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Mississinawa
Vally senior Mallory Livingston dropped in a team high 18
against
Newton Thursday but the Lady Indians won the CCC game in
overtime, 48-42.
Nancy Feldner Photo, splitsecondsports.com
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Newton takes
Mississinawa Valley in OT
Lady Hawks held scoreless in OT period
By George Starks
Additional Girls Hoops Thursday scores below
UNION CITY- When the Mississinawa Valley Lady Blackhawks needed the
scoring the most, it wasn’t there.
With things knotted at 42-42 at the end of regulation, Newton held the
Hawks scoreless in the four minute overtime to down the Hawks 48-42.
“It was like deja vue all over again,” said Hawks coach Rodney
Saintignon. “Our shooting just wasn’t there. I don’t have the official
stats yet but I can’t believe we shot better than 30 percent. Mallory
(Livingston) had a three and Maddie (Murphy) had three treys and other
than that, the rest of the scoring came in the paint I think. It’s the
same old story of us not hitting shots from the outside that we need to
hit. We were shooting but the shots just weren’t falling.”
Through the regulation, Mississinawa Valley was consistent on offense,
scoring 11, 10, 10 and 11 in the four quarters while allowing 14, 8, 16
and four. The difference was no points in the four minute overtime.
“Newton’s defense played great we just couldn’t put the ball in the
hole in the overtime,” said Saintignon. “I have to give them credit.
They played great defense.”
Mississinawa Valley had its chances late in regulation but couldn’t
convert.
“We missed foul shots that we could have made in the fourth quarter,”
Saintignon admitted. “When Newton got the lead in the overtime, they
went into a stall and we had to foul. They had just one field goal in
the overtime but hit four foul shots and that was the difference.”
What has become commonplace with the Hawks was no different Thursday
with Newton. One strong quarter and this time it was the fourth.
Trailing 38-31 after three, MV went on an 11-4 fourth quarter run to
gain the tie at the end of regulation.
“We have to learn to play four quarters of basketball,” Saintignon
said. “I can’t take anything away from my kids; we played hard the
whole game. We had too many turnovers and we still scored through the
four quarters. Newton shot the ball well. Our defense was good, Newton
earned its points.”
Livingston finished with 18 and Murphy 16 but after that, the support
wasn’t there.
Everybody has to contribute for us to win,” Saintignon stated. “Shelby
Rehmert has been scoring a lot lately and they held her to three
points. That hurts. I know things like this happen and I look for her
to come back the next game and be in double digits. Hope Neargarder had
an off night. So it happens and the next game, we may be right back on
track again.”
The Hawks will be in action today at Union High School in Modoc
starting at 1 p.m.
Other Thursday Girls Scores
Bradford 40, Ansonia 17
Bethel 51, Arcanum 45
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