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Creek Valley’s Lady Storm basketball team took the short trip across the border to take on the Sedgwick County Lady Cougars in Julesburg, Colo. on Friday, and could not overcome a slow first half to fall 52-to-38.
The Lady Storm could not break the Sedgwick press defense, limiting their scoring opportunities while allowing the Lady Cougars to open up a sizable 22-to-15 lead at the half.
The Lady Cougars came out of the break sharp, and outscored the Lady Storm 18-to-9 in the third. Creek Valley rallied in the fourth quarter, outscoring the home team 14-to-12, but it was not enough to overcome the Sedgwick lead, sending the Lady Storm to defeat.
Creek Valley head coach Missy Koenen commented after the game, saying, “We had a tough time in the first half dealing with the press defense, which put us behind and made it very difficult for us to overcome through the rest of the game.”
Junior Catie Koenen led the Creek Valley scoring with 17 points, and was 8-for-10 at the charity stripe.
Even with the defeat, coach Koenen was pleased with the effort, saying, “I am impressed that every game we continue to improve with our young team and the fight they all have. We fell behind quick but they never quit and continued to come up with ways to help us on the floor. We do need to clean up our game by making key shots when the other team gives them to us and limiting our turnovers.”
The Lady Storm were scheduled to face the Sandhills/Thedford Lady Knights on Thursday.
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