By Kyle Roberts
BENTON, La. — Following a dominating performance Thursday against Plain Dealing, Ruston High (6-8) dropped the second game of the Benton Lady Tiger Classic Friday to Captain Shreve (16-3) by a final score of 68-34.
Ruston High head coach LaShanda Cooper admitted the offense just could not get going but was happy the team never gave up.
“We were unable to handle the defensive pressure which caused our offensive rhythm to be off,” Cooper said. “We missed a lot of open shots and made a lot of mental errors. We were unable to execute defensively which caused Captain Shreve to capitalize off of those defensive mistakes. Most importantly, we fought all the way to the end and never gave up.”
Captain Shreve shot out to an early lead, getting up 18-7 at the end of the first quarter. Lady Gator Leah Bryant scored 14 of her 20 points in the first stanza. Ruston scored seven points in the second quarter and were unable to close the gap.
Senior Jasmine Summerford (pictured above) led Ruston with 11 points. Sophomore Gioia Tatum added nine points after hitting three three-pointers.
The Lady Bearcats return to action on the road Tuesday, Jan. 7, at 6 p.m. against Wossman.
Lady Bearcat Scoring FG(3FG)-FT=TP
Journi Douglas #21, Jr. 1(1) = 3
Angelica Green, #4, Soph. 2 = 4
Bailee Harrison, #23, Soph 2(1) – 1-4 FT = 6
Jasmine Summerford #22 4(2) 1-4 FT = 11
Samiya Lewis #3 1-2 FT = 1
Gioia Tatum #5, Soph 3(3) = 9
Score by Quarter
Ruston 7+7+10+10 = 34
Plain Dealing 18+19+15+16 = 68
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