JHS vs. Marian Catholic - Thursday, December 18, 2006

Marian Catholic 47
JHS 24

"Crushed" - that's how Taylor Jackson described Thursday's game. That might be a little harsh. The Skyhawks did lose by their biggest margin of the year, but they also played their toughest opponent. Marian was more aggressive and played with more intensity than the sophs had seen all year and it took them awhile to get used to the pressure defense that Marian put on. Trailing 2 to 1 with a minute to go in the first period, Marian outscored the Skyhawks 18 to 7 to lead 20 - 8 at half.

The sophs came out with pressure defense of their own to start the second half and forced Marian into a handful of turnovers and a couple of timeouts. Johnsburg cut the 12 point Marian lead to 6, but Marian stayed composed and pulled away for the victory.

Interesting stats for the game:

• Morgan Berge had 5 steals
• Tayelor Neiss had 2 assists
• Mary Kate Wright and Tara Connerty were 6 for 8 from the field - 75%
• The rest of the team was 1 for 27 from the field - 3.7%
  
• We forced Marian into 31 turnovers
• Marian got 26 offensive rebounds
• and, in what could be a world record, Johnsburg committed 47 turnovers
  

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