November 16, 2007

Lady Pirate Basketball

Lady Pirates Put on Offensive Clinic

The Independence women's basketball team fell six points short of breaking the school record for most points scored in a single game. That was the only feat the Lady Pirates came up short on Friday night in Dodge City, KS as they blasted Lamar Community College 122-75 in the Lady Conq Classic. "Offensively we were clicking about as well as you can as a team, however we aren't even close to where we need to be defensively." said Lady Pirate Head Coach Tony Turner.

Freshman Becca Holman led a fairly balanced attack of six double figure scorers. The Burlington, KS native led the charge with 29 points including 4 bombs from beyond the arc. "I thought we all played pretty well offensively." said Holman. "We played unselfish basketball and were hitting open shots. I felt I could have played better defensively though".

Wichita native Robertson Olanya bested her career high in points for the second consecutive game as she chipped in 17 points including 4 treys.

The most negative aspect to the game was sophomore Therese Hager suffered a broken nose and will be out of action for the next several games.

ICC will play Dodge City Community College Saturday, November 17 at 6pm in the final game of the Lady Conq Classic.