MAYFIELD Lady Comet Malle McGee swished in one last three as the buzzer sounded to end the All-Classic State Semifinals last night. Carlisle County fans cheered but it wasnt enough.<\/p>\n
Despite Carlisles threes, the Murray High Lady Tigers defeated Carlisle County 47-33 and will be advancing to the finals on Saturday.<\/p>\n
I knew they were capable of knocking down some threes, Lady Tiger head coach Tom Foust said. With that being said, I still wanted that to be their offense. I told our girls, If we can limit their offensive rebounds, thats whats going to put a good dent in their offense.<\/p>\n
Fousts prediction was correct. Less than 20 seconds into the game, Lady Comet Kierra Whitaker shot a beautiful three. Fortunately, that was something Murray High had been prepared for.<\/p>\n
The game plan was to let them shoot some threes, Foust said. They were going to hit some, and we were just going to have to live with it.<\/p>\n
Two minutes later, junior Angela Gierhart shot a three of her own to bring the game to a tie at 3-3 with 5:55 left in the first quarter. Once senior Calli Carver shot for two, Murray High took the lead 5-3 and never looked back. By the end of the first half, the Lady Tigers were up 18-12, and they were able to stretch the game out to 47-30 before McGee shot her game-ending basket to make the game 47-33.<\/p>\n
Not only did Murray High execute top-notch defense and control the Lady Comets offensive rebounds, but they also had Carver show up and show out. Before the game was over, Carver totaled 26 points.<\/p>\n
Calli did what shes been doing, Foust said. She knows that when were struggling to shoot from outside a little bit that shes going to be the go-to inside, and shes really aggressive. She knows when we need her. She doesnt really take bad shots. Shes a really smart kid, and shell do whatever we need her to do either with rebounding or on a night like tonight where she carried us in scoring.<\/p>\n
Carver is well known by Murray High opponents, which means she is often heavily guarded, but that doesnt stop this athlete from putting points on the board.<\/p>\n
Most nights Callis going to be a primary target, Foust said. Even when people are face guarding her like they (the Lady Comets) were a little bit there at the end, shes a smart kid and knows how to work around that. Then she knows that she needs to be more of a screener, get other people involved. Everybody on the team fights for each other. That makes my job a lot easier.<\/p>\n
Foust is overall pleased with the effort he saw from his girls last night but said they need to clean up some simple things before they compete on Saturday.<\/p>\n
We had a couple of silly walks and a couple of illegal screens, he pointed out.<\/p>\n
Next up, Murray High will take on Mayfield on Saturday at 6 p.m. The Lady Tigers have already competed against the Lady Cardinals once this season and came away victorious 45-36.<\/p>\n
Weve played them already this year, Foust said. I dont think theyll be the same team that we saw last time. They were early in the year. They have some talented kids and good coaches. I have some film, so I have to go home and get back to work tonight. I expect quite a few changes.<\/p>\n
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