Comeback Victory For Lady Indians

The Lady Indians Basketball Team seeded # 4 hosted the #5 seed Cimarron Bluejays in the 1st round of the Lakin sub-state tournament play. It’s that time of year where all teams know all too well that the loser goes home to end the season and the winner continues on in the tournament. The Indians didn’t seem to figure this out early in the game as Medicine Lodge did not play with much urgency.

In the 1st quarter Medicine Lodge came out and pressed and played some high pressure man defense and actually looked to have Cimarron frustrated forcing 7 1st quarter turnovers. But that all ended several minutes into the game as the Cimarron offense penetrated against the Indian man defense and the 2-3 match up zone of the Bluejays caused hesitation in the Indian offense as Cimarron jumped out to a 7 to 12 lead.

In the 2nd quarter very little changed as the Medicine Lodge offense struggled against the 2-3 match up and Cimarron continued to score off of dribble penetration. Going into the half things looked a little bleak for the Indians as Medicine Lodge trailed Cimarron by the score of 15 to 23.

At the half the Indians made some adjustments both offensively that started to pay off in the 3rd quarter. The Medicine Lodge offense got aggressive hitting several threes and taking the ball to the hole and the defense of the Indians kept Cimarron off balance as the Indians went from a 3-2 zone to a man defense. Going into the 4th quarter the Indians clawed back into the game trailing Cimarron by the score of 30 to 35.

In the 4th quarter Medicine Lodge played like a team that had no tomorrows as they turned up the pressure on the Bluejays forcing turnovers and the offense started to find holes in the 2-3 zone of the Cimarron defense. With about 2 minutes remaining the In

dians finally knotted the score at 40 all and were able to pull out in front with several free throws as the Indians finally prevailed and escaped with the 45 to 40 victory.

For the game the Indians shot 14 of 45 from the field for 31% and were 14 of 24 from the free throw line for 58%. The Indians pulled in 26 total rebounds to Cimarron’s 21 and committed 7 turnovers to the Bluejay’s 22. Scoring for the game were Rogers 6, Honas 11, Rice 9, Oldham 11, Boor 6, and Dierksen 2. Top rebounders included Honas with 6, Rice 7, Boor 3, and Dierksen 5. The Indians will next face #1 seed Southwestern Heights Friday at 8:00.

Med. Lodge 7 8 15 15 45

Cimarron 12 11 12 5 40