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Lady Jacks crush Othello by 34
Red Devils, Greyhounds down Quincy
Kurtis J. Wood/sports@qvpr.com
Aurorah Davis and Grandview's Payton Parrish reach for a rebound during Tuesday's game.
Marinda Talley has owned the paint for the Lady Jackrabbits the last three games with her 11-point and 14-rebound per game average. The senior post led her team to a win over Othello, but Quincy was bested by East Valley and Grandview to open the CWAC season.
The Lady Jacks (1-2) head to Toppenish (2-1) on Saturday for their first league road trip of the season.
Grandview 46, Quincy 26
The Lady Jacks took a 7-2 lead in the first quarter off the scoring of Aurorah Davis (10 points, 7 rebounds) and Talley (9 points, 17 rebounds). Then the Lady Greyhounds came back to take a 14-8 lead at the half and extended tehir lead to 30-17 entering the fourth quarter.
But Quincy’s defense led to several steals and an 8-0 run to pull within 30-25 at the four and a half-minute mark of the final quarter. Davis had a pair of baskets, while Candice Snyder and Talley each added their own bucket.
“Defensively, we are getting a lot better and we are challenging shots,” coach Cully Donovan said.
But Grandview closed out the game on a 17-1 run. In that span, Quincy made just one of three free throws, missed eight free throws and did not make any three-pointers. On the flipside, the Lady Greyhounds made five 3-pointers.
Entering the game, the Lady Jacks were focused on stopping Payton Parrish (10 points, 10 rebounds) and Marissa Caballero (13 points). They entered the game averaging a combined 31 points per game.
“They had other girls step up tonight,” Donovan said.
Quincy 51, Othello 17
Talley kept her groove when Othello came to town on Saturday. She was able to pick up a double-double with 16 points and 14 rebounds, while Madison Petersen added eight points and Sara Horning had six steals.
“We got off to an 11-0 start, which included two, 3-point baskets by Madison,” Donovan said. “The defense was great, challenging every shot Othello took.”
Quincy scored 14 points in each of the first three quarters and allowed less than six points per quarter to the Lady Huskies. Snyder had five points, three rebounds and three steals, while Kacie Reynolds had six rebounds and Davis had six points and six rebounds.
“We shot the ball a lot better from the floor and free throw line,” Donovan said. “It was a good team effort.”
East Valley 60, Quincy 16
There were two keys to the loss to East Valley Friday night. The first was shooting just 21 percent from the floor, as well as 40 percent from the free-throw line and only two Quincy players scored. Talley (12 rebounds) and Davis each scored eight points.
