Windham
Dominates Noble 59-37
Basketball - WHS Girls Varsity
January 12,
2010
Sophomore
Meghan Gribbin goes after a loose ball.
Gribbin scored a game high 16 points in
Windham's victory.
Windham ME:
Windham (3-7) cruised to a 59-37 victory
over Noble (2-8) at Windham High School.
Senior
Kelsey McGowan shooting free throws.
Noble jumped
out to a 2-0 lead before Kelsey McGowan tied
the score. Meghan Gribbin hit a three
pointer with 6:16 left in the first quarter
that put Windham ahead 5-2. Windham never
trailed again. Steph Frost hit a short
jumper, Amber Allen hit a free throw and
McGowan added another bucket to extend the
Eagles lead to 10-4. Olivia Hurd joined the
scoring and McGowan and Gribbin would each
add another basket to pace Windham to a
dominating 16-6
lead at the end of the first quarter.
#23 Olivia
Hurd puts up a shot while #24 Diandra
Bertiaume prepares for a possible rebound.
Noble's
Brittany Racicot scored four straight points
to open the second quarter but Gribbin and
seniors McGowan and Allen continued to
produce staking the Eagles to a 26-13 lead
midway through the second quarter. Mackenzie
Cummings added to Windham's lead and
Gribbins drained another three-pointer.
Diandra Berthiaume extended Windham's lead
to 33-16. Gribbin ended the first half with
a buzzer beater to give Windham a commanding
35-18 lead at the half.
Mackenzie
Cummings puts up a shot in the first half.
Windham Coach
Jessie Cummings said, "We wanted to start
pushing the ball a lot more and with the
transition points and I thought in the first
half we did that. We struggled with teams
with not great records in the past so we
wanted to definitely come out and jump on
them early and play some tough full court
defense and I thought the girls did that."
Windham
cheering puts on another entertaining
halftime show.
Noble struck
first on the scoreboard again in the third
quarter but once again Windham took control
of the scoring going on an 8-0 run that
included two baskets from McGowan and one
each from Gribbin and Allen. After a Noble
free throw Berthiaume added her second score
of the game and Gribbin added another hoop.
The Eagles finished the quarter leading
47-26.
Amber Allen
puts up a layup late in the game.
Frost opened
the scoring in the fourth quarter and Gina
Cirillo added two buckets. Hurd and Allen
each added another basket each and Cummings
hit two free throws to round out Windham's
offensive effort on the night.
Kelsey
McGowan pulls down a rebound.
Standout
sophomore point guard Meghan Gribbin talked
about the team's game plan and the results,
"Our plan was to push the ball more because
in our last few games we were walking it up
and trying to set up an offense so coach
said to push it up and the defense would get
tired and we would get quick and easy
baskets. We did it well in the first half
and then when we got a lead we got to catch
our breath and slow it down and run our
plays."
Cummings
added, "I think some kids who haven't
had much confidence in themselves gained
some confidence tonight doing the little
things, rebounding, looking to penetrate a
little more and dishing it to other kids for
some shots. I asked the girls to focus on
that tonight and they really honed in on
that."
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