The Tri-Valley Lady Bears aren't use to taking the court with a
two-game losing streak hanging over their heads and this was quite evident
Wednesday night February 6 when they played host to the Fallsburg
Comets.
Following back to back losses to Tuxedo and Chester the lady
Bears in the first quarter of play produced strong defensive efforts from
Sabrena Smith and Caroline Martin and good offensive scoring by Nicole Bradley
with six, Katlynn Greffrath with five including her first of five
three-pointers, Martin with two, Smith with four and Mareena DiMilia with
two.
Fallsburg senior Nyasia Blakney kept the Comets in the game
during the first quarter by scoring all 10 Fallsburg points as Tri-Valley took a
first quarter lead of 19-10.
The Comets came back in the second quarter outscoring
Tri-Valley 14-11 off 10 points by Blakney and four by Kelsey Moody. Smith scored
seven, Greffrath two and Bradley two for the Bears. The halftime lead for
Tri-Valley was 30-24.
The third quarter of play saw Fallsburg up the tempo and at
one point during the eight-minutes of play the Comets closed the gap to 30-28
but that would be the closest they would come during the four quarters of
play.
Outscoring Fallsburg 17-14 in the third quarter the Bears
were led by Greffrath with seven, Bradley six and Martin four. Blakney had 10
points and Moody four for the Comets. At the end of the third quarter Tri-Valley
led 47-38.
As if they just ran out of gas Fallsburg in the fourth
quarter was outscored 27-8 by three points by Smith, 10 by Greffrath, four by
DiMilia, two by Castro. four by Martin and two by Ashley Exner. Blakney again
led Fallsburg's scoring with six. Final score was 74-46.
Tri-Valley coach John Tenbus made it very clear at the end
of the game that "we had to stay aggressive particularly with our two recent
losses. " He credited Fallsburg's Blakney with "being a great player as it's
difficult to stop her."
Fallsburg coach Daniel Redmond pointed out that he had a
good feeling entering this game "especially with Tri-Valley's two recent losses
but it's hard to stop their two guards."
Greffrath led Tri-Valley's scoring with 24 points and nine
rebounds and four steals. Bradley and Smith each had 14 points with Smith adding
10 steals and Bradley grabbing nine rebounds. Martin had 10 points and 10
steals.
Fallsburg's Blakney led all scoring with 32 of the Comets 46
points.
Tri-Valley is now 10-5 overall and 4-3 in OCIAA league play.
Fallsburg is 9-6 overall and 1-6 in OCIAA league play.
Identification of photos
Tri-Valley's Katlynn Greffath (No. 11) goes up for three of
her 24 points in the Bears 74-46 win over Fallsburg Feb. 6 at Grahamsville.
Fallsburg's Brithny Spirelli (No. 5) attempts to block her shot.
Fallsburg's Nyasia Blakney (No. 21) goes up for two of her 32
points as Tri-Valley's Mareena DiMilia attempts to block the shot. The Bears won
74-46 February 6 at Grahamsville.
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