Indiana is tall. Will be interesting to see the stratagy when there is no one over 5'11 for Kentucky, but Coach Pendleton is very good.

 

 

 

INDIANA GIRLS’ ALL-STARS

•Jessica Rupright (Norwell) 6-2 — Miami (Ohio)

•Brionna Barnett (Elkhart Memorial) 5-7 — Wisconsin-Green Bay

•Jessica Brown (Mount Vernon) 5-6 — Indiana Wesleyan

•Amanda Moore (Seymour) 5-10 — Florida Gulf Coast

•Alex Morton (Penn) 5-9 — Western Michigan

•Raveen Murray (Merrillville) 5-6 — Northeast Community (Neb.)

•CoCo Moore (Lawrence North) 5-7 — SIU-Edwardsville

•Rachel Gregory (North Central) 5-10 — Buffalo

•Lakin Roland (Jeffersonville) 6-1 — Dartmouth

•Joceylyn Mousty (Eastern) 6-3 — Undecided

•Nariah Taylor (North Central) 6-5 — Auburn

•Kasey Johnson (Plainfield) 5-8 — Indiana State

•Akilah Sims (Ft. Wayne Snider) 5-10 — IUPUI

•COACH: Scott Kreiger (Ft. Wayne Canterbury)

 

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Indiana allstars lost to their juniors last night. I hope the Kentucky seniors can win tonight, we also have a srong junior class.

 

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How did tonight's - Tuesday's -scrimmage go in Lexington? Only 24 hours to go until the next one in Louisville. The real deal is just around the corner. Best of luck to the ladies and the staff this Friday and Saturday!

How did tonight's - Tuesday's -scrimmage go in Lexington? Only 24 hours to go until the next one in Louisville. The real deal is just around the corner. Best of luck to the ladies and the staff this Friday and Saturday!

 

The Seniors won by 30 points. I thought it would be a lot closer.

The Seniors won by 30 points. I thought it would be a lot closer.

 

Me too. I was shocked that the seniors won, much less by a 76-46 score!

 

For those interested, the game was played in two 20-minute halfs and the seniors led the entire way. They jumped to a 9-3 lead, upped that to 11 points on a couple of occasions before the juniors cut the deficit to 6 at 30-24 about two minutes before the half. The seniors then closed on an 8-1 run to lead 38-25 at halftime. The second half opened with the seniors getting the ball and they ran a set play to Sydney Moss for an And-1 5 seconds in to balloon the lead to 16 and the rout was on. The lead continued to expand and was never closer than 18 from then on.

 

Sydney Moss led the seniors with 19 points and 16 rebounds (in about 22 minutes of play) and I was surprised that the seniors looked to be in as good a shape as the juniors. My logic was that the juniors were playing AAU while the seniors, at least if Sydney was typical(!), weren't doing a lot to stay in shape. I know she had hardly touched a basketball for 3 weeks prior to going to camp this past Saturday. That didn't seem to affect her too much as she worked really hard on the boards. She did miss a couple shots that she'd normally make but overall didn't look to be too out of shape.

 

Both teams missed a lot of open shots that you would normally expect them to make. Play was a bit ragged at times but the seniors played good pressure as well as team defense. Other seniors that flashed really good play at times, at least that caught my eye, included Jasmine Whitfield and Micah Jones. Jones was the seniors' primary 3-point shooter and hit a couple in a row during the second half. Several other of the seniors had solid moments as well and I was a bit surprised that they outrebounded the juniors despite a size disadvantage. The Manual trio of April Wilson, Kara Wright and Leasia Wright played solidly and the guards did a nice job of pushing the ball and distributing in transition or from a set offense.

 

I'd have bet a huge amount of money that the seniors couldn't beat the juniors by 30 and I expect tonight's scrimmage in Louisville to be a different game.

 

One sad note from last night. I saw Lexington Dunbar junior Jordan Fender on crutches (she was supposed to play with the juniors) and found out she had torn an ACL. Good luck to her as she works to come back from that.

Moss was by far the best player on the floor, junior or senior. I told my husband I almost forgot how athletic she is, now I am not so worried about the length of Indiana.