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<\/a>Thunder Mountain High School junior Cailynn Baxter (23) is defended by Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé senior Chloe Casperson (11) and junior Nadia Wilson during the Falcons 42-28 win over the Crimson Bears on Saturday at the George Houston Gymnasium. (Klas Stolpe\/For the Juneau Empire)<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
On Saturday TMHS ran their offense very well, with K. Baxter earning all 10 of the Falcons first quarter points while JDHS’ Casperson and Tuckwood totaled six.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
“I think our enthusiasm was key, not getting down on each other and rebounding a lot,” M. Carandang said. “We capitalized on the little things. I think Friday was a really big wake-up call. I think it is a good competitive league.”<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
In the second quarter TMHS would get shots past the arc from Lockhart and M. Carandang, two tough baskets by Gates and scores from the Baxter sisters for a 24-10 lead at the half and control of the game.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
“I definitely would say we ran our offense a lot better,” Gates said after Saturday’s win. “We were a lot more under control. I think just Friday being the second home game really got to us a little big yesterday. We were a little rattled. We settled down today. We really pulled through like we know we can.”<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
TMHS senior Kara Strong provided two baskets inside in the third quarter, and Lockhart and junior Addison Wilson each had a bucket and two free throws while JDHS’ G. Nizich hit twice past the arc and Casperson and Hargrave added a basket each to keep the Crimson Bears within striking distance at 36-20.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
TMHS managed just six points in the final stanza but JDHS tallied just eight, including two past the arc late by Tuckwood and the Falcons held off the Crimson Bears 42-28.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
K. Baxter led the Falcons with a game-high 12 points, M. Carandang and Lockhart added seven points apiece, Gates, C. Baxter, Strong and Wilson four each.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
TMHS hit 8-10 from the charity stripe, JDHS 0-2.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
Tuckwood, Casperson and Nizich led the Crimson Bears with eight points each, and Hargrave added four.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
“Our focus was on defense,” JDHS coach Tanya Nizich said of the weekend. “They (TMHS) were comfortable with their schedule this far and putting up big numbers against their opponents so we wanted to make sure our key focus was defense and I think we did that both nights. The difference was offensively tonight we did not attack the basket like we did last night. Some of the points we scored easily were off of screens and June (freshman June Troxel) was a big factor in that. She came in off the bench and she is a screening machine, and she was able to get us open for a couple really nice looks in the fourth quarter to get us going, but it takes all five of us to do that. Instead of expending energy cutting, we just need to be sharp and go find somebody to screen.”<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
TMHS will host Ketchikan (4-11 overall, 0-4 SEC) next weekend. JDHS will host Colony on Feb. 15 before traveling to Kayhi on Feb. 16-17.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
“You lose some, you win some,” G. Nizich said. “We just have to take the lessons learned in the loss and from the win and apply them in our practices next week. Work on our communication and look into the basket. Our screens really helped tonight on offense and opened up the availability for some shots.”<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
JDHS and TMHS will play their final home games against each other on Feb. 23-24.<\/p>\n\t\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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