Team-high 5 assists vs. Shakopee
(photo by Jim Lindquist)
The Tigers turned in one of their best defensive performances of the season, holding Shakopee to just 41 points, but it wasn't enough in an 11-point loss to the Sabers Friday night at Tiger Gym.
The problem came at the offensive end of the floor where the home team scored just 12 first half points on the way to its third straight Missota Conference loss.
"We seemed to take a couple of steps back in terms of our aggressiveness offensively," Farmington coach Sondra Chadwick said. "I give some credit to Shakopee’s defense for that. They wanted to grind it out in a half-court game and it worked.
"The girls have played their best when they are all looking to be an offensive threat, and that wasn’t the case last night. I have some great shooters on this team, but they need to be looking to shoot when they're open."
Shakopee led 20-12 at the halftime break and fought off a second period Farmington rally that brought the Tigers to within eight points with six minutes to play.
"I thought we did a nice job defensively in slowing down their perimeter game, holding their top scorer to only seven points," Chadwick said. "However, we gave up too many points in the paint."
Taylor Meyer and Sofia Chadwick shared scoring honors for Farmington with 10 points apiece. Meyer yanked down 14 rebounds for her second straight double-double; Chadwick added a team-high three steals.
Dava White had six rebounds for the Tigers and Isis Alexander handed out five assists.
"One positive thing for us is that we only had 10 turnovers," Chadwick said.
Farmington (1-12; 0-3) will resume Missota Conference play Tuesday, Jan. 17, with a road game at Holy Angels (5-9;0-3).
