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The Dolores Lady Bears (9-6) held the Telluride Miners (2-11) to one field goal and one free throw in the first quarter of their contest on Friday evening.<\/p>\n
The Bears came out in a 1-3-1 zone, but threw a combination of different looks at the Miners, and turned steals into transition points to jump out to a 12-3 lead after the first quarter.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe 1-3-1 worked early,\u201d said head coach Larry Schwartz. \u201cAnd we ran our regular two presses. We were backing up a little bit to begin with, but once we started being aggressive then the floodgates opened up again and we went back into our 2-3 zone and told our girls to stay aggressive in that and then the steals started happening.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Miners scored on their opening possession in the second quarter, but then the Bears\u2019 would hold them scoreless for the next five minutes, going on a 10-0 run.<\/p>\n
Teegan Hite banked in a 3-pointer to start the ambush, and then Madi Archuleta scored on a baseline drive. Aryelle Wright put back an offensive rebound in traffic, Kitty Wallace hit a free throw and Archuleta hit a jumper to lead the Lady Bears to half with a 22-10 lead.<\/p>\n
Even with a 12-point lead, Schwartz was not content with the Lady Bears\u2019 first-half performance.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe counted ten missed easy baskets,\u201d he said. \u201cEasy shots underneath, we missed at least eight or ten layups. If we would\u2019ve made those it wouldn\u2019t have been a close game at half, but we made it happen on our own. Once we adjusted and started making those layups, then it opened up.\u201d<\/p>\n
In the second half, the Lady Bears worked the ball around the perimeter to move the Miners 1-1-3 zone and find open looks. After the game, Schwartz explained how his team approached the unique zone.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe just move it around it our 41 as quick as we can and then get it to our three-ball shooters and hope that they get those open shots,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd if they knock them down then it stretches that defense out. It came down to hitting a few threes that were timely and they had to get out of it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Larissa Umberger connected on two 3-pointers in the third quarter, and Nicole Kibel added another to help push the Bears\u2019 lead to 20 to start the fourth.<\/p>\n
Josie Majors started the final frame with a 5-0 run of her own, Kibel added another triple and then Wright, Kibel and Wallace each scored consecutive breakaway layups.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe hit some really timely threes and just enough layups,\u201d said Schwartz. \u201cIf we would\u2019ve made all our layups tonight we would\u2019ve put up sixty, but we\u2019ll work on that.\u201d<\/p>\n
Defensively, the Lady Bears kept at it, and they held the Miners without a fourth-quarter point, allowing just four points in the entire second half to win, 48-14.<\/p>\n
Kibel led Dolores with 12 points, Wright scored 10 and Umberger added eight.<\/p>\n
The Lady Bears will next face Ouray (6-7) in an away contest on Friday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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