The Quince Orchard Cougars Girls Varsity basketball hosted Friday evening, against the high Power Gaithersburg Trojans. QO didn’t come out with the fire that The Trojans had, and ended the first quarter 7-19 Trojans. QO is just turning over the ball a lot giving Gaithersburg the chance with easy fast break buckets. One of the Trojans key starters #33 Colleen Marshall had 22 points in the Tuesday night game against Clarksburg Coyotes, fouled out in the beginning of the fourth quarter. #23 Jackie Jackson lead the Trojans with points in first half with 10 points. #24 Jackie Jackson had the hot hand for QO with 8 points At the end of second quarter its 21-35 Gaithersburg. The QO shows a little fight with 2 back to back 3-Pointers from #12 Aracely Hook and with the help of #24 Jackie Jackson but not enough to beat the Trojans.
Final Score Quince Orchard Cougars 50-73 Gaithersburg Trojans
From the Coaches Corner:
Gaithersburg Trojans Head Coach Adrian McDaniel: Says ” we had 30 fouls in the first half, I have never seen a game with 30 fouls in the first half, my young girls need to step up, two of my starters got in foul trouble and we lost control of the game, we need to work on slowing the ball down, when my young girls get in the game and they need to kept the intensity up.”
Quince Orchard Cougars Head Coach Colleen Kelly: Says “We played a really good game, we came out really flat, they made a run at the beginning of the game, but we played hard the whole game, but we played harder trying to catch up, there an excellent team, we did a good job trying to make them do their best the entire game”
Gaithersburg Trojans Stats: #30 Janessa Fauntroy 8 points, 5 steals, 7 rebounds, 2 assists, #23 Jackie Jackson 19 points, 1 steals, 4 rebounds, 2 assist, #20 Deja Rollins 9 points, 3 steals, 4 rebounds, #15 Michelle Winters 10 points, 4 rebounds, 3 steal, 1 assist, #33 Colleen Marshall 8 points, 6 steals, 1 rebounds, 2 assists, #21 Danielle Rojas 10 points, 1 steal, 1 rebound, #34 Christine Mabry 7 points, 1 steal, #25 Briana Jones 2 points, 2 rebounds
Quince Orchard Cougars Stats: #3 Grace Toohey 6 points, 1 rebounds, 1 assists, #24 Jackie Jackson 15 points, 1 steals, 6 rebounds, #4 Morgan Turner 6 points, 1 assist, #22 Babette Sanmartin 6 points, 2 rebounds, 2 steal, 1 assist, #32 Maddie Arata 1 points, 1 steals, 1 assists, #5 Samantha Griffith 2 points, 1 steal, 1 rebound, #12 Aracely Hook 11 points, 1 steal, 1 rebound, 2 assists, #52 Brittany Beckwith 3 points, 1 rebounds
Story and Stats by Kyle Hall
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