The Lady Waves jumped out early on Grace Christian, scoring 16 points in the opening period to lead 16-7. By the half, the Lady Waves had built out a 16 point lead, 35-19, thanks to the hot hand of Hayley Roberson. Roberson, who 2 weeks ago was voted PrepXtra’s Player of the Week, scored 18 of her teams 35 first half points. Roberson, known to all SOR as “Robbie”, was simply en fuego Thursday night. I could easily summarize this game in the words of Brownie Rose on the PA: “3 point basket by Roberson…..Roberson with the layup…..3 point basket by Roberson…..Roberson for two……Roberson with the jumper……3 point basket by Roberson.” Offensively, the night belonged to Hayley Roberson.
The Lady Waves would continue their domination in the 2nd half and would win easily, 63-38.
The trio of Hali Morris, Chelsea Phillips and Haley Ladd continue to play well on both ends of the court.
Returning to the court was Hayley Parks. Parks, coming off another knee surgery, played limited minutes but added 6 points. Her only miss was a 3-pointer which the ball is still trying to find the rim (sorry, Parks…couldn’t resist). Parks rejoins Borum and Klinker in the back court, giving Coach Woody needed experience and depth as the Lady Waves attempt for a play-off run.
The Lady Waves (9-14, 6-5) began the season 0-6 but since then have gone 9-8 and won 4 out of their last 5 games. They have a non-District game tonight and then a final District game against Rockwood to end the regular season. A win against Rockwood should put the Lady Waves in 3rd place in the District, behind Tellico Plains (20-3, 11-0) and Harriman (9-10, 8-2).
Boys Game
Last Month, the Midway Greenwaves (15-9, 10-3) traveled to Grace Christian for a big District show down with a chance to lay claim as the #1 seed in the District. A last second layup gave Grace the win. The long awaited rematch was last night. Would home court be the difference? Unfortunately for the Waves, home court possessed no advantage. The rims were as unfriendly to Midway as Yankees that move south of the river.
Midway took the opening lead on a 3-pointer from Wakon Roberson and the Waves would remain in the lead, at times by 10 points, until the halfway mark in the 2nd period. With 4:30 remaining in the first half, Grace took a 16-15 lead…..a lead they would not relinquish.
At times, Grace held a 15 point lead; however, Midway made a charge to start the 4th, cutting the lead to 6 but they would not get any closer.
Grace pressured the Waves all night long, forcing turnovers and frustration. Zach Hall had a good game defensively, but offensively was MIA. There were many offensive possessions by the Waves in which Hall did not touch the ball.
Missed shots and turnovers began to quickly add up, allowing Grace to take the district win on the home court of the Waves.
The Waves will need to regroup quickly. They host Monterey tonight and then Rockwood on Monday. If the Waves hope to win the District, they’ll need more points from Wakon and the guards will need to learn from last night’s game and get the ball inside to the Beast, Zach Hall.