Lady Huskies outlast Cloudland: Unaka holds on for win over Lady Bulldogs
Published 8:45 am Wednesday, February 20, 2019
Star Photo/Larry N. Souders Cloudland’s Stacia Wilson (11) is fouled from behind by the Lady Huskies Charlotte Roschkowski (11) as she drives to the basket for a layup.
Star Photo/Larry N. Souders North Greene’s Kirsten Hensley (42) fouls out on this play when she fouls the Lady ‘Landers Stacia Wilson (11) as she drives to the basket.
Star Photo/Larry N. Souders The Lady ‘Landers Trinity Vines (32) goes coast-to-coast when she steals an inbound North Greene pass and races the other way for a layup.
Star Photo/Larry N. Souders The Lady ‘Landers Alexis Arnett (22) drain a three pointer from the corner.
Star Photo/Larry N. Souders Cloudland’s Stacia Wilson looks for an outlet pass after coming down with a rebound in the lane.
Star Photo/Larry N. Souders The Lady ‘Landers Alexis Arnett (22) finishes a fastbreak with a layup in the second quarter.
Star Photo/Larry N. Souders The Lady ‘Landers Trinity Vines (32) bombs away for a triple from the top of the arc early in the first quarter.
Star Photo/Larry N. Souders The Lady Rangers Savannah Tipton (15) follows through on a three she drains from the wing.
Star Photo/Larry N. Souders The Lady Bulldogs Brooke Hughes (12) fires a three ball from the top of the circle.
Star Photo/Larry N. Souders The Lady Rangers Myah Parlier (42) goes strong to the basket and pulls down a rebound in the second quarter.
Star Photo/Larry N. Souders The Lady Bulldogs Leanne Guinn (22) flies down the lane for a layup.
Star Photo/Larry N. Souders The Lady Rangers Savannah Tipton (15) saves a ball from going out of bounds late in the second quarter.
Star Photo/Larry N. Souders The Lady Bulldogs Ashton Townson up a rebound back up for two in the third quarter.
Star Photo/Larry N. Souders The Lady Rangers Myah Parlier (42) pulls and hits a jumper from just outside the lane in the fourth.
Star Photo/Larry N. Souders The Lady Rangers Cydney Forney (13) fires a three from just outside of the arc in the fourth.
Star Photo/Larry N. Souders The Lady Rangers Madison Pierce (1) drains a trey from the wing late in the fourth quarter.
Star Photo/Larry N. Souders The Lady Bulldogs Leanne Guinn (22) is fouled as she hits a runner over Unaka’s Myah Parlier (42) in the second quarter.
Star Photo/Larry N. Souders The Lady Rangers Savannah Tipton (15) is called for charging as she runs over Hampton’s Haley Carden (5) on her way to the basket late in the fourth quarter.
KINGSPORT – On championship Monday for District 1A girls basketball at J. Richard Carroll gymnasium, defense was dominant once again. In the championship game free throws were the difference as North Greene guard Haleigh Bernard went 6-for-8 from the stripe in the fourth quarter to help the Lady Huskies to a 42-36 win over Cloudland.
“These single A games are so physical and these teams are so evenly matched,” Lady Huskies head coach James Buchanan said. “It went back and forth and we were fortunate to hit some free throws down the stretch to win it.”
A low scoring first half saw the Lady Highlanders take a 16-14 lead into the locker room at halftime with senior Trinity Vines five points leading the way. North Greene battled back to take a 27-26 lead into the final eight minutes with Breanna Savage and Charlotte Raschowski leading the way.
In the fourth period, senior post Stacia Wilson – who scored a game-high 16 points – scored all 10 of Cloudland’s fourth-quarter points.
“We mishandled the ball a time or two,” Lady ‘Landers head coach Mike Lunsford said. “We didn’t take a shot that we should. Got the ball inside and should have taken a shot, but made an extra pass. We did everything we needed to do except put the ball in the hole.”
Savage had a team-high 13 points with Bernard adding 12 for North Greene.
Consolation Game
Unaka 43, Hampton 37
Unaka (16-17) jumped out to a 14-8 first-period lead by hitting four 3-balls. Madison Pierce had two while Jada Whitehead and Savannah Tipton were each good for one. Leann Guinn had a pair of two-point buckets for the Lady Bulldogs.
The Lady Rangers hot shooting continued in the second quarter with Tipton dropping in two more trey’s and Pierce had her third and Unaka led 26-19 at the half. Tipton led all scorers with 12 first-half points while Guinn paced the ‘Dogs with eight.
Unaka extended to a 10-point lead at 34-24 on a 3-ball from Whitehead with 1:19 left in the stanza. The ‘Dogs closed to within six at the end of the third period and after four free throws – two each from Guinn and Haley Carden – Hampton made it a two-point game at 34-32 with 4:29 remaining.
“We got it to one point and then dropped a pass out of bounds,” Lady Bulldogs head coach Bud Hazelwood said. “Then they go down and hit a three so instead of us up one, we’re down four. I’m proud of my girls they battled their tails off.”
Unaka slogged through a 6:57 scoring drought from Whitehead’s trey until a Myah Parlier deuce with 2:03 left gave the Rangers a 36-33 advantage. Senior guard Stephanie Campbell scored a basket for Hampton and after a Rangers turnover, Hampton failed to capitalize as they also had a turnover.
Pierce knocked down her fifth 3-ball of the contest to stake Unaka to a 39-35 lead with 36.8 ticks remaining. The Rangers finished with 10-for-18 (55.5 percent) shooting from distance.
“We kept fouling them and they kept hitting free throws,” Lady Rangers head coach Kenneth Chambers said. “They did a good job on Myah and we had to take what they gave us. We had to make our three’s because they surrounded Myah so hard, and we have some good shooters, so it was pick your poison. Savannah hit big free throws and when a game is close I want the ball in her hands.”
Tipton finished with a game-high 16 points for Unaka while Pierce added 15. Guinn led Hampton with 13 and Campbell added seven.
Consolation Game
Unaka 43-37
Hampton (37)
Campbell 7, Carden 6, Heaton 2, Hughes 4, Guinn 13, Collins 3.
Unaka (43)
Pierce 15, J. Whitehead 8, Tipton 16, Parlier 4
Hampton 8 11 9 9 – 37
Unaka 14 12 8 9 – 43
3-point goals : H 1 (Hughes), U 10 (Pierce 5, Tipton 3, J. Whitehead 2)
All-Conference team
Cloudland – Stacia Wilson, Trinity Vines, Megan Lunsford
Hampton – Leann Guinn, Brooke Hughes, Stephanie Campbell
North Greene – Charlotte Raschowski, Haleigh Bernard, Breanna Savage, Shelby Davenport
Unaka – Savannah Tipton, Madison Pierce
University High – Gracie Crabtree, Mauri Johnson
Player of the year – Myah Parlier
Coach of the year – Jesse James
All-Tournament team
Brooke Hughes, Leann Guinn, Savannah Tipton, Myah Parlier, Stacia Wilson, Trinity Vines, Megan Lunsford, Haleigh Bernard, Shelby Davenport, Charlotte Raschowski
MVP – Breezy Savage
