Coach's Corner Analysis

Coach’s Corner
By Leslie London, MS Girl’s Basketball Coach

Hornets Take on the Falcons
The Lady Hornets honored cancer Survivors and those that have passed away from cancer between games on Pink Out night.

The 6th grade team led off the night with the first game and strolled through it. The Lady Hornets had a tremendous 1st quarter with Kassady London knocking down two 3-point shots and picking up 10 of her 14 points to lead scoring. Rebounding was led by guard Bree Jolly with 8 and she also picked up 10 steals for the game. Monroe created 13 turnovers for Metcalfe and Metcalfe picked up 24 steals and 14 deflections of their own. Metcalfe hit 60% from the free throw line hitting 6 of 10, while Monroe hit 0 of 4 on the night. Monroe held
The 7th grade team started out by putting up 7 points on the board early, but Monroe responded with 10 of their own. The difference was in the second quarter when Monroe’s powerful defense created numerous unanswered turnovers for Metcalfe and resulted in outscoring Metcalfe 10 to 2. Metcalfe was down 9 - 20 at the half-time break. Rebounding was in favor of Monroe who picked up 35 to Metcalfe’s 13. Metcalfe was led by Lydia Coleman with 5. Kassady London added 3 assists and 3 deflections to the mix. Metcalfe put together a good third quarter scoring 10 points, but wasn’t enough to stop Monroe’s 17 point run. Metcalfe hit only 38% from the free throw line, hitting 3 of 8 and Monroe faired better hitting 4 of 7 for 57%. Metcalfe played a much stronger second half, but couldn’t overcome the deficit and lost the game 24 – 45.
Line scores: MCMS - Blythe 4, Coleman 2, Johnson 4, Reece 2, and London 12; Monroe – Ford 18, Massingille 8, Gordon 6, Hammer 1, Simpson 8, Pickerell 2, and Garmon
Metcalfe vs Campbellsville
The 6th grade Lady Hornets started out the night with a great game. They controlled the 1st half outscoring Campbellsville 12 - 2. However, Campbellsville fought back and outscored the Lady Hornets 8 - 6 during the 2nd half. Metcalfe out rebounded Campbellsville 28 - 17 with Aubrey Glass leading the team with 12, her game high. Kassady London led deflections with 7. Metcalfe hit 3 of 11 free throws for 30%, which was nearly matched by Campbellsville hitting 29% (2 of 7). The final score had Metcalfe on top 17 - 10. This wrapped up the 6th grade season with a final record of 6 - 9.
Line scores: MCMS - London 4, Glass 4, Jolly 7, and Parke 2; Campbellsville - Hash 6, Owens 2, and Stone 2.

The 7th grade team come out of the gate slow unable to connect shots. Campbellsville took the early lead 16 - 4. The rest of the half would slant toward Campbellsville and put Metcalfe on the defensive. Metcalfe matched rebounds at 24 and was led by Lindsey Bandy and Ada Bennett with 7 and 6 respectively. Turnovers persisted for the Lady Hornets and they only picked up 4 steals themselves. The second half, Metcalfe matched points with Campbellsville sparked by two 3-pointers by Kassady London. However, the run didn't last long enough and Metcalfe would lose 18 -