Hailey Clark
WINTERSVILLE – The Indian Creek girls’ basketball team was hungry to get back on the field.
After the Redskins last played the Buckeye 8 championship game last Saturday, they were ready to take the plunge and led wire to wire en route to a 70:19 win over Buckeye Local on Friday night.
“We got off to a really good start” Indian Creek (15-2) head coach Steve Eft said. “We were hungry after this defeat against Union Local on Saturday. The girls were ready to go. We found our rhythm in the second quarter. We really started clicking. “
The Redskins led by up to 58 points in the game.
“Indian Creek is a good team” Jeff Stone, Buckeye Local (4-12) senior coach, said. “You have to do them credit. They buy into what they do defensively. You play aggressively. Steve lets them play at a high level.
“We are not a team that deals with pressure. We work on it every day in practice. We practice against the press. We have six people on defense. We just don’t care. “
Kylie Kiger scored 22 points and led Creek. Hailey Clark collected 20 points, Makenzie Taylor 12 and Taylor Jones 10. Kiger (four) and Clark (three) combined seven 3-points.
Landyn Walker delivered six team-level points and eight team-level rebounds to lead Buckeye Local.
“Indian Creek does a good job with their pressure,” Said Stone. “They’re putting you under pressure. They put you under pressure in humans. You make it difficult for your husband. When you adjust screens and nobody is cutting, that’s the worst thing you can do about pressure. If you do that, you bundle up and then one player can protect two players.
“I have faith in the girls. This season is coming to an end, but we are working towards next year. We have reduced the number of girls who play college. We have six juniors and I want them to play together. I want them to get used to it because they are going to play together next year. “
The Redskins took a 10-0 lead to take a 20-2 lead at the end of the first quarter.
In the second it was more like the same. The hosts scored the first 14 points before building a 49-7 lead at halftime.
“We haven’t scored more than 49 in one half this year” Said Eft. “We had a really good offensive night. We work on space and ball movements. We were on the same side offensively. We had a good gap. We moved the ball well. I was very happy with our first half. “
The lead increased to 61-10 at the end of the third, then to 68-10 at one point on the fourth.
“Our ball pressure was really good” Said Eft. “Hailey Clark had a great second quarter. Kylie started in the second quarter. Our rotations were good. We were able to get out into the fast lanes and out in the transition. We do it really well when we can transition and score. “
The Redskins outperformed the Panthers, 37-23. Abby Copeland grabbed a team high eight for Creek.
Buckeye Local had 28 sales and Indian Creek nine.
The game was the last for both teams before the draw on Sunday.
JV ACTION
Buckeye Local won the Jaybee game (30-27) with a 3-pointer to Rylee Glover’s buzzer. She led the panthers with 11 points. Maddie Ballato led Creek with eight points
NEXT
Buckeye Local: Host is temporarily Bellaire on Monday.
Indian Creek: For the time being, Union Local will receive a Buckeye 8 championship rematch on Monday. The Jets won 68-49 to claim the title.
Indian Creek 70, Buckeye Local 19
Buckeye Local 2 5 3 9-19
Indian Creek 20 29 12 9-70
BUCKEYE LOCAL (4-12): Christian 1 0-0 2, Walker 3 0-0 6, George 0 0-0 0, Blazeski 0 0-2 0, Glover 0 0-0 0, Crain 0 1-2 1, M. Valuska 2 0-0 4, Dockery 0 0-0 0, E. Valuska 1 1-2 3, Pelkey 1 1-1 3. OVERALL: 8, 3-7: 19.
INDIAN CREEK (15-2): Blackburn 1 0-3 2, Kiger 8 2-2 22, Anderson 2 0-0 4, Taylor 5 2-4 12, Starkey 1 1-2 3, Ballato 0 0-0 0, Copeland 0 0-0 0, Smith 0 0-1 0, Clark 7 0-0 20, Jones 2 6-8 10. TOTAL: 26, 11-20: 70.
3 POINTS: Buckeye Local none; Indian Creek 7 (Kiger 4, Clark 3). Rebounds: Buckeye Local 23 (Walker 8); Indian Creek 37 (Copeland 8). SALES: Buckeye Local 28; Indian Creek 9.
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