EOSC Tournament - Day Three

Lady Eagles’ Game 8

Class 3A’s Spiro Lady Dogs came out quickly and got an early jump on Victory Life on Saturday in the EOSC Tournament Third Place game in the “A” Bracket. Spiro led by eight early and then by 20 at the intermission en route to a 58-31 victory over VLA on Saturday afternoon. Dropping consecutive games for the first time this season, Victory falls to 5-3 on the season. There won’t be much time to recover either as they travel to Dickson on Tuesday.
Quite frankly, the Lady Eagles haven’t seemed all the way “right” since defeating Rock Creek a week ago. Olivia Rustin injured her ankle pretty badly in the fourth quarter of that contest and hasn’t been able to rest it for it to recover fully. It is becoming apparent just how big a piece of this puzzle she is.
On top of that, some sickness going through the school this past week; the Lady Eagles weren’t spared and it showed. The girls seemed sluggish throughout the tournament. Able to slip away with a 7 point win over Wister, they couldn’t do the same against teams like Eagletown and Spiro, who had much more of a physical presence inside.
Spiro’s guard/forward duo of Kassandria Orozco and Kayli Fouts put in 12 and 11 points, respectively, before calling off the “Dogs” midway through the third.
Victory Life was led in scoring by freshman Cassadi Jones with 11. Meagan Woodall, who has herself been on a personal shooting slump, had 8 points to go along with 5 blocked shots and a great defensive effort.
The Lady Eagles need to play some inspired basketball in the coming week or they could be looking a .500 by the Christmas Break.

Saturday’s box score:

Girls
VLA (5-3) 5 7 10 9 31
EHS (3-2) 11 21 15 9 58

VLA > Cassadi Jones 11, Meagan Woodall 8, Jessi Balentine 3, Amber Wright 2, Lizzi Needham 2, Cailee Jones 2, Brittany Renfro 2, Olivia Rustin 1.
SHS > Kassandria Orozco 12, Kayli Fouts 11, Angel Miller 9, Jenni Bigler 8, Bethany Lashley 7, Sarah McLaughlin 5, Kendra Ledbetter 2, Megan Garrett 2, Meosha McKesson 2.