Colby cuts Greenwood
The Hornets could not stop the outside shots from falling on Tuesday, Jan. 25, as Gilman buried Colby with a threes. The Hornets definitely learned their lesson, and proved it with outstanding defense against Greenwood on Friday.
The Hornets refused to let the Indians get a clean shot off, holding their hosts to one made three pointer. Not that the Indians weren’t trying. Greenwood put up 24 three point attempts.
Colby allowed Greenwood to convert only eight shots on 62 attempts, no player from Greenwood scored more than eight.
The Hornets opened up on a 16-4 run. Kya Viegut and Brett Schmitt led the Colby charge in the first half, scoring 13 and seven points. The Hornets held a 32-22 lead at halftime.
Viegut continued to connect from three in the second half, snapping off a third triple as she led all players with 18 points. Colby led by as much as 17 points in the second half, but a scoring drought prevented Colby from extending the lead.
Greenwood tried to narrow the gap, but Colby’s defense was impenetrable. The Hornets gave up just one Greenwood basket during that stretch.
Colby’s steadier play and defense gave the Hornets their sixth victory of the season. Brett Schmitt and Savana Thomsen scored seven points apiece, Hayden Willner had eight, Kylie Orth tallied five and Trisha Vanderhoof scored two points.
66-61
The Hornets turned in a Jekyll and Hyde performance on Tuesday night, surrendering a 15 point lead to fall to their Cloverbelt rivals 66-61.
The Hornets trailed early on in the first half but bounced back to tie things up at 20-20 with 6:32 to play. Colby put together a terrific 15-5 run over the last five minutes to go into the break up 41-28, but the Hornets took their foot off the gas and allowed the Greyhounds to grind down the Hornets’ lead.
Turnovers and an inability to hit free throws - Colby finished just 22 of 51 got the Greyhounds back in, and Loyal closed out the game on a 19-4 run over the final six minutes to cap the comeback, dropping Colby to 6-12 and 5-8 in Cloverbelt action.
“In my opinion, Loyal did not beat us in this game, we beat ourselves,” Colby head coach Terry Schmitt said. “Loyal was fouling out in the second half, and then all of a sudden we got ridiculous with our fouls, made bad choices with the ball. A lot of things happened, but composure was completely lost.”
Trisha Vanderhoof led the Hornets with 11 points, and Hayden Willner and Kylie Orth each scored ten points. Savana Thomsen finished with eight points, Alexis Vanderhoof had seven and Olivia Krause added six points.
Harrison Schmitt finished with four points, Angelique Hernandez tallied three points and Kya Viegut was held to two points.
Colby’s next game is not until Tuesday, Feb. 8. The Hornets will travel to Neillsville for a 7:15 p.m. game.
