Women’s hoopsters nipped by Schoolcraft College

By Julie Newell
Sports/Photo Editor

The LCC women's basketball team put up a fight against Schoolcraft College on Wednesday, Dec. 4 in the Gannon Gym, but stumbled at the end, losing 54-51.

The loss put the Stars' record at 5-2 overall.

"(We) missed a lot of shots," LCC sophomore Celia Ridsdale said. "(In) the first half we only scored 22 points. This game we had the least amount of turnovers that we've had all season. (We) played great defense, but it just came down to missing a bunch of shots."

Freshmen Jada Moorehead led the team with 15 points and Tori Blackman delivered five assists for the Stars.

"We played really hard, we didn't shoot the ball very well, and I think they just out-hustled us," freshman Abigail Koneval said. "At the end we still tried our best. We just couldn't pull through."

Moorehead, Blackman and Koneval each grabbed eight rebounds in the game to lead LCC.

"We didn't make very many shots, they (Schoolcraft College) did and we didn't get stops when we needed to," LCC Head Coach Layne Ingram said. "At the end of the day people have to show up, that's the bottom line of the story.

"We've got to show up and be ready to play at the tip-off, and we weren't. We had three chances to win at the end of the game. We just didn't execute."

The Stars won 71-63 against Great Lakes Christian College on Nov. 26 and won 75-70 against Delta College on Dec. 2.

As the fall semester comes to an end the Stars' schedule continues to be full. The Stars were scheduled to play at Mott Community College on Saturday Dec.7.

The Stars are scheduled to play at home in the Gannon Gym on Wednesday, Dec. 11 against Aquinas College; on Friday, Dec. 13 against Macomb Community College; and on Wednesday, Dec. 18 against Mott Community College.