BURLINGTON — Iola High’s Fillies ran into the proverbial buzz saw Tuesday night.
Their hosts from Burlington High held Iola scoreless past the midway point of the second quarter and without a field goal until after halftime.
By then, the Wildcats had shown the full power of its pressure defense and hot outside shooting, racing to a 19-0 lead after one period and a 44-4 cushion at halftime.
The resulting 67-11 loss opened Burlington’s preseason tournament.
Iola (0-2) has little time to sulk. The Fillies return to Burlington tonight to take on Louisburg at 6 p.m.
Results from tonight’s contest, coupled with other tournament games this week, will determine Iola’s starting time Friday. The Fillies will tip off either at 4:30 or 8 p.m. Friday at Burlington Middle School.
Burlington deployed its full-court press to devastating effect, scoring the game’s first 37 points.
Iola’s Hannah Endicott ended the drought with two pairs of free throws about 30 seconds apart just past the four-minute mark of the first half.
Burlington then scored the game’s next 14 points before Jo Lohman drained a basket at the 4:25 mark of the third quarter.
Iola showed a little more spunk down the stretch. Kyra Moore drained a 3-pointer late in the third, then Libby Shay scored inside early in the fourth quarter.
“We have to handle the ball better,” Iola coach Becky Carlson said. “We started attacking more in the second half and competing with them. They showed some things I like to see. We’ve just got to get better a little bit at a time. We’ve played two very good teams.”
Endicott led Iola with four points. Emery Driskel had seven rebounds, followed by Shay with four. Endicott had Iola’s only steal. Reagan Ford and Moore dished out one assist each.
Burlington was led by Madison Stewart and Sarah Pearson with 14 points apiece and Jacquelyn O’Connor with 10.
Iola (0-4-5-2—11)
Burlington (19-25-11-12—67)
Iola (FG-FT-F-TP): Haar 0-0-1-0, Piazza 0-0-3-0, Lohman 1-0-0-2, Shay 1-0-4-4, Endicott 0-4-2-4, Haar 0-0-1-0, Sigg 0-0-2-0. TOTALS: 2/1-4-12-11.
Burlington (FG/3pt-FT-F-TP): Gilman 3-2-3-8, Stadel 2-0-0-4, Pearson 4/1-3-3-14, Bluma 1/1-4-1-9, Cole 2-0-1-4, O’Connor 4-2-0-10, Kirchner 2-0-0-4, Stewart 2/3-1-1-14. TOTALS: 20/5-12-9-67.
Fillies struggle at Burlington
