Lady Buffs start 0-2 in conference
The Lady Buffs lost to both Rocky Mountain and Thermopolis in their conference debut last weekend. It was not the start that Coach Jeff Hunt would have liked, but he gave the Lady Grizzlies a lot of credit.
“We had a great game plan and the girls stuck to the game plan on defense,” he commented. “We did a great job getting a up on shots and forced them to shoot outside more than they liked.”
The Grizzlies shot less than 30 percent in the 36-32 win.
But the Buffs struggled to score, too.
“Rocky packed it in and made us shoot and we didn’t shoot very well,” Hunt said.
Hunt had great words to say about his team’s ability to keep the Grizzlies off the boards.
As for the loss, Hunt said, “We just had too many turnovers.”
Perla Rodriguez paced the Buffs, scoring 22 of the Buffs 32 points and made it a double-double with a total of 13 rebounds.
It was a different story at Thermopolis Saturday, where the Bobcats prevailed 64-33.
Coach Hunt said it all in a few words: “It was a great first quarter and then it was all downhill.”
The Lady Bobcats shot 46 percent from the field.
The Buffs were hampered when one of their guards went down with a concussion suffered in the JV game “That hurt our depth,” Hunt said. “They put a lot of pressure on our guards and forced a lot of turnovers.”
Mataia Henderson drew Hunt’s praise for her performance. “She had a great game and finished with five threes. She had a hot hand as we know she can get.”
The Lady Buffs will host Shoshoni Friday and play at Tongue River Saturday.
Rocky Mt. 12 7 10 7 — 36
Greybull 8 11 4 9 — 32
GREYBULL — Mataia Henderson 1-8 0-0 3, Shayne Cheatham 0-3 0-0 0, Marlee Henson 1-1 0-0 3, Sherlyn Diaz-Rios 0-2 0-0 0, Perla Rodriguez 10-13 2-3 22, Camila Acuna 2-6 0-0 4, Mya Oatman 0-1 0-1 0. Totals 14-of-34 2-of-3 32.
3-POINT GOALS — Henson, Henderson. REBOUNDS — Greybull 31 (P. Rodriguez 13). STEALS — Greybull 6 (Diaz-Rios, Acuna 2). ASSISTS — Greybull 7 (Acuna 3). TURNOVERS — Greybull 26.
Thermop 14 24 15 11 — 64
Greybull 11 3 6 13 — 33
GREYBULL — J. Rodriguez 0-4 1-2 1, Henderson 5-13 2-2 17, Cheatham 1-5 0-0 3, Diaz-Rios 0-2 0-0 0, Rodriguez 2-2 0-2 4, Acuna 1-2 0-2 2, Oatman 1-3 0-0 2, Caitlyn Hunt 1-3 2-2 4. Totals 11-of-30 5-of-10 33.
3-POINT GOALS — Henderson 5, Cheatham. REBOUNDS — Greybull 19 (P. Rodriguez 8). STEALS — Greybull 10 (Henderson, Cheatham, P. Rodriguez 3). ASSISTS — Greybull 7 (Henderson 3). TURNOVERS — Greybull 28.