Wilmington recovers with a key ice win over Herscher – The Herald -News

Wilmington-Same like the Wilmington Girls’ Basketball Team seemed to recover from their loss from the conference ratio in Illinois Central Eight Monna Last Thursday, Wildcats knew that if they wanted to stay at a striking distance for the conference crown, they would have to bounce Back and beat a healthy Herscher team who came to town on Monday night.

The tigers took a narrow lead at halftime and began to find a little breathing space at the beginning of the second half, but Wildcats composed 12-2 to complete the third quarter to regain their lead, holding their late tigers in 44-37 WilmingTon Win.

Wildcats won his first victory against Tigers this year at the third match between the two teams, improving to 18-5 and 7-3 in the ice, two matches behind Manteno and Coal City. The tigers slid to 11-10 (5-4).

“We had games this year where we were in the right situation,” said Wildcats, Eric Dylan said. “When we played at the beginning of Coal City, several matches of our Christmas tournament at the beginning, where we had games that were narrow and they were just fighting. Tonight, they just leaned against their experience and said, “Hey, you don’t have to panic.”

“When we went to the dressing room (halftime), I didn’t see any panic,” he continued. “I saw girls offering things they saw, offering ideas to help us improve, and that was the biggest thing.”

The first half for the first half saw four connections and nine changes in the lead, the last of them, when Pippa Dunl’s 3-indicated tigers took 16-13 with three minutes in the second quarter. The tigers led 19-15 leads to the dressing room, and after the quick bucket of Dunil ten seconds in the half, the game became the embodiment of a defensive struggle.

After two and a half minutes of combined unsuccessful stretch, Wildcats broke the ice when Nicole Quiglie’s arrangement cut Wilmington’s deficit to 21-17 with 5:15 in the third, kicking this 12-2 running like Wildcats held Herscher only four points in the third quarter.

“There are five girls on the floor and we have taken care to use all five girls and strengths and we have risen each other,” said a senior guard at Wildcats/Forward Skylar Rossow-Knight for the pressure of Wildcats.

Whether it was the offensive end, where her 11 points were second at the night of Sami Laromatis, or defensive, where she spent time guarding all five positions at different points, Dylan said that the Rosov-Night management helped them to them He gave the spark that you needed.

“When she plays like this, it plans this mentality and she leads with an example,” Dylan said. “She is also very smart and sees what is happening and does a good job, announcing this. Just like myself, sometimes I can’t take them on the floor. They just play well at both ends of the floor, not mistakes. They just go to play and have fun. “

The tigers managed to make one last load, as the security of the sophomore Maya Haubner broke out for seven of its highest 12 points in the fourth quarter, which saw that Wilmington’s lead was shrinking to 31-30 minutes. But Wildcats received a bucket from Rosov-Bird with 2:25 of the clock, which was followed by a pair of free throws of Nina Egisio and an important and one of the liarromatis who pushed the front back to 38-30 at 1:34 on the clock.

Liaromatis had a game with the highest 14 points for Wildcats, followed by 11 from Rosov-Bird and eight from Taylor Stefankac. As a team, Wilmington was 20-for-32 of the free throw line.

The Tigers received a dozen from Haubner, followed by nine from Dunnil and six by Anistine Hakli, all of whom came in the first half.