Girls BB: South a tall order for Tigers

Jordyn Homeier 8 points off the bench (photo by Jim Lindquist)

The young Tigers put together one of their better efforts of the season against a bigger, more experienced Lakeville South team but it wasn't enough to produced the season's first victory.

The Cougars used their superior size inside to post a 60-53 non-conference win Thursday night at Tiger Gym.

"We challenged the girls after Tuesday night’s loss to pick up the intensity and play to their potential," coach Sondra Chadwick said, "and they did exactly that.  Our young girls came in prepared, focused and ready to redeem themselves."

The first half was a nip-and-tuck affair with South taking a 27-24 lead to the break thanks a long three-pointer at the buzzer. Rochester Century also drained  a buzzer-beater in Tuesday's defeat.

Farmington stayed in the hunt through the second period but could never quite take control of the contest.

"Last year they essentially had the same players and they beat us by 30," Chadwick said. "When we started this season, we said we were going to measure our success game by the game, and tonight we proved we have made significant progress."

There were several bright spots for the home team. The backcourt duo of Sofia Chadwick (15 points) and Alicia Hett (11) combined for 26 points and did a solid job against South's full-court pressure.

Sydney Speer had nine points and eight rebounds and Kaitlin Gorden added seven points and five steals. Jordyn Homeier had her most productive night of the season with eight points, including a couple of second half three-pointers, off the bench.

The Tigers resume play on Thursday, Dec. 27 with a quarterfinal game in the three-day Monticello Holiday Invitational tournament.