Wednesday, January 22, 2014
Game 11: Lexington 67 Melrose 45
Melrose opened up the second half of the season a day late with a snow postponement, hosting Lexington and dropping a 67-45 contest thanks to a fourth quarter explosion from Lexington sophomore Anna Kelly.
In Switch: How to Change When Change Is Hard, the Heath brothers note the importance of 1) finding the bright spots, 2) scripting the journey, and 3) pointing to the future. Despite the final score, Melrose had its moments during the game, with the game tied at 43 with 7:00 remaining on the clock.
Lexington came out fast with an 18-8 first period edge. They used transition offense and aggressive defense to get easy shots and force Melrose turnovers. Melrose generally held its own for the first half of the frame with some box-and-one defense on Lexington's star.
Melrose turned things around in the second quarter, outscoring Lexington 16-7 as they took better care of the ball and had a very respectable 11/25 (.440) shooting percentage. Six Jill MacInnes points (13 overall) had a big part in the turnaround. When Melrose was able to get the ball into the paint, they controlled the game. Getting Kelly into foul trouble was another key for Melrose.
Lexington forced a pair of turnovers to open up the second half, going up 29-24, only to see Melrose fight its way back to trail 33-22 before Lexington went on an 8-0 run to lead 41-32 with 1:05 in the period. Melrose rallied to close to within five (43-38) with good work from Katie Sullivan (8 points), Ashley Harding (12 rebounds, 6 points) and Sarah Foote (8 points, 4 steals).
The fourth quarter started innocuously enough with Melrose scoring the first five points to even the score at 43. Then, Anna Kelly literally took over the game, slashing to the basket, scoring or drawing fouls, sparking Lexington to a 24-2 run, including a 14-0 run over 1:55.
Once again the culprit was turnovers as Melrose committed forty-three, fifteen in the final stanza, robbing them of valuable offensive possessions and allowing Lexington to convert steals into points.
Melrose unofficially shot 20-51 from the field (almost forty percent) but only got to the free throw line six times, going two for six. Freshman Leonora Ivers had four assists and sophomore Allie Bornstein had three assists.
Game Notes: The defeat drops Melrose to 1-10 on the season with their tenth consecutive loss. Coach Lindsay Shanahan looks for solutions to get the Lady Raiders back in the win column. Melrose hosts Reading Friday at 7:00 P.M.
In Switch: How to Change When Change Is Hard, the Heath brothers note the importance of 1) finding the bright spots, 2) scripting the journey, and 3) pointing to the future. Despite the final score, Melrose had its moments during the game, with the game tied at 43 with 7:00 remaining on the clock.
Lexington came out fast with an 18-8 first period edge. They used transition offense and aggressive defense to get easy shots and force Melrose turnovers. Melrose generally held its own for the first half of the frame with some box-and-one defense on Lexington's star.
Melrose turned things around in the second quarter, outscoring Lexington 16-7 as they took better care of the ball and had a very respectable 11/25 (.440) shooting percentage. Six Jill MacInnes points (13 overall) had a big part in the turnaround. When Melrose was able to get the ball into the paint, they controlled the game. Getting Kelly into foul trouble was another key for Melrose.
Lexington forced a pair of turnovers to open up the second half, going up 29-24, only to see Melrose fight its way back to trail 33-22 before Lexington went on an 8-0 run to lead 41-32 with 1:05 in the period. Melrose rallied to close to within five (43-38) with good work from Katie Sullivan (8 points), Ashley Harding (12 rebounds, 6 points) and Sarah Foote (8 points, 4 steals).
The fourth quarter started innocuously enough with Melrose scoring the first five points to even the score at 43. Then, Anna Kelly literally took over the game, slashing to the basket, scoring or drawing fouls, sparking Lexington to a 24-2 run, including a 14-0 run over 1:55.
Once again the culprit was turnovers as Melrose committed forty-three, fifteen in the final stanza, robbing them of valuable offensive possessions and allowing Lexington to convert steals into points.
Melrose unofficially shot 20-51 from the field (almost forty percent) but only got to the free throw line six times, going two for six. Freshman Leonora Ivers had four assists and sophomore Allie Bornstein had three assists.
Game Notes: The defeat drops Melrose to 1-10 on the season with their tenth consecutive loss. Coach Lindsay Shanahan looks for solutions to get the Lady Raiders back in the win column. Melrose hosts Reading Friday at 7:00 P.M.
// posted by Ron Sen, MD, FCCP @ 8:37 PM 
