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Wednesday, January 27, 1993 — The Allen American — Page 11A
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isn’t really the kind of medicine we
need. The kids had a good feeling
when they walked off the court, but
not to the point where they thought
the result was good enough. At least
we have something to build on. We
were playing as well as we could in
the first half and Marcus put it into
another gear in the second.
“The difference was we couldn’t.”
After some pretty tough setbacks
in the last few weeks, Specht was
relieved to see his team come out
like it did. Allen led 10-6 after the
first quarter even without regular
starting point guard Chanteau
White, who was out with
en-
pneumonia.
With sophomore Karen Hamilton
running the show and senior Brandy
% Jumper coming off the bench at point
guard, the Lady Eagles hung in while
Marcus rallied.
But the Lady Marauder press was
just too much in the third quarter.
Marcus outscored Allen 16-4 follow- tan Presley and Jennifer Stein —
ing intermission and that was the dif- that he wants to have shoot the ball
ference in the game. 10-plus times a contest, only Wil-
The Lady Eagles scored eight liams had double-figure attempts.
points in a 30-second span of the Stein did lead the team in points
fourth period to cut the Lady with 13 on five-of-nine shooting. But
Marauder advantage to eight, but the Lady Eagles will be hardpressed
Allen drew no closer. to compete in the district without
“I definitely know we had them more offensive options.
concerned in the first half because of “We aren’t getting our scorers in-
the timeouts they called and the side the ball enough and when we do,
length of time they spent in the lock- we don’t shoot it enough,” he said,
erroom at halftime,” Specht said. “All of our players are nice girls who
“That was as good a first half as want to play team ball. They don’t
we’ve had in a good long while. We won’t to seem selfish. I want ba-
were even getting a few calls be- lance, but when we don’t get the ball
cause we were hustling. But they inside enough as it is, we need to
are a good team and they came out in take advantage of our opportunities,
the press. We’ve had trouble with We need to understand it’s not self-
pressure all year and it got us ish to take a good shot.”
Friday.” Willams had eight on the night and
One problem the coach says Presley chipped in six for the Lady
haunts the Lady Eagles is assertive- Eagles.
ness. In handling the press, it shows Allen will be at home Friday night
up by a lack of getting to the right for the long-awaited rematch with
spots or making the proper passes. Sherman. The Lady Eagles lost 62-
In running the press, it’s shown by a 60 to the Lady Bearcats in Sherman
lack of holding traps or securing duringthe district season’s first half,
spots on the floor. so Allen would like to see if the re-
But the main area where Specht suit can be reversed this time
would like to see his girls step up and around.
be more selfish is on offense. Of the The varsity contest is scheduled
three people — Blair Williams, Kris- to get underway at 7:30 p.m.
CaalAc “The thing that impressed me the fourth.
LddlCS most about Marcus was they hit Green, who made the decision at
_______0______________________some really big shots,” Williams gametime that he would play, fouled
From 12A said. "We were told they were a out in the first overtime, but his
little lackadaisical on defense but steal, to go along with six points,
to five at 60-55 . Moore one-upped they revamped their lineup and play- was also big in crunchtime according
his teammate, hitting a three-point ed hard against us. I thought if we to Williams.
jumper from the top of the key, then, could have made a few more stops The Eagles could be one game out
after a Green steal, getting a layup defensively when we went up 10 that of a the third and final spot with two
and foul to put Allen in front 61-60 they might think they were in for wins this week. After Grapevine
with :20 left. another long night. But when they Tuesday, the Eagles will hit the road
Marcus almost got a huge break, took the lead, I knew it would be a against Sherman. Allen will be look-
After a timeout, the Marauders got long night.” ing to avenge an earlier 62-60 loss to
Weldon Barber on the right-time The game was not separated by the Bearcats.
line. He nervously dribbled the ball more than six points after the Tipoff in Sherman is set for 7:30
for a few seconds, then made a de- Maranders’ second-period run until p.m. Friday.
sperate dash to the bucket down the _
left side of the lane. Out of control, — - and i ano pierier on w-i
Barber was probably bailed out Freshmen apece chipped in eight
when Eagle Andy Tokarz was whis- 1 10011 1o11 On Monday, Allen had trouble
led for a blocking foul with one final __keeping an early lead in a loss to
tick of the clock.From 12A Shepton. With Daei out, the Lady
Barber s first free throw was girls," the coach said. “We were in Eagles struggled on the boards as
three-quarters of the way down but the game for quite a while. The dif- Brown had to leave posts in too long,
bounced out. He then sank the latter ference from the last game was we Kristy Jackson paced Allen with
to force overtime ■ - ran our offense much better. We did six while Sarah Gray had five.
u We felt like were fortunate at a very good job." On Friday, the Lady Eagles will go
times, but I also don tthink we got Shilah Daei led the Lady Eagles to Plano for a rematch with Vines,
any opportunities, Williams said, with 14 points while Kelly Leyden The B game starts things at 6 p.m.
still a little angered over the foul
against Tokarz. "The block at the
end of the game was no doubt a
charge. I’ve watched it on tape
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TT T out of practice,” he said. “The bot- we’ll come back,” he said. “It still
V torn line was we looked disorga- feels good to know we’re on the top . inslow, who scored 19, hit
•___________________________________nized. I apologized to their coach af- half of the district and not the bot- Allen’s only bucket of the first three-
19A ter the game, saying I hope we could tom. One thing about these kids is minute, overtime on a rebound of
@ at least give them a good game or that we’ll make mistakes, but we’l . core’s miss. In the second over-
Whiffen said that was the difference workout next time.” Idarn sure come back and try to fix time, the Marauders led 66-65 with
as his team couldn’t handle the At the half, Whiffen told his star- them. Our kids won’t accept how we :to play when Moore went wild,
pressure. , ters that if they didn’t make a move played Friday. The whole purpose of nother key in the game s lading
When the Marauder weren’t scor- in the first few minutes, he’d empty junior varsity basketball is to get big- moments was two free throws
ing on easy buckets off the press, the bench. That is exactly what hap- ger and stronger to win on the varsi- aikima Moore, comingright before
they were pounding the ball inside, pened as everyone got to play for ty level, and these guys are here for a hree-point shot by Marcus Matt
taking advantage of the Eagles’ ^llen. that reason.” little.
other Achilles’ heel. All told, 14 Marcus players The Eagles will get to see just Williams said the difference in
But the coach said that was to be reached the scoring column. how well they can rebound from the overtime was very easy to see.
expected after the events if the pre- As easy as it was for him to find blowout loss, travelling Friday to "The thing I liked most about our
O ceeding days.faults, Whiffen has no fear that his Sherman for a meeting with the play in the overtime was Mark and
“On Wednesday and Thursday, team will bounce back handily. Bearcats. Tipoff is set for 6 p.m. in Chris wanted to shoot the ball, he
we good-sized portions of our squad "We played poorly Friday but the junior varsity contest. said. “What hurt Marcus was they
didn’t have anyone who stepped up.
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When we were down one and five
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broke their back.”
Allen had the look early of a team
that would get to rest everyone after
a half of play. Moore hit two three
pointers and Winslow added another
in the game’s initial moments to put
the Eagles up by 10.
Yet Marcus hung tough, buoyed
by Kevin Martens’ six first-quarter
points and tougher defense. The
Marauders tied the game at 20-all
heading into the second period, then
took a six-point lead before the
Eagles clawed back.
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