Girls Lose to UV at Tournament

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Sat, Dec 10, 2011

SHERBURNE -- The HCS girls basketball team staged a late game comeback but could not slam the door on Unadilla Valley losing 55-47 in the consolation game of the Sherburne-Earlville Tip-off Tournament this afternoon.

Hamilton is now 0-2 as the face Otseic Valley at home Tuesday at are at Waterville Friday.

The Lady Emerald Knights struggled underneath the basket at both ends of the court for much of the game. UV had a clear height advantage, and often got several put-backs to finally make the basket. And, HCS Coach Jessica Poole said her squad also lacked consistency.

As the first period was closing, HCS trailed 13-7, until Lauren Weeks hit a three-pointer to make iot 13-10. But, UV came back to score and widened the gap to 15-10 as the period ended. In the second perio, HCS found some its aggressiveness and a three by Katie Weeks and a pair of thre throws by Jessica Welsh put HCS down by just one, 19-18. But, UV shipped continued to dominate the boards and at one point went ahead 34-23. A three with 10 seconds left ny Lauren Weeks snugged things up at bit to make it 34-36 at the half.

In the third period, HCS made the most of all aspects of its game and hittle UV's lead to 34-31 with 5:55 left to play and a three by katie Weeks tied it at 34 just 30 seconds later. A bucket by Katherine Keever gave HCS their first lead of the day 36-34.

As the period wore on, the two teams traded baskets but, UV went back ahead 40-39 as the period ended.

In the final frame, UV widened its lead slightly and held off Hamilton as time expired.

The Weeks sisters combined for six threes; Katie with four and Lauren with two. Katie finished the game with 13 points and Layren had 14. Also for Hamilton, Keever had 11, Welsh had five and Hayleigh Hanson and Kendall Rusch had two points each.

Afterwards, Poole said her squad needs to become consistent and aggressive as the regular season gets under way.