Hawks housed by Knights

Tyler Lowey
Times Reporter

 

The Holy Trinity Academy Knights used their length and size advantage to dominate a shorthanded Holy Cross Collegiate Hawks girls basketball team to the tune of an 81-31 win Dec. 14 in Okotoks.
“We were down to eight players and greatly outsized, but our girls didn’t back down and played hard until the end,” said Hawks head coach Brad Everett.
For the Hawks, they were standing among the trees down low, as the Knights out-rebounded them 42-22 and blocked 10 Hawks shot attempts.
Whenever the Hawks tried double or triple-teaming the Knights (3-0) low-post plays, their guards were able to roam freely, creating any shot they wanted.
The Hawks (0-3) best quarter came in the fourth, when they recorded 12 points, highlighted by a Hope Given three-pointer from the top of the three-point line.
Banking the head-on shot home, she turned around joyfully, holding up three fingers towards her bench.
“She had a few hiccups early, but that three really gave her confidence and it rubbed off onto others,” said Everett.
Given closed out the quarter shooting 4-of-6 and 1-for-2 from the charity stripe, finishing with 11 points.
Darcie Weir’s shot wasn’t falling, but she led the Hawks with four assists, and forced five steals.
“I thought we were rushing our plays tonight, we need to slow things down a half step; not everything needs to be a fast-break attempt,” said Everett. “We are going to take the open shots when they present themselves and hopefully they go in.”
Freshman guard Brooke Miller led the Hawks with five rebounds and Taryn Tanton chipped in with four boards.
The Hawks hosted the Highwood High School Mustangs (1-1) Dec. 19 and battled the Notre Dame Collegiate Timberwolves (0-2) Dec. 21 in High River. They return from the holiday break to host the Strathmore High School Spartans (2-0) Jan. 18.