{"id":54304,"date":"2020-03-06T15:47:57","date_gmt":"2020-03-06T21:47:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=54304"},"modified":"2020-03-06T21:47:03","modified_gmt":"2020-03-07T03:47:03","slug":"fhsu-dominates-defensively-beats-pitt-state-to-make-miaa-semifinals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=54304","title":{"rendered":"FHSU dominates defensively, beats Pitt State to make MIAA semifinals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>KANSAS CITY, Mo. \u2013 There was some disappointment for Fort\nHays State University women\u2019s basketball coach Tony Hobson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Not from the outcome of Friday\u2019s MIAA tournament opener\nagainst Pittsburg State.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>No, it was because the longtime Tiger coach believed senior\nKacey Kennett should have been on the conference\u2019s all-defensive team this\nseason.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hobson had good reason to believe that, and Kennett\u2019s defensive\nperformance did nothing but solidify his point in FHSU\u2019s 69-53 victory over the\nGorillas at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Mo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Her defense was a big reason Pitt State\u2019s top scorer this\nseason, Tristan Gegg, struggled shooting and finished with only three points on\n1 of 11 shooting after averaging more than 17 points a game this season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"790\" height=\"444\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ghrNeMTnUhk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption><em>Video by Lexi Gross &#8212; Tiger Media Network<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI thought it was a shame Kacey didn\u2019t make the\nall-defensive team in the conference because she has held on to some pretty\ngood shooters, pretty good scorers all season,\u201d Hobson said. \u201cShe did a really\ngood job on her today. \u2026 She\u2019s going to get her shots. You\u2019re not going to keep\nher from shooting. You just have to make them as tough as you can. I thought\neveryone played well. We gave up a few back-cuts, but otherwise played pretty\nwell.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fort Hays\u2019 defense shined brightly in the lights of the\nfamed auditorium in downtown K.C. The Tigers allowed Pitt State to shoot only\n35% from the field as a team, and it helped propel FHSU into Saturday\u2019s noon\nsemifinal against top-seeded Central Missouri.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cShe\u2019s always a good shooter,\u201d Kennett said about Gegg. \u201cI\nplayed with here in AAU ball, so I know her pretty well. You just have to stay\nup on her and make her take the tough shots. She\u2019s going to get shots up, no\nmatter how good you guard her. It\u2019s just a matter of taking the opportunity to\nmake her force a little bit.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kennett\u2019s offense wasn\u2019t too shabby either. She finished with\n19 points \u2013 including a 4-of-7 effort from long range \u2013 and eight rebounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cShe\u2019s a good player and hits big shots for us when we need\nit,\u201d said senior Belle Barbieri, who finished with 14 points and nine rebounds.\n\u201cShe does always come in clutch from the 3-point line. That\u2019s nice to have.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What also was nice to have Friday for the Tigers was the sharp\noutside shooting of Madison Mittie off the bench. She hit a pair of 3-pointers\nin the third quarter, the final one starting a 26-10 run FHSU would use the\nclose out the game. The triple gave the Tigers a 46-43 advantage with 2:39 to\nplay in the quarter. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMaddie came off the bench and hit a couple 3\u2019s to spark us when we were struggling,\u201d said Hobson, whose team held Pitt State to 21 points below its season average in scoring. \u201cThey had made a good run at us, and we were down at least three. \u2026 She hit a couple shots, then Kacey hit another one. We just had some key possessions where the ball just went in the hole. That\u2019s what we were lacking. We probably lost three games this year to really good teams because at the right time we couldn\u2019t get one to fall. Taylor (Rolfs) is usually a pretty reliable shooter but just couldn\u2019t hit anything today. But Maddie hit a couple, and (Whitney) Randall played well.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fort Hays (23-6) led 16-11 after the first quarter and 29-23\nat halftime. After falling behind by three twice in the third quarter, the\nTigers were able to rebound for a 51-45 lead entering the final period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cGood defense and rebounding. That\u2019s where it all starts,\u201d\nBarbieri said. \u201cI think, obviously, we hit some big shots, but it all starts\nwith defense and rebounding. We did that well tonight.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The lead would grow to 53-45 before Pitt State (17-11) finally\nscored. The Gorillas would come as close as four points, only to see FHSU turn\nthings up on both ends \u2013 eventually pushing the lead to as many as 16.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI think we got a few defensive stops in a row, and our good\ndefense led to good offense,\u201d said Jaden Hobbs, who finished with seven points\nand a team-high six assists. \u201cI think that\u2019s what helped us pull away from\nthem. Just knowing if we would lose, we could be done for the (regional)\ntournament gave us the power to fight through. We just never gave up.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Barbieri controlled the paint in the final quarter,\nespecially after drawing the fifth foul on Athena Alvarado with nearly eight minutes\nleft in the game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI knew they weren\u2019t as strong without her in there,\nespecially down low,\u201d Barbieri said. \u201cShe\u2019s pretty quick, pretty athletic. So\nmy focus in the game was just going at her. In the second half, I felt I did\nthat more. But it\u2019s big for us to have her out of the game. She\u2019s such a good\nplayer.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Whitney Randall also scored in double figures with 16\npoints.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kaylee DaMitz led Pitt State with 20 points, and Maya\nWilliams added 12. But the Gorillas shot only 31% from the floor in the final period,\nincluding an 0-for-5 performance from 3-point range.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cA lot of times on these early games when you\u2019re playing two or three hours earlier than normal, if you have some morning people on your team, they can get up and get ready and a lot of times one team or the other can have a slow start,\u201d Hobson said. \u201cI thought we played really well. Defensively, we were as good as we have been all year against a very talented team offensively. They can really score. They have as good of guards as there is in the league, and their four and five man isn\u2019t any slouch either. I thought top to bottom we played very well defensively and rebounded the ball well enough. We did give up a few second shots, but it wasn\u2019t anything that killed us. 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