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Lady Bulldogs
Monday, February 23, 2015
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Continued from Page #1 Harvey's 28 points led all scorers. Alissa Smith had nine for Howe followed by Foster's six. Anderson knocked down six while Peyton Streetman totalled three. Kamryn Fulenchek hit two free throws and Holly Hawkins and Hunter Brockelman each had one point. Howe's season was ended by Brock two years ago and the girls were ready for a rematch with one of the state's best teams. The rematch happened in Flower Mound on Thursday night. Brock's quick defensive guard play not only stymied the inside paint away from Harvey, but also took away the long-range bomb shots normally put down from Foster and Smith. The defense held Howe to only four points in the first period while tallying 13 of their own.
Howe jumped out to a 12-10 lead over Jacksboro in the opening round of the playoffs, which was held at Denton Ryan High School. Riley Harvey, who had missed the previous game with an ankle injury was given special attention from the finest trainers around and shocked a lot of people by being able to play. Harvey not only played, but she starred as she usually does by knocking down 28 points and hauling in 10 rebounds on the night. In the second period, Howe outscored Jacksboro 18-13 to extend the lead to 30-23 at the half. Just into the third period, Darci Foster hammered down three-pointer and Harvey hit a layup to bump up the lead to nine very quickly. It was Kayla Anderson's defensive
play that helped keep Jacksboro away and create separation between the two teams. Coach Lands talked after the game about Anderson having turned on a switch about four weeks ago and everything changed from that point on. That third period separation ballooned to a 195 for the Lady Bulldogs which turned out to be insurmountable for the Tigerettes as Howe took a 49-28 lead into the fourth period. Howe's lead got as high as 26 points midway through the fourth and Harvey exited the game with 28 points. Jacksboro quickly scored eight unanswered points, but the game was over and Howe claimed their back-to-back-to-back bidistrict championship with a 62-41 win.
Harvey got in early foul trouble with two calls that appeared to be clean blocked shots that were both called fouls. That sent Harvey to the bench for the majority of the second period which Howe was outscored, 18-8 and went to the locker room at the half down 31-12. The girls never scored in double digits in any of the four periods and ended up losing by a final score of 54-26. This core of ballplayers from Howe have now gained massive amounts of experience and loads of respect on their travels in the past two seasons. All of the starters will return for another season next year. They will not only be picked to be district champions, but they could very well be back-to-back-to-back-toback bi-district champs. And who knows...
