Fourth quarter dooms Hayden girls basketball team Friday
Friday, January 11, 2013
2012-13 Tigers girls basketball schedule
- Nov. 29: Rangely 34, Hayden 15 at Meeker Cowboy Shootout
- Nov. 30: Meeker 68, Hayden 19 at Meeker Cowboy Shootout
- Dec. 1: Soroco 48, Hayden 28 at Meeker Cowboy Shootout
- Dec. 4: North Park 40, Hayden 37
- Dec. 14: Hayden 39, Encampment, Wyo., 34
- Dec. 15: Little Snake River 68, Hayden 26
- Dec. 21: 7 p.m. vs. Meeker
- Jan. 11: West Grand 46, Hayden 31
- Jan. 12: noon vs. Vail Mountain
- Jan. 18: Hotchkiss 56, Hayden 19
- Jan. 19: Paonia 59, Hayden 18
- Jan. 24: Soroco 50, Hayden 29
- Jan. 25: Hayden 39, Vail Christian 28
- Feb. 1: Rangely 49, Hayden 35
- Feb. 2: Meeker 82, Hayden 19
- Feb. 8: Hayden 51, West Grand 36
- Feb. 9: North Park 41, Hayden 36
- Feb. 15: Hayden 39, Plateau Valley 25
- Feb. 16: 1 p.m. vs. DeBeque
- Feb. 22: Soroco 55, Hayden 32
- Feb. 26: Hotchkiss 67, Hayden 28
Any other season, maybe it would be a disappointment. The Hayden High School girls team played poorly in the fourth quarter and lost Friday night at West Grand, 46-31.
Despite the upsetting end to the game, Hayden coach Michelle Wilkie had no problem finding positives. The game was tied at half and the Tigers trailed by just two going into the fourth quarter.
“We played three quarters of very good basketball,” she said. “We set five goals and we accomplished all but one of them. I’m very pleased with that.”
Hayden (1-8) lost by an average of nearly 30 points in its seven losses prior to Friday night’s game, so going punch for punch with a league rival was a major indicator of progress to Wilkie. She said the team’s goals included improving its free throw percentage, cutting turnovers by half, hitting double digits in both offensive and defensive rebounds and simply shooting more shots — 60 in a game.
The only goal they missed was scoring 40 points.
Kayla Dunkley led the team with nine points. Kara Cozzens and Savannah Williams each had seven. Olivia Zehner and Emma Johnson each scored four. The Tigers play at noon Saturday vs. Vail Mountain.
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