Despite losses, girls' hoop sees
improvement
By Jeffrey
Pickette
Citizen Staff
The CHS girls’
varsity basketball team ended its five-game home stand last week
winless, but in facing the top five teams in the Hockomock
League during this period, Canton did show the ability to keep
games close — something this team was not able to do at the
start of the season.
 On a five-game
road swing against these same five opponents earlier this
season, Canton lost by an average of 26.4 points. This time
around, Canton lost four times by an average of just 6.3 points
per game, including two losses by less than five points.
The one
exception was an 82-45 loss last Wednesday against Oliver Ames,
the top team in the Hockomock. Canton also lost to Franklin
69-60 last Monday and fell to Foxboro 54-49 last Friday. With
the losses, the team falls to 2-12 on the season.
Against
Franklin, the girls trailed by only one point going into the
fourth quarter, but the Panthers held the Bulldogs to only seven
fourth quarter points en route to a nine-point win. Head coach
Kaitlin Mills said Franklin’s height and speed made it difficult
to defend the perimeter.
Erika
Bornemann led the way with 21 points, nine rebounds and four
blocked shots. Nicki Fralick added 18 points, five steals and
four blocks.
“Franklin is a
very good basketball team,” Mills wrote in an e-mail to the
Citizen. “The
first time we played them we were blown out. We have improved in
every aspect of the game, so I knew we would give them a
battle.”
Last Wednesday
against Oliver Ames was a different story with the Tigers
handing Canton a 37-point loss. Despite being held to just four
first-half points, Bornemann still paced the team with 20
points, while Olivia Murphy came close to a double-double with
nine points and ten rebounds.
Against
Foxboro, strong defense in the post kept the game close, with
the Bulldogs trailing by only two points at the half. In the
third quarter Mills felt Canton’s guards were able to
effectively contain Foxboro’s leading scorer, Kristen Hoffman,
but in the fourth quarter Hoffman hit two key three pointers,
helping to cement a five-point victory for the Warriors.
“We missed a
lot of free throws and layups [against Foxboro] and it really
affected our game,” Mills noted. “We have to do a better job of
finishing inside.”
Bornemann had
28 points in the loss to go along with 13 rebounds and four
blocks. Olivia Murphy and Elana Willinsky combined for 14 points
and 31 rebounds.
Canton
traveled to North Attleboro on Tuesday and will travel to
Stoughton on Friday.
February 4, 2010
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