Lady Bulldogs

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The Howe Lady Bulldogs had an overwhelmingly successful week by capturing the bi-district and area championships The ending result was a lit V in downtown Howe on Friday night for the outstanding accomplishment

Those that have attended the Howe Lady Bulldogs basketball games have witnessed a clinic in suffocating defensive play Howe's starting five have the ability to completely shut down an opponent due to their inside-out game with quick feet on the perimeter and strength and height underneath

First things first, on Tuesday night, Howe opened the playoffs at aging and crowded Sherman High School gymnasium against Callisburg

Ally Harvey and Sierra Copeland each had a double-double on Tuesday night in the 56-31 bidistrict championship game over Callisburg Harvey had 18 points and 11 rebounds and Copeland had 11 points and 12 rebounds The two twin towers were too much for the Lady Wildcats, but it was Howe's stingy defense that also includes Jenna Honore, Molly Wilson, Calley Vick, and Cassidy Anderson that allowed only two points in the first period and 10 first-half points

The Lady Bulldogs won the game in the first period, for the most part, by leaping out to a 12-2 lead to close out the opening frame

Thanks to the offensive rebounding abilities of Harvey, the Lady Bulldogs were able to fire away offensively with perimeter shots. It was a Calley Vick 3-point attempt at the end of the first period that was rebounded by Harvey and put back up to give Howe their first 10point lead of the night with 22 seconds left in the first

As Howe began to stretch the lead on Callisburg, the Lady Wildcats began to play more desperate and turned into a long jump-shooting team which played into the hands of Howe The Lady Bulldogs were able to extend their lead to 24-4 with 2:19 left in the first half before finishing the half leading 27-10

Howe's lead reached 28 points at the end of the third with a 42-16 advantage The highest Howe's lead reached was 34 at one point in the fourth period

Behind the twin towers in points were Calley Vick (11), Anderson (8), Honore (3), Trinity Williams (3), Marissa Agee (1), and Peyton Ford (1)

On Friday night, Howe again used their smothering defense to jump out to a big lead early in the game Also helping to acquire a 19-7 lead was a 3-pointer by Cassidy Anderson with 25 seconds remaining in the first period Another bucket gave Howe a 21-7 lead after one

Many fouls were called during the game as Harvey and Copeland each found themselves in early foul trouble which made Head Coach Derek Lands look to the freshman Trinity Williams at times to fill in the gaps Howe began to cruise a little and won the second period 119 to give the Lady Bulldogs a comfortable 32-16 led at the half

As the Lady Bulldogs continued their sweltering defense, fouls were continued to be called on both sides Frustration set in with Alba-Golden as Howe was able to shoot several technical foul shots Although, Howe was not able to take advantage of the charity throws as the Lady Bulldogs did not shoot well from the line at all on Friday.

Even with the cold shooting, Howe led 41-24 headed to the fourth period As the fouls continued, players from Alba-Golden began to exit the game one-by-one But the Lady Panthers would not go away which coupled with Howe's inability to hit free throws, allowed them to stay in the game Lands pulled all of his starters with under a minute left and a 49-37 lead Moments later, Howe closed it out with a 51-37 score

Harvey led Howe with 15 points followed by Anderson's 14 Other scorers were Vick (9), Honore (7), Wilson (3), and Copeland (2), Agee (1)

Howe will take on Mineola Tuesday night in Princeton at 6 pm The game will be broadcast live at howeenterprise com