DANE FUELLING
WZBD.com
The Starfires won again on the road.
Just 24 hours after dispatching the South Side Archers, coach Brett Freeman’s team beat Eastbrook Wednesday, 47-39.
This one, however, was quite different from the win on Tuesday, where the Stars had to figure out a way to come from behind against a winless team that was hungry for a victory.
South Adams led throughout Wednesday night, taking an 11-point lead into halftime on a night when they could get to .500 for the first time since both Pries girls were on the court for the team.
It was not pretty, however, said the coach.
“We were really out of sync tonight on both ends,” noted Freeman, who knew his team might struggle with back-to-back long road trips on consecutive nights. “It seemed like we were really flat tonight. Offensively, we were making a lot of unforced turnovers that took away from our scoring opportunities. We had moments where we were connected, but just very out of sync.”
Eastbrook did make a comeback attempt, outscoring the Stars in the third and cutting the lead to 32-27, but the Starfires bounced back in the fourth to put the Panthers away and score their fifth win of the year.
Ana Lehman led the team with 19 points and Laney Trausch had 16. Importantly, they combined for a good night at the line, finishing a combined 9 of 13.
Shaylee Sprunger had a nice night, scoring nine points in the win.
“Defensively, we weren’t talking like we need to and giving up far too many good looks,” said Freeman after the game. “Hopefully it just extends from playing four games on the road in a week’s time, and this game being a back to back.”
The Stars will get some much needed gym time at home the rest of the week before playing a pair of home games next week: Monday against Monroe Central and Thursday against Adams Central.
“We’ll definitely work to get things back on the right track before next week. A win is a win, and we went 3-1 in those 4 road games. I know these girls will work to be better.”
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