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Central’s Austyn Taylor puts up a shot over Sterling’s Laurie Derrico during their game Tuesday at Central. Evan Grice/ The Duncan Banner

January 31, 2012

Evan Grice The Duncan Banner The Duncan Banner Tue Jan 31, 2012, 11:41 PM CST

CENTRAL HIGH — In their first meeting earlier this season, the Central High Lady Bronchos and the Sterling Lady Tigers played a tightly contested game in Sterling. CHHS was hoping it could gain a measure of revenge Tuesday night as these two teams met up at Broncho Gymnasium.

Unfortunately, the good didn’t last long for the ladies wearing white, in what turned out to be a physical night.

Despite holding an early lead, runs by the Lady Tigers in the second and third quarters all but sealed the game as Sterling walked away with a 48-33 win.

“We tried to force too many things and didn’t take care of the ball very well,” Central High head coach Chad Weldon said after his team’s defeat. “Sterling was in a zone and made things very difficult for us.

“I thought we played well at times but we had too many turnovers, and those things can’t happen if your going to win.”

When the ball was tipped for the first quarter, both teams got re-acquainted with one another, letting physical play set the tone. Hard fouls were happening at both ends, with the Lady Bronchos holding a 7-3 lead with 2:36 left in the first.

But, the lead was quickly forgotten as the Lady Tigers tied the game at the 1:34 mark, then took the lead with just 36 seconds left. SHS held a 9-7 going into the second.

After getting to within two points at 12-10 with 5:44 left, the Lady Bronchos then went the next 3 minutes without making a point while the Lady Tigers went on a 7-0 run to increase their lead to 19-10. CHHS’ next points were thanks to senior Austyn Taylor’s two free throws at the 2:44 mark.

It was advantage Sterling going into the halftime break at 21-14.

Before fans could take their seats for the second half, the Lady Tigers had stretched their lead to 26-14 with 6:49 left, before making it 34-22 just over 3 minutes later.

Central High tried to fight back, keeping the deficit at 12 going into the fourth at 40-28, but it wasn’t to be on the evening.

Free throw shooting went the way of the Lady Bronchos on the night, who went 15-of-19, while the Lady Tigers were 9-of-16. Both teams shot 2-of-7 from three point range in the game.

“Shooting 25 percent from the field and not being able to hit shots hurt us tonight,” Weldon said. “I just told the girls we need to get back to going over X’s and O’s and we’ll do that tomorrow morning.”

Leading the scoring for the Lady Bronchos was Taylor with 13 points followed by fellow senior Nikole Repp with 10. Junior Lora-Lynn Loomis and sophomore Chelsea Nunley each scored 5.

Sterling was paced by sophomore Madison Bradshaw with 14 points followed by junior Devyn Johnson with 13. Freshman Laurie Derrico scored 12.

SHS’ overall record now stands at 21-3 while Central High falls to 14-6. CHHS will have the rest of the week off before returning to action Tuesday night against Paoli with tip-off set for 6:30 p.m. from Broncho Gymnasium.

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