Brashear Lady Tigers Take Consolation at North Shelby

Bad weather postponed Friday night's Consolation games until Saturday. 7th place games were cancelled.

The Lady Tigers had their work cut out for them Saturday. Facing the North Shelby Lady Raiders on their home court is never an enviable task and there was a Consolation trophy on the line making the stakes even higher. Brashear had started the week with a tough 1st round 2-point loss to Schuyler County before bouncing back with a big win over the Atlanta Hornets on Wednesday. As the game began, both teams had scoring opportunities, but no points to show for it. The ice was finally broken almost 3 minutes into the contest when Christina Scudder got Brashear on the board with a bucket in the paint. North Shelby wasted no time answering and a close see-saw battle was on. The two sides traded buckets and the lead throughout the 1st half with Brashear taking a 21-20 lead into half-time. During the 3rd period, Brashear gained a little breathing room stretching the lead out to 34-28. Throughout the game as North Shelby concentrated on shutting down Lady Tiger shooters ChaRae Cole and Kimberly Elsea, Jessi Hill was quietly finding the open spots and knocking down baskets. Cole and Elsea were not to be denied their points in the 4th quarter however. With time slipping away, North Shelby was forced to foul sending Cole and Elsea to the line for 5 points each in the 4th quarter. When the final buzzer sounded, Brashear had held off the Lady Raider's late charge to pick up the 46-37 victory. Three Lady Tigers scored in double figures with Jessi Hill leading the way with 12 points, followed by Kimberly Elsea and ChaRae Cole with 11 each. Christina Scudder had 6 points, Hailee Kelsey had 4 points and Ashley Clarkson scored 2 points. Kelsey and Scudder also teamed up for 9 and 8 rebounds on the night. For North Shelby, Haley Caldwell had 13 points, Allison Peoples and Robin Bichsel had 6 each, Kelsey Resa and Randi Willey had 4 each, Kayla Donath had 3, and Lauren McCoy had 1 point.

In other tournament news, Atlanta defeated Knox County 50-48 in the boys Consolation game, Schuyler County beat Knox County 40-38 in the girls 3rd place game, North Shelby beat Scotland County 56-34 in the boys 3rd place game, Marion County defeated Scotland County 56-53 in the girls Championship game, and LaPlata beat Schuyler County 53-50 in the boys Championship game.