Alan Carman | The Imperial Republican Olivia Spady wasn’t able to get the basket but drew a foul from Isabelle Gillham of Wray. The Horns where plagued with cold shooting all night. Spady finished the night as top rebounder with seven boards.
Alan Carman | The Imperial Republican Karlie Anderson drove the lane Friday night, drawing a foul from #12 Kaitlyn Kramer. Anderson made one of the two freethrows and finished the night with six points.
Lady Longhorns lose heartbreaker to Wray
The Lady Longhorns came out cold to start the game against Wray Friday night, losing a close 25-32 game.
Despite getting behind at the start of the game, the girls clawed back to lead at the end of the first quarter, 7-6.
Wray stiffened it’s defensive full court pressure, causing Chase County to rush some of their passes and putting up some low percentage shots.
The Horns were only able to muster one free throw in the second quarter for points while Wray put up 11.
After half the Horns looked much more composed and actually won the second half, but not by far enough to cover the second quarter deficit.
The turnovers were pretty even at 29 for Chase Co. and 28 for Wray. Wray scored 16 off Horns’ turnovers and Chase County only got nine.
The Longhorns out rebounded Wray by 10 but had trouble converting the offensive rebounds to points.
Landree McNair led all scorers on the night with 10. Olivia Spady led the Horns in rebounds with seven, with McNair and Karlie Anderson having six and five respectively.
Top scorer for Wray was Dori Saffer with nine, while Sharon Greek followed her with seven.
Next action
Next up for the Lady Longhorns will be a home game against the undefeated Bridgeport Bulldogs on Thursday Dec. 21 with games starting at 4:00 p.m. MT.
On Dec. 29-30, the varsity girls will travel to Sidney for the Holiday Shootout.
Games will resume after the first of the year with the boys and girls teams traveling to Benkelman on Tuesday Jan. 2 to face Dundy Co.-Stratton. Games will start at 4:00 p.m. MT.