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| Sydney Speer 6 first half points (photo by Jim Lindquist) |
The loss was the eighth straight for the young Tigers who had showed promise in their previous two games against Apple Valley and Red Wing.
"Tonight was disappointing because we had been playing better," coach Sondra Chadwick said. "We had some defensive breakdowns and offensively we need to run our offense all the way through. We get impatient and take poor shots.
"We are ahead of where I thought we'd be at this point but we can't get comfortable with that. The girls need to show more aggressiveness and maturity if we are going to get that win."
Century got off to an early 9-4 lead but the Tigers battled all the way back and took their only lead of the night at 13-12 on Abby Gallus' short jumper with 6:10 remaining in the half.
The lead lasted all of one possession as the Panthers responded with one of their five three-pointers of the half to pull back ahead. Another long range basket, this one from 40 feet, gave the visitors a 23-20 halftime edge.
"I thought Sydney Speer had a really good first half tonight," Chadwick said, "and Aly Grebner came in and gave us a spark in the second half."
Speer had all six of her points in the opening period.
Gallus scored the first basket after intermission but Century countered with an 18-8 spurt that put the game away.
Farmington made just nine of 39 shots (24 percent) in the second half and at one point trailed by a 52-35 margin. Century outscored the Tigers 21-6 from behind the three-point line.
"We have to find away to get Abby (Gallus) and Sofia (Chadwick) better shots," coach Chadwick said. "Most of the shots they got tonight were contested."
Chadwick was the only Tiger scoring in double digits with 15 points. Gallus had eight and Speer six. Kaitlin Gorden had a big night on the boards with 11 rebounds.
Things don't get any easier for the Tigers on Thursday when Lakeville South invades Tiger Gym for a non-conference game.
"Things are not going to get any easier for us with this schedule so we need to show some motivation to take things to the next level," Chadwick said.
