LADY HAWKS HOOPS

Mediapolis shifts gears in win over Central Lee

Lady Hawks fade in second half as Bulldogs win 75-40

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DONNELLSON - The Central Lee girls were weaving their way into a battle with Mediapolis in SEI Superconference basketball action Tuesday night.

Trailing just 31-26 at the half, Mediapolis came out of the lockerroom and pulled back on the full court press they had instituted in the first half.

The move worked as the Bulldogs ran away with a 75-40 win over the Lady Hawks.

Central Lee had been slipping through the Bulldogs' press and scored in transition for most of the first half, rarely setting up in the half-court. But when they sagged back into a 2-3 defense to slow the pace, the Lady Hawks had trouble with the adjustment.

"I would say actually at the half, we had a spurt of engery and some fight. Then we make a mistake and we don't turn it around. We don't get back and play hard, hard defense. We get in our heads a bit," said first-year Head Coach Taylor Hickey.

"The girls are still trying to find their rhythm together. We talked about the 2-3 in practice yesterday and we discussed options and then we get in the game and a couple bad things hanppen and everything falls to pieces."

Makayla Morrison led the Hawks with 12 points, including three 3-pointers in the seecond half, to try and keep the Hawks close. Mya Lampe had nine points, all in the first half on three pointers, but couldn't get going in the second half.

Kenna Sandoval had six points, most of them coming inside the paint.

The Lady Hawks committed 10 turnovers in the second half and Hickey chalks that up to the girls transitioning from volleyball and not this year's 35-second shot clock.

"My girls are very athletic and play multiple sports so they're just dealing with the transition," Hickey said.

"I would say this game, we were a lot better with (the shot clock). Honestly, when the ball starts moving and the girls have an open shot, I tell them to take it."

The Lady Hawks fell to Winfield-Mt. Union on Monday 57-33. Morrison led Central Lee with 11 points. Lampe also had 11.

Hickey said facing two of the best teams in the conference is good for the season.

"Right now the one thing I'm taking away is that we've played two of the best teams in the conference first. Right away facing that brings a competitive nature out of me and the girls," she said.

"But this is a development process. A journey. It will take them a bit to get back into the basketball rhythm."

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