BY CORA TASSET
PHOTO BY ALLIE SCHWEIZER
The Tigers beat the Adams State Grizzlies last night 79-39 pushing their record to 3-0 and were looking to keep up their winning ways as they played against the Aggies of Cameron University Saturday. FHSU won convincingly, 89-47.
“We always want to focus on attitude and effort because those are the two things that we can control,” Senior guard Kacey Kennet (23) said. “Yesterday we came out kind of slow, so today we wanted to come out and bring that upbeat intensity and win the game.”
Kennett scored 14 first-half points and ended the night with 16.
“They were full-court pressing us and once we broke their press we were getting real deep and then just dumping to Belle for a layup,” Head Coach Tony Hobson said. “Our guards did a super job of breaking that pressure and then getting it to the open man.”
Barbieri led FHSU with 19 points and 10 rebounds on her way to a fourth straight double-double
Fort Hays fought hard as they were playing the Aggies tonight, and held them 27-20 in the first quarter. The Tigers stayed on top to finish out the half 46-31. FHSU only allowed four points for Cameron’s offense in the third quarter pushing the score to 71-35.
During the final quarter of the evening, Hobson used this winning opportunity to play his younger, less experienced players and give them some time on the court.
“I think it can’t do anything but help you because they’re getting a lot of minutes, and that will help us coming down the stretch of the season,” Hobson said. “They’ll be much more ready to go into a game, and be a lot less nervous about things.”
Coach Hobson is in his 12th season with the Tigers and is looking to build off of his 32-2 record from the 2018-2019 season.
The Tigers are now 4-0 and back in Hays at Gross Memorial Coliseum against the University of Saint Mary on November 25. Tip-off is at 6 p.m. against the Spires.