Frankfort
Runs Past Onekama
By MATT WENZEL. Manistee News Advocate
Sports Editor
ONEKAMA — If the Portagers were
playing a slot machine, they would have hit the jackpot.
But, it’s hard to win basketball
games with quarter scores of 7-7-7-7.
Onekama struggled getting its
offense going and had a hard time containing Frankfort in 57-28 loss on
Monday night.
“They played good defense and we
struggled a bit on the offensive end,” said Onekama coach Nathan
Bradford.
The Portagers (11-6, 10-5) were led
in scoring by senior Chelsea Miller, who had 11 points and four
rebounds.Also for Onekama,
Sherece Revolt had seven points and three steals, Stacey Keith had five
points and grabbed four rebounds, Olivia Bolthouse scored all four of
her points in the fourth quarter and Paige Rutowski had one point.
While Onekama had just five
players in the scoring column, nine Panthers (11-7) tallied points, led
by Sara Loney with 12, while Liz Boman and Emily Gray scored eight
apiece.
Even before the opening tip, it
was clear that the Portagers would have trouble with the Panthers taller
front line, which proved to be the case. |
“They’ve come a long way,” Frankfort
coach Tim Reznich said of his players. “We’ve been working a lot on our
post this season. They’re still young and you still see that, but
they’ve come a long way. We’re getting there, we’re close.”
Frankfort jumped out to an early
lead and had a 13-7 advantage after the first quarter. But, with the
Panthers in foul trouble, the Portagers stayed in the game at the free
throw line.
Onekama scored all seven of its
second-quarter points from the line, going 7-11 in the quarter and
finishing 10-19 in the game.
But, the Portagers didn’t make
enough free throws to stay close and went a total of 9:35 without a
making a shot from late in the first quarter to early in the third.
“We went a while without a field
goal,” Bradford said.
Frankfort led, 32-14, at
halftime, and increased its advantage to 50-21 after three quarters.
At that point, Onekama had just
three scorers in the book and the Portagers didn’t hit a single
3-pointer in the game.
"I need the perimeter girls to
score more points,” Bradford said.
Both teams managed just seven
points apiece in the fourth quarter.
For the Portagers, it was their
third loss in four games, and Onekama will host West Michigan D League
co-leader Big Rapids Crossroads Charter Academy on Thursday.
“Hopefully we can get these ones
out of the way before districts,” Bradford said. “It will keep the girls
working hard — that’s all I can ask.” |
