Cowboys Basketball Staying Busy

Last week the North Gem boys and girls basketball teams had a very busy week.  With both teams low on numbers they have joined together to play several double header games meaning that the varsity girls will play the early game and the boys will play the later game.  This was the case last week when the Cowboys took on three conference opponents.  The Cowboys started the week with hosting Taylors Crossing.

The Lady Cowboys took the floor first.  Shaylyn Thompson got off to a hot start for the Cowboys with a pair of three point buckets and the first quarter came to a close with the two teams all tied up at eight points a piece.  However in the second quarter things cooled off quickly for North Gem.  The Cowboys would only manage two field goals and a single foul shot in the quarter and head to the locker room trailing by six.  In the third Thompson once again put in some good shots as she scored five of the team’s seven points.  Unfortunately the Lady Cowboys had yet another slow quarter to finish the game and fell to the Eagles by ten points.

It was now the boys turn to battle with the Eagles from Taylors Crossing.  The Cowboys started off a little slow in this one but still put up a respectable twelve points in the opening period.  However the Eagles were able to best them by six and took the early lead.  In the second quarter the Cowboys defense did give up a pair of threes to the Eagles but Hayden and Yost combined for eleven points to even things out.  As the first half came to a close the game was all knotted up at twenty eight points a piece.  Hayden, who has led the Cowboys so far this season, put in eight more points in the third quarter to help boost North Gem to a four point lead going into the fourth.  If you have been following the Cowboys this season you are aware that they are playing with just five players on their roster.  Faced with that situation the inevitable finally occurred during the fourth quarter of this game.  Setser fouled out of the game leaving the Cowboys with just four players to try to get the win.  The Eagles took advantage of the undermanned Cowboys just enough to tie the game up at the end of regulation sending the teams to overtime.  In the overtime Rusty Hatch scored his only bucket of the game and Hayden was able to go four for four from the foul line to seal the game for the Cowboys as they won a thriller with just four players left on the court.

Unfortunately for both the boys and the girls teams the Cowboys finished the week by dropping a home game against Grace Lutheran before losing on the road to Leadore.  No further information was available on these games at this time.

This week the Cowboy teams played at home against Alturas Prep on Tuesday then traveled to ShoBan on Wednesday.  

Lady Cowboys 8 5 7 3 23

Lady Eagles 8 11 8 6 33

S.Daniels 2, K.Whiting 1, M.O’Brien 2, S.Thompson 11, D.Frandsen 5, Z.Wilson 2

Cowboys 12 16 18 10 8 64

Eagles 18 10 14 14 5 61

G.Setser 14, P.Hill 5, R.Hatch 2, C.Yost 14, R.Hayden 29

Lady Cowboys 13

Lady Royals 24

Lady Cowboys 13

Lady Mustangs 47

Cowboys 28

Royals 46

Cowboys 32

Mustangs 59