Lady Cowboys Seek Elusive Win

The Lady Cowboys had a busy schedule last week playing in three games against some tough opponents.  The Lady Cowboys have struggled this season to get wins and last week was not any different.

North Gem started their three game stint against one of the toughest opponents they have faced all year.  The Lady Cowboys traveled to conference rival Rockland.  The Bulldogs are in control of the conference and are unscathed in conference play.  It did not take long for this game to get out of hand.  Despite their best efforts the Lady Cowboys were outmatched in this game.  The second period was the best stretch for North Gem when they had three separate players score while holding the Bulldogs to just twelve points.  This game was never really close and will be one the Cowboys will be happy to leave behind them.

Next up on their schedule the Lady Cowboys faced off with 4A Bear Lakes c-team.  Don’t let the fact that it was a c-team fool you.  The Lady Bears were very deep and talented and again they are a 4A school which gives them a larger pool of players to pull from.  As the game tipped off the Bears jumped out to an early lead.  By the end of the first quarter the Cowboys had only managed two baskets and trailed by four points.  In the second period the Lady Cowboys continued to struggle shooting.  North Gem was getting some good looks at the basket but could not get shots to fall.  Meanwhile the Bears continued to put points on the board and by halftime the Lady Cowboys trailed by fourteen points.  Out of the break a renewed group of Cowboys emerged and took control of the game.  With not only their best quarter of the game but possibly the season the Lady Cowboys made up the deficit and held the Bears to just one field goal.  By the end of the third period the game was now all knotted up.  In the fourth quarter the teams battled back and forth.  Unfortunately for North Gem a couple of shooting fouls would be the difference in the game.  The Bears were able to make just enough foul shots in the fourth to come away with the victory handing the Cowboys yet another loss.  Despite the loss the Cowboys played a very competitive game and showed some real grit to come back and make things interesting in the end.

In their final game of the week the Lady Cowboys hosted Sho-Ban.  The Lady Cowboys lost to the Chiefs earlier in the season in a somewhat competitive game.  This time around they hoped to carry over some of the momentum they built in the second half of the Bear Lake game.  In the first quarter the Lady Cowboys looked like a rejuvenated team.  North Gem was able to get points from several different girls and build a five point lead.  In the second quarter the script got flipped.  While North Gem was able to continue to score the Chiefs who are known for shooting deep shots hit three of their eight three point baskets in the game and the teams headed to the locker room with Sho-Ban leading the Lady Cowboys by three points.  In the third quarter the Cowboys fought hard to keep pace with the Chiefs.  However nine missed free throws in the period cost North Gem and the Chiefs lead grew.  In the fourth quarter the Lady Cowboys continued to play solid but more missed foul shots combined with another three pointer for Sho-Ban did in the Cowboys.  The Lady Cowboys ended the week with three losses but saw some good things come out of their last six quarters of play.

The Lady Cowboys have just two games on their schedule this week.  First they take the short trip to Grace on Wednesday then they head to Taylor's Crossing on Thursday.  These are two games that they should be competitive in as they look for that elusive win.

Cowboys 2 6 2 2 12

Bulldogs 20 12 18 6 56

M.O’Brien 4, S.Thompson 2, D.Frandsen 6

Cowboys 4 2 17 5 28

Bears 8 12 3 10 33

S.Daniels 4, K.Whiting 7, M.O’Brien 8, S.Thompson 4, D.Frandsen 5

Cowboys 8 6 9 9 32

Chiefs 3 14 15 11 43

S.Daniels 7, K.Whiting 5, M.O’Brien 6, S.Thompson 10, D.Frandsen 4