Eagles Crush Cougars

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The TC Lady Eagles opened their season at Escalon High School on Monday night.  As the JV Eagletts struggled to find their rhythm against a good Escalon JV squad more than one varsity player expected to see a very good varsity opponent.  TC came out in a full court press that the Cougars had no answer to.  The Cougars were so over matched that the Eagles had 9 offensive rebounds before Escalon even took a shot.  Layups, offensive put-backs, and an overwhelming defense held the Escalon to only 2 points in the first half, and that came on a 15 foot, eyes closed, jump shot that was very well defended by sophomore Kate Farrar.  The second half was more of the same, minus the press, and ended with a 58-12 win for TC.

On the offensive end of the court Natalie Snyder lite up the gym making 18 points on 4 for 5 from 3 point land.  Many of the baskets came with an inside outside game.  The ball would be passed into a post, such as Marly Burton, and she would pass the ball out to Natalie as the defense collapsed.  This strategy resulted in Tara Lafollette (3), Kaisa Spycher (3) and Marly (2) getting a number of assists.  Marly contributed 10 points while Rebeka Muller and Molly Farrar added 8 a piece.  The rebounding leaders included Kara Gabrielson with 7 and Rebeka and Marly pulling down 6 each.

The fans expected to see a more competitive game, since Escalon has an enrollment of about 1000 students, but had to settle for an impressive Eagle debue.  It was good to see the girls play hard through out the contest, even when they went so far ahead that the "mercy rule" took hold in the forth quarter.  The mercy rule is if a team is leading by 40 points anytime during the fourth quarter the clock does not stop for dead balls.

TC's next opponent will be Orestimba at the TC Tournament @ Calvary Baptist on Thursday, December 9.  Come on out and enjoy some really good girls basketball games.  See ya there:-)