{"id":58549,"date":"2021-02-09T15:00:42","date_gmt":"2021-02-09T21:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=58549"},"modified":"2021-02-09T15:00:44","modified_gmt":"2021-02-09T21:00:44","slug":"fhsu-womens-basketball-wins-ninth-game-in-a-row","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=58549","title":{"rendered":"FHSU Women\u2019s Basketball Wins Ninth Game in a Row"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>BY CORA TASSET<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\tFHSU Women\u2019s Basketball played their fourth game in a row from inside Gross Memorial Coliseum on Monday night. The Tigers beat the Missouri Western Griffons 58-47, pushing their record to 14-2.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\tSenior forward Whitney Randall scored 23 points and added three rebounds and two assists. Freshman forward Olivia Hollenback scored 15 points and added four blocks, four rebounds, one assist, and one steal.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\t\u201cThis game was definitely rough, after our three games in one week I think we definitely need to rest our legs and just get prepared for Thursday,\u201d Randall said. \u201cCoach really got onto us at halftime and I think that\u2019s really just what we needed in order to push us, so we didn\u2019t get beat.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\tAfter the first \tquarter, the Tigers had the lead against the Griffons 10-7. Missouri Western kept it close, but Fort Hays was still in the lead at halftime 20-16.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\t\u201cThe first quarter was really rough for us, but Whitney finally hit a couple three&#8217;s out at the top that stretched it out, and Olivia got it inside and hit her free throws well,\u201d said Coach Tony Hobson. \u201cMissouri Western really did a good job and they took us by surprise on how good their zone was and how athletic they were.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\tHollenbeck had seven points, three blocks, two rebounds, and one assist after the first half while Randall added seven points and one assist.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\t\u201cWhitney started off getting to the basket and getting a few three\u2019s,\u201d Hobson said. \u201cShe really got us going during the third quarter, and she just played with a lot of energy during the second half.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\tAt the end of the third quarter the Tigers pushed their lead to double digits 46-34. Fort Hays kept their double digit lead and beat the Griffons 58-49.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\t\u201cI\u2019m really excited to see what the future holds, and if we win every game from here on out we could be in first; hopefully we can get that done,\u201d said Randall. <br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BY CORA TASSET FHSU Women\u2019s Basketball played their fourth game in a row from inside Gross Memorial Coliseum on Monday night. 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