Olivia Yutzy

A scrappy IMS team came up short Tuesday night against Lone Tree to a packed home crowd.  The pace was fast throughout as both teams looked to press and push the ball. Lone Tree jumped out to an early 16-8 lead after one quarter, led by a pair of Ella Feldman threes.  A hot shooting second quarter for IMS made it a 27-29 game at halftime.  Both teams exchanged leads throughout the third period, but IMS found themselves behind 36-40 after three.  Lone Tree went to a zone in the fourth quarter, and slowed down the pace of the game.  With three minutes to play Lone Tree had maintained their four point lead at 44-48.  Down the stretch Lone Tree was able to take care of the ball and IMS was forced to foul.  Lone Tree was able to hit their free throws, and IMS was not able to convert on their end making for a final score of 47-58.   

Olivia Yutzy led IMS with fourteen points in a strong performance on both ends of the floor.  Riley Schmieder scored eleven points and Kristin Davis and Hannah Miller each had ten.  Celia Hostetler scored two points to round out the IMS scoring. 

Coach Aaron Gingerich said “I thought our effort defensively was good tonight, but we were not able to finish each possession with a box out. When we give up as many second chance opportunities as we gave up tonight our chances of winning are not very good. I thought offensively we took advantage of opportunities to push the ball and were able to convert on some fast break opportunities.  We are learning to play at a much faster pace.”

With the loss IMS falls to 3-15 on the season, and next plays Friday at Columbus.

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Riley Schmieder

Kristin Davis

Hannah Miller