BERLIN — You can’t have a bad quarter against a good team. And let’s not even think about two bad quarters.
But that’s what happened to the Fairland Lady Dragons who couldn’t get their offense going in the second or fourth quarters in a 50-44 loss to the Wadsworth Lady Grizzlies on Monday at the Classic in the Country.
Each team scored 15 points in the first quarter. Fairland had five different players score with Addison Cornwell getting 4 points and Isa Taliaferro and Bailey Russell each hitting a 3-pointer.
Lauren Decker scored 4 points for the Lady Grizzlies.
But the Lady Dragons couldn’t connect in the second quarter and were outscored 16-6 and trailed 31-21 at the half.
Natalie Maddox scored 6 points, Natalie McDermitt hit a pair of 3-pointers and Ana Pinkerton scored 4 points to give Wadsworth the lead.
Fairland turned the tables in the third quarter by outscoring the Lady Grizzlies 14-7 and cut the deficit to 38-35.
Godby hit a trifecta and scored 7 points while Cornwell hit a 3-pointer and scored 5 points in Fairland’s offensive surge.
Five different players scored for Wadsworth.
But the Lady Dragons struggled with the offense again in the fourth quarter and were outscored 12-9.
Again, balanced scoring was the key for the Lady Grizzlies as 5 players scored including McDermitt who was 2 of 2 at the foul line and Decker went 2 of 6 at the stripe.
Taliaferro, Godby, Cornwell and Russell all had baskets for Fairland.
Fairland (12-3) was led by Godby with 14 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals. Cornwell had 15 points and 4 rebounds while Taliaferro had 6 rebounds.
Wadsworth (13-3) was led by McDermitt with 12 while Maddox and Pinkterton had 10 each.
Wadsworth 15 16 7 12 = 50
Fairland 15 6 14 9 = 44
WADSWORTH (13-3): Julie Maddox 0 0 2-2 2, Natalie Maddox 5 0 0-0 10, Leah Blake 0 0 0-0 0, Lauren Decker 2 0 3-7 7. Ana Pinkerton 3 0 4-4 10, Marah Minor 0 0 0-0 0, Natalie Moser 3 0 1-2 7, Natalie McDermitt 2 2 2-2 12, Reece Simpson 1 0 0-0 2. Totals: 16 2 12-17 50. Fouls: 11. Fouled out: None.
FAIRLAND (12-3): Taegen Leep 0 0 0-0 0, Isa Taliaferro 1 1 0-1 5, Ava Layne 1 0 0-0 2, Addison Godby 4 1 3-4 14, Addison Cornell 5 1 2-6 15, Stella Whitley 0 0 0-0 0, Kamryn Barnitz 1 0 1-2 3, Bailey Russell 1 1 0-0 5. Totals: 17-36 6-13 44. 3-pt goals: 4-10. Rebounds: 27 (Taliaferro 6, Godby 5, Cornwell 4). Assists: 7 (Godby 2, Barnitz 2). Steals: 8 (Barnitz 2, Godby 2, Taliaferro 2). Turnovers: 14. Fouls: 11. Fouled out: None.
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