Bloomington South girls basketball win over North completes county sweep
Just two weeks into the season and the Bloomington South girls basketball team has vanquished it's two county rivals.
- Offense was hard to come by as the Panthers held off a second-half rally by North, getting a huge 3-pointer from freshman Quinn Wurtzman with 2:10 left in a five-point game to pull out a 48-37 win.
- The annual meeting with Bloomington North was pushed up a month earlier than in the past, with the Cougars needing to adjust their schedule as new members of the Mid-State Conference.
- North had some key players in early foul trouble and the physical affects of the South press led to some 'tired' errors.
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"If teams want to concentrate on a couple players when you have as many as we do, then somebody just has to step up." North digs hole in first half South (2-1) will always lean on its defense, and forcing 11 turnovers in the first half led to some easy buckets and a 29-16 lead at the break.
- We fought like hell to get it back within five points and a just a couple possessions here and there that made the difference." Emotions were also running high with South junior transfer Kate Lehr playing her first game against her old mates.
- "And tonight they did a really good job because they kept our two scorers from scoring." South finished 15-of-48 shooting, hitting 5 of 16 3-pointers but also going 13-of-15 at the line.
- North got within 33-27 at the end of three, but South wouldn't let them get any closer.
- So it was a great early-season introduction to a sectional-like atmosphere for both teams in front of a vocal crowd at South on Thursday, Nov.
- "I say it often, if they'd play with the same energy against us against other teams, they'd come out with the win.
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