Shelbyville Lady Golden Bears Basketball

The Lady Golden Bears Move Thier Record To ((9-3 Overall & 1-3 In HHC Play) After Losing To Now (5-6 Overall & 2-1 In HHC Play) Greenfield -Central Cougars 42-39. The Lady Golden Bears Was Led In Scoring By: Kylee Edwards 20, Abby Brenner 11, Ellie Simpson, & Ava Wilson 3 Apiece, & Hailey Pogue 2. Greenfield -Central Cougars Was Led In Scoring By: Chaney Brown 15, & Aryana Hibbard 12. The Lady Golden Bears Will Be In Action Next Saturday Afternoon When They Will host Franklin Community (8-3) JV Tipoff Is At 1 P.M. & Varsity Tipoff Is At 2:30 P.M.

Posted Yesterday At 1:47pm by Jeff Brown

A potential storybook ending was falling into place. Only Greenfield-Central sophomore Chaney Brown had a different ending in mind.

Trailing 40-39, Shelbyville needed one final stop to get a chance at grabbing a Hoosier Heritage Conference victory Tuesday at William L. Garrett Gymnasium. And with senior Kylee Edwards sitting two points away from breaking the program’s career scoring record, an enthralled celebration would have ensued had Edwards gotten an opportunity to hit a game winner.

Instead, Brown calmly knocked down a 15-foot jumper with 9.6 seconds left on the scoreboard clock to give the visiting Cougars a 42-39 lead.

Edwards got a rushed 3-pointer off from the corner in the final seconds but it missed – leaving the record to be broken another day.

Brown finished with a team-high 17 points, six rebounds and four assists in her team’s 42-39 win that improved G-C to 5-6 this season and 2-1 in the HHC standings.

“She has a beautiful jump shot. She is really cool, calm and collected for a sophomore,” said Shelbyville head coach Becca Hoefler of Chaney Brown. “You usually don’t see that out of a sophomore. She does a nice job of making contested shots around the basket.”

Brown averaged 15.5 points per game as a freshman and is backing that averaging 15 ppg and 6.3 rebounds as one of the leaders for the Greenfield-Central squad.

Edwards was primed for a record-breaking night and the current record holder, 2004 Shelbyville graduate Gretchen Haehl, was in the building.

Edwards started slowly, missing all six of her first-quarter shots, but Abby Brenner picked up the scoring slack, scoring eight points in that span to give the Golden Bears a 10-6 lead.

Edwards scored eight points in the second quarter and Ellie Simpson hit what turned out to be Shelbyville’s only three-pointer of the game to stake the Golden Bears to a 21-18 lead at halftime.

“We were trying to get to the basket a little bit more. We were taking way too many outside shots,” said Hoefler. “We needed to get to the rim. In the second half, we started to get to the rim exactly how we needed to and now we need to finish at the basket. That is an ongoing theme we will be hitting hard these next couple of days.”

Greenfield-Central struggled to a 1-for-8 performance from beyond the arc in the third quarter but Shelbyville failed to capitalize with its own 2-for-9 shooting performance from the field and the Cougars cut the lead to 28-27.

Aryana Hibbard and Brown connected on three straight 3s to start the fourth quarter and the Cougars quickly built a 38-30 advantage.

Shelbyville needed a spark. Shelbyville needed Ava Wilson, who entered the game averaging 19.5 ppg but was still scoreless midway into the fourth quarter.

The junior guard finally found room to operate in the lane, scored and drew a foul with 3:43 left. She hit the free throw to cut the lead to 38-33.

Edwards got an easy layin off a turnover 37 seconds later to make it 38-35 and pull her within five points of the record.

Wilson missed a pair of free throws on the next possession but Edwards collected the rebound, scored and was fouled. She hit the free throw to tie the game with 2:30 to go. And she was sitting at 1,417 career points – one shy of tying Haehl’s mark.

Brown quickly slowed the rally with a 12-foot jumper from the wing to put Greenfield-Central up for good.

Brenner hit one of two free throws with 1:24 left to make it 40-39 and Hoefler trusted her defense to create a turnover.

A pair of Cougars passed up quick shot attempts before the ball rotated to Brown near the top of the key where she never hesitated to take the shot.

Edwards took a high pass deep in the corner after a timeout but didn’t get to square up her shot that would have made history and sent the game to overtime.

She finished with a game-high 20 points and six rebounds. Brenner had 11 points and six rebounds. Wilson finished with three points and three assists.

Shelbyville won the junior varsity game, 34-22. Sophia Asher led the Golden Bears with 12 points.

After starting the season 7-0, Shelbyville (9-3, 1-3 HHC) has lost three of its last five – all HHC contests by a total of 13 points – and now has Franklin (8-3), a potential sectional opponent, coming to Garrett Gymnasium Saturday afternoon.

Edwards will get one last opportunity to break the record on her home floor. Shelbyville travels to Valparaiso for a Dec. 22 tournament and three road games follow that trip.

Greenfield-Central 42, Shelbyville 39

GC – McConnell 3-10 1-2 9, Holmes 2-5 0-0 4, Brown 6-12 3-4 17, Hibbard 4-7 0-0 12, J. Smith 0-3 0-0 0, T. Smith 0-0 0-0 0, Anderson 0-2 0-0 0. Totals: 15-39 4-6 42.

SH – Edwards 7-23 6-6 20, Brenner 5-12 1-2 11, Simpson 1-3 0-0 3, Wilson 1-7 1-3 3, Pogue 1-2 0-0 2, Keller 0-4 0-0 0, E. Johnson 0-1 0-0 0. Totals: 15-52 8-11 39.

SCORE BY QUARTERS

GC (5-6) 4 12 9 15 — 42

SH (9-3) 10 11 7 11 — 39

Three-point field goals: GC 8-23 (McConnell 2-8, Brown 2-6, Hibbard 4-7, J. Smith 0-1, Anderson 0-1), SH 1-14 (Edwards 0-8, Brenner 0-2, Simpson 1-1, Wilson 0-2, Keller 0-1). Rebounds: GC 30 (McConnell 3, Holmes 7, Brown 6, Hibbard 5, J. Smith 4, Anderson 5), SH 20 (Edwards 6, Brenner 6, Simpson 2, Wilson 2, Pogue 2, E. Johnson 2). Assists: GC 11 (McConnell 1, Holmes 2, Brown 4, Hibbard 1, J. Smith 1, Anderson 2), SH 6 (Simpson 3, Wilson 3). Steals: GC 2 (Brown 1, Anderson 1), SH 11 (Edwards 1, Brenner 2, Simpson 4, Wilson 1, Pogue 2, E. Johnson 1). Blocks: GC 2 (Brown 1, Hibbard 1), SH 3 (Edwards 1, Brenner 1, Pogue 1). Total fouls: GC 7, SH 9. Turnovers: GC 21, SH 12.

JV

Shelbyville 34, Greenfield-Central 22

GC – D. Smith 5, Jones 4, Forshey 4, Moss 3, Hasty 3, Nelson 3.

SH – Asher 12, Stieneker 6, Baker 5, Keller 5, Collins 4, Fortune 2.

SCORE BY QUARTERS

GC 6 5 5 6 — 22

SH 15 9 4 6 — 34

Th Lady Golden Bears Mov Thier Record To (9-2 Overall & 1-2 In HHC Play) After Defeating Now (0-11 Overall & 0-4 In HHC Play) New Castle Trojans 76-41 Friday Night. The Won Game 56-16 They Move Thier To 9-1. Lady Golden Bears Will Be Back In Action On December 13th When They Will Host Greenfield -Central Cougars (4-6 Overall & 1-1 In HHC Play) JV Tipoff Is A 6 P.M & Varsity Tipoff Is At 7:30 P.M.

Posted Yesterday At 12:55pm by Jeff Brown

NEW CASTLE – A lackluster start for Shelbyville coupled with a hot-shooting quarter for New Castle left the Golden Bears puzzled by a 30-27 halftime lead Friday at winless New Castle.

With a goal of getting to the rim and scoring in the second half, Ava Wilson (main photo) went to work. The Shelbyville junior guard scored half of her game-high 24 points in the third quarter when the Golden Bears smothered the Trojans and built a 54-34 lead.

Shelbyville forced New Castle into 41 turnovers and just 34 shot attempts to improve to 9-2 (1-2 HHC) this season in a 76-41 victory.

The Golden Bears scored 46 second-half points to secure their first Hoosier Heritage Conference victory of the season.

Wilson also had six rebounds, two assists and four steals.

Kylee Edwards (photo) continued her pursuit of the Shelbyville career scoring record with 19 points. She currently has 1,397 points and is 22 points away from breaking Gretchen Haehl’s career scoring mark of 1,418 points.

The senior also added six rebounds, four assists and seven steals in the victory.

Abby Brenner contributed 11 points and three steals and Ellie Keller finished with 10 points off the bench.

New Castle (0-11, 0-4 HHC) entered the game shooting just over 20% from the 3-point line but hit 5-of-8 attempts in the first half against Shelbyville to keep the game close despite committing 18 turnovers.

Edwards, averaging 23.9 ppg this season, could break the program record Tuesday when the Golden Bears host Greenfield-Central (4-6, 1-1 HHC).

Steve Bush photos

Shelbyville 76, New Castle 41

SH – Edwards 6-16 6-6 19, Simpson 2-3 0-0 4, Keller 4-5 2-2 10, Wilson 11-19 2-3 24, Pogue 0-0 0-0 0, E. Johnson 1-2 1-2 3, L. Johnson 0-0 0-0 0. Brenner 5-11 1-2 11, Marshall 0-0 0-0 0, S. Baker 2-3 0-0 5, H. Baker 0-0 0-1 0. Totals: 31-59 12-18 76.

NC – Hart 5-9 1-1 2, Stearns 0-1 0-0 0, Reeves 4-7 1-3 9, Vaughn 3-4 0-0 9, McTier 1-1 0-0 2, Clark 1-4 0-0 3, Mathews 1-2 0-0 3, Bush 0-1 0-0 0, Tyner 1-4 0-0 3, Minyard 0-1 0-0 0. Totals: 16-34 2-4 41.

SCORE BY QUARTERS

SH (9-2) 12 18 24 22 — 76

NC (0-11) 13 14 7 7 — 41

Three-point field goals: SH 2-11 (Edwards 1-5, Simpson 0-1, Wilson 0-2, Brenner 0-1, S. Baker 1-2), NC 7-12 (Hart 1-4, Vaughn 3-4, Clark 1-2, Mathews 1-1, Tyner 1-1). Rebounds: SH 21 (Edwards 6, Keller 1, Wilson 6, Pogue 1, E. Johnson 3, L. Johnson 1, Brenner 2, H. Baker 1), NC 22 (Hart 1, Stearns 1, Reeves 7, Vaughn 2, McTier 2, Clark 3, Mathews 3, Tyner 2, Minyard 1). Assists: SH 11 (Edwards 4, Simpson 3, Wilson 2, L. Johnson 1, Brenner 1), NC 10 (Hart 6, Stearns 1, Vaughn 1, Bush 1, Minyard 1). Steals: SH 18 (Edwards 7, Keller 1, Wilson 4, E. Johnson 1, Brenner 3, S. Baker 2), NC 2 (Hart 1, Clark 1). Blocks: SH 3 (Edwards 1, Wilson 1, L. Johnson 1), NC 1 (Stearns 1). Total fouls: SH 13, NC 14. Turnovers: SH 12, NC 41.

Lady Golden Bears Move Thier Record To (8-2 Overall & 0-2 In HHC Play) After Being Defeated By Now (7-3 Overall & 3-0 In HHC Play) New Palestine Dragons 59-51 Tuesday Night. The Lady Golden Bears Was Led In Scoring By: Ava Wilson 26, Kylee Edwards 16, Abby Brenner 6, Ellie Simpson, 2, Ellie Keller 1. New Palestine Dragons Was Led In Scoring By: Isabella Gizzi 35, & Vivan Miller 14. The JV Won Thier Game 36-34 To Move Thier Record To (8-1). The Lady Golden Bears Will Be Back In Action Friday Night When They Travel To Take On New Castle Trojans (0-10 Overall & 0-3 In HHC Play) Varsity Only Tipoff Is At 6 P.M.