By T. Scott Boatright
Choudrant’s Lady Aggies split a pair of basketball games this week, defeating D’Arbonne Woods on Monday before falling at Calvin on Tuesday.
“We’re playing great defense but still trying to learn how to score,” Robertson said. “A big part of that is inexperience, so I believe it will come. But six of our losses have come by 10 points or less, so we’re not getting blown out. We’re making progress. We just have to learn how to score and learn how to finish.”
Lady Aggies 31, Darbonne Woods 15
Defense was the name of the game for the Lady Aggies on Tuesday as they built a 10-2 advantage by the end of the first quarter on Friday, leading the whole way to earn their sixth win of the season.
Brelyn Pyle led the way for Choudrant with nine points while point guard Reese Brown chipped in with seven.
The Lady Aggies also got some quality minutes out of 6-0 sophomore forward Piper Jackson, who scored four points, as did CHS teammate Abby Frazier.
“Piper is a sophomore but is 6-0, so she does bring size,” Robertson said. “We actually have some size, but what we don’t have is a lot of experience. That will come over time. The girls are working hard and had two great practices this week, so it will happen. The only way to overcome inexperience is to play and get better.”
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Calvin 35, Lady Aggies 30
After a strong early effort by the Lady Aggies on Tuesday, Calvin outscored Choudrant 14-5 in the second quarter en route to a five-point win.
Choudrant led 13-9 at the end of the third quarter, but the Lady Cougars roared out on top 23-18 at intermission and stretched that lead to 32-22 by the end of the third quarter.
The Lady Aggies outscored the Lady Cougars 8-3 in the final stanza, but that wasn’t enough as Choudrant fell to 6-10 on the season.
Abby Frazier led CHS with nine points while Reese Brown added eight points, Sadie Jones chipped in with six and Brelyn Pyle hit for five.
Next up for the Lady Aggies (6-10) is a road game at Saline (4-13) tonight.
“Saline is a good match-up for us,” Robertson said. “The only thing is, we’re playing that one on the road and we’ve only won one road game so far this season. But again, inexperience has played a big role in that and that will work itself out the more we play.
“So we’re just going to keep working hard and gaining that needed experience. If we can do that, I believe our scoring will come around and our road performances will get better. We’re just at a point right now where it’s still a learning experience, but we’ll come around.”
