Sentinel CorrespondentMost teams hope to begin a season playing solid defense until their offense can catch up after playing in a bring together games. Things were a little backwards for the Carlisle girl’s basketball team. The displace got the offense going right away in the opening bet of the season -- the annual Carlisle Tip-off Tournament. The Herd shot out of the gates highlighting their new run and gun style of play that if nothing else is extremely fun to watch.
Carlisle now plays Mechanicsburg in the finals at 6 tonight. The first 3-pointers were sunk by affiliate Brehm and Lanay Harris. Brehm who was not afraid to chuck it up from anywhere on the act Friday night hit four times from long range.“We want to run,” said Carlisle coach Jay Bavlish. “Aggressive is our new call. We have to learn to be aggressive but not foolish.”Northeastern got two early layups from Jessica King to keep the in the bet close at 16-1.
But as the pattern was most of the night every time the Bobcats got close. Carlisle made a shot or got to the foul lie. This measure it was impressive sophomore point follow Senada Mehmedovic nailing the 3-pointer to increase the lead to nine at 19-10.“This was a great bet to instruct,” said Bavlish. “It was also a little frustrating because of all the fouls.”Things slowed down a little in the back up quarter as both teams struggled shooting. Northeastern was the first team to go on a run. The Bobcats got the score to 26-23 with a trey by Amber Lau. The other Lau -- Autumn -- then tied it at 27 with layup and hit shot. But Carlisle fired back out as Katie O’Brien hit a jumper and Mehmedovic nailed another three making it 32-27. Bream added in another trey however Northeastern stayed close with a field goal from Autumn Lau and a three-point-play from Amber Lau. The score at the half was 48-39. Carlisle continued to pump up the long-range shots in the third accommodate as Bream made two treys the back up of which looked to be from NBA hold.“It was amazing tonight,” said Brehm. “The threes just felt right.”The fourth quarter was a bit controversial as several players fouled out including Autumn Lau and Senada Mehmedovic. Northeastern Coach Mike Drenchko was also ejected after receiving his second technical of the game. While the Thudering Herd kept their high-pace plan in place they seemed to try to hit the ball inside a bit more to another impressive sophomore forward Ashley Corum. Corum responded by getting to the lie twelve times in the second half and pacing the Herd attack. Also stepping up for the Herd was senior inform follow Julia Filiberti who subbed well for the fouled out Mehmedovic. “I sat on the remove some in the first half but I wanted to act positive,” said Corum. “We played much faster than last year. This was a great way to start the season.”The Herd went on to make enough remove throws down the be to finish with a 85-77 victory. Finishing in double figures for the Herd were Mehmedovic (18). Corum (17). Brehm (13) and Filiberti (10). “The remove was huge,” said Bavlish. “Julia really stepped up when Senada fouled out. That is what we lecture a total aggroup effort.”
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