Brashear Tiger Basketball Teams Visit Milan Thursday

The Brashear basketball teams completed the 2005 part of their schedule with mixed results. One Tiger team went home with a Christmas present, the other with a lump of coal.

Brashear and Milan had already faced off once this season meeting in the Novinger Tournament. During those encounters, the Lady Tigers had pulled off a 1 point win while the Tigers had taken a 1 point loss. Both Tiger teams were hoping to go into the Christmas break with wins, but only the girls managed to get a win.

The Lady Tigers got off to a strong start running up a 22-14 lead at half-time. Things got more interesting in the 2nd half as Milan made some adjustments and managed to run the floor for some fast break points. Brashear still continued to stifle Milan's half-court game fairly well. As the score grew closer, Milan turned up the heat with a half-court press forcing several Brashear turnovers. Ultimately, the extra pressure led to too many Milan fouls and Lady Tiger senior ChaRae Cole made Milan pay by hitting 4 straight free throws late in the game to seal the victory 35-32. Kimberly Elsea was top scorer for Brashear with 12 points. ChaRae Cole had 8 points, as did Christina Scudder who also pulled down 14 rebounds. Hailee Kelsey had 5 points on the night and Chelsey Collop added 2 points. Milan was led by Sam Shaw with 12, Whitley Schnelle put in 9, Trisha Bohle had 7, and Brooke Bankus and Mary Von Ingen had 2 each. The Lady Tigers are now 4-4.

The Tigers got off to a good start running up a 13-5 lead after 1 quarter. The second and third quarters were disastrous for the Tigers with Milan outscoring them 16-2 and 15-8 leaving the Tigers behind 36-23 after 3 quarters. When all seemed lost, Brashear sophomore Jacob Shipman stepped up in the 4th quarter scoring 17 of his game high 22 points. Brashear's 26 point 4th quarter wasn't quite enough in the end with Milan holding on for the 50-47 win. Jacob Shipman led Brashear with 22, Andrew Linhart had 10, Kale Watson scored 7 points, Ryan Ferdig had 4, and Justin Hazen and Tyler Killen each had 2 points. Andy Herington led Milan with 15 followed by Vance Proffitt with 14. Cody Gregson had 9, Derek Leppin scored 7, Jake Patterman had 3, and Steven McCully put in 2 points. Both Tiger teams will face Knox County January 3rd.