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Lady Eagles Rout Noble 73-20
WHS Varsity Girls Basketball
December 13, 2011
By Chris Spaulding

#4 Meghan Gribbin is fouled as she goes up for the shot. Gribbin completed the three point play. #23 Lonnie Staten watches in the background. Chris Spaulding photo.

Windham, ME: The Windham High School varsity girls basketball put on a clinic tonight as they routed Noble 73-20. Senior standout Meghan Gribbin led all scorers with 26 points and Bebe Butts added 14 and every member of the team that was dressed for the game scored.

#12 Steph Frost drains a three pointer during the Eagles 17-0 run to open the game. Chris Spaulding photo.

Diandra Berthiaume began a 17-0 run to open the game with a layup seconds after the tipoff and Steph Frost followed with a baseline jumper. Moments later Meghan Gribbin went two for two from the foul line and stole the ensuing inbound pass and hit a layup. Gribbin was fouled on her next scoring play. She hit the foul shot to complete the three point play. The Eagles continued the scoring frenzy with three consecutive three-point shots. Steph Frost hit the first one and Bebe Butts followed with two treys. Noble scored their first point of the game in between Butts's three-pointers. Steph Frost followed up hit a two-pointer. Moments later Gribbin was inbounding the ball under the Windham hoop when the Noble defender turned her back to Gribbin. Gribbin quickly inbounded the ball off the defenders back, recovered the ball and hit the layup before the Noble player realized what happened. Louisa Sbardella nailed a deep three-pointer and Haley Batchelder hit a bucket to close out Windham's dominant 29-1 first quarter.

#14 Bebe Butts hits a jumper. Butts ended with 14 points including four three-pointers. Chris Spaulding photo.

Senior Bebe Butts who had 14 points on the night including four three-pointers said about opening up a 17-0 lead, "We came out fast and played them like we would any team and played to our best ability." Senior Meghan Gribbin who scored 24 points for the second straight game added, "We didnt perform nearly as well as we wanted to in our game the other night so we used that as fuel for our fire tonight. Once Bebe starts hitting threes and our energy is up it makes it a lot easier."

#24 Diandra Berthiaume passes the ball under the Eagles hoop. Chris Spaulding photo.

Lonnie Staten opened the second quarter scoring with a foul shot and Steph Frost hit another basket to give Windham a 32-1 lead. Noble added another point which McKenzie Cummings answered with a three pointer. Butts followed with her third three-pointer of the game to extend the Eagles lead to 38-2. After an extended break on the bench, Gribbin returned with another three-point play, hitting the foul shot after being fouled on a successful basket. Lauren Coughlin hit a foul shot before Gribbin showed off her ball handling skills with a dazzling spin move in the paint and the basket. Gribbin and Sam Frost hit back to back baskets and Gribbin went two for two from the stripe to give Windham a commanding 49-5 halftime lead.

#12 Steph Frost distributes the ball in the front court. Chris Spaulding photo.

When asked about the gameplan in a game that is so one-sided Coach Jesse Cummings said, "We went out and worked on plays and defense. Our full court is really looking good. In the past we have really struggled offensively. This is our first year where our offense is there and our defense needs a little fine tuning so we are going to continue working on that."

#15 McKenzie Cummings protects tha ball from the Noble defender while #10 Sam Frost looks on. Chris Spaulding photo.

Steph Frost opened the third quarter scoring with a basket and Gribbin followed with another three point play, again hitting a basket and the ensuing foul shot to put Windham ahead 54-5. Berthiaume hit a put back and Gribbin scored again before Noble finally mustered their first points of the second half. Butts answered with her fourth free throw of the game, and followed that up with a two pointer. Noble added three points before Berthiaume put the cap on the third quarter scoring with a bucket. Windham led 65-10 after three quarters.

Windham and Noble traded points as Gribbin and Staten each scored for Windham and Batchelder scored two in a row to close out Windham's scoring. Noble went on their first four point run of the game to close out the scoring. By the final buzzer, every Windham player had scored at least one point. Gribbin said, "Even in a game like this there are still a lot of things we can work on. Getting everyone touches, we dont play for stats or anything like that. It's always a team effort. Girls that dont get to play as much, it was their time. We ran some plays and coach told us not to let up so we took the layups if they were there. We worked on plays and on our team defense." Butts added, "In the locker room we realized that everyone scored."

	1	2	3	4	Final
Noble	1	4	5	10	20
Windham	29	20	16	8	73

#	Player	2's	3's	FTA	FTM	TP
4	Meghan Gribbin	9	--	6	6	24
10	Steph Frost	4	3	--	--	11
11	Haley Batchelder	3	--	--	--	6
12	Sam Frost	1	--	--	--	2
14	Bebe Butts	1	4	--	--	14
15	McKenzie Cummings	--	1	--	--	3
21	Louisa Sbardella	--	1	--	--	3
22	Lauren Coughlin	--	--	2	1	1
23	Lonnie Staten	1	--	2	1	3
24	Diandra Berthiaume	3	--	--	--	6