bilyeu 2, Ogden). Team fouls: Carmel 15, Highland 16. Fouled out: Ogden (H). Records: Carmel (1-0), Highland (0-1). Next game: Highland at Indianapolis Tech on Nov. 15.
Wednesday, November 12
Nov. 12—Carmel, 84-35 L
Nov 15—at Indpls. Tech, 66-43 W
Nov. 19—at North Central, 70-45 L
Nov. 22—Richmond, 61-55 L
Nov. 25—at Muncie South, 73-53 W
Dec. 3—Marion, 68-49 L
Dec. 8—Madison-Grant, 63-61 L
Dec. 13—at Jay County, 57-50 L
Dec. 17—at Anderson, 61-50 L
Dec. 20—at Greenfield-Central, 61-59 W
Dec. 27—Lawrence North, 71-59 L
Dec. 31—New Castle, 63-53 L
Jan. 5—Madison County Tourney, vs. Lapel, 47-35 W
Jan. 6—Madison County Tourney, vs. Anderson
Jan. 8—Madison County Tourney, TBD
Jan. 10—at Connersville, 1 p.m.
Jan. 15—at Muncie Central, 6 p.m.
Jan. 21—at Pendleton Heights, 6 p.m.
Jan. 27—Frankton, 6 p.m.
Jan. 31—at Mount Vernon, 1 p.m.
Feb. 3—at Elwood, 6 p.m.
Feb. 10-14—Sectional
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