By GREG BURTON
Special to Southern Indiana Preps
CLARKSVILLE — For most of the game Saturday night at the
Larkin Center against Trinity Lutheran, it appeared that Providence had
recovered from its two-point overtime loss to Salem on Friday.
The Pioneers took command of the
game in the second period. They turned a close game into a nice six-point
margin at halftime, 19-13.
Then in the third period, the
Pioneers really got things rolling, extending their advantage to as many as 13
points on three occasions. The last time was at 33-20 just before the close of
the third period.
However, Class A No. 8 Trinity
Lutheran (7-1) scored the final two points of the third quarter, then outscored
their hosts 20-8 in the final eight minutes to eke out a 42-41 victory over
Providence.
Trinity Lutheran never led in the
second half until the very end. That is when Jodi Goecker, standing at 5-foot-4,
got a rebound in the lane, and put the ball back up and in with 0.3 seconds to
play in regulation.
This culminated a challenging,
tough weekend for Providence (4-3), which lost both games by a total of three points.
Providence appeared to have
weathered the storm and was on track to emerge victorious against the Cougars. But
Trinity Lutheran had gotten to within two points at 38-36 with 36 seconds to
play.
Then Providence’s Hannah Wolford
sank two free throws to extend the lead to four. Trinity Lutheran’s Sydney
Janes countered with two free throws of her own to get back to within two at
40-38.
Wolford then sank one free throw,
making the score 41-38. The Pioneers then purposely fouled Goecker with 14.1
seconds remaining. She sank both free throws, making it a one-point game at
41-40.
Providence needed to hit free
throws to secure the game, but missed two, giving the ball to Trinity Lutheran
for the last shot.
Janes missed a field goal, and
that’s when Goecker grabbed the missed shot and put in the game-winner.
Wolford led the Pioneers in scoring
with 20 points. Janes, a 6-1 freshman, was held scoreless for the first half,
but put in 13 points in the second half to lead her team in scoring. Abby
Hackman also reached double figures with 10 points for Trinity Lutheran.
Providence will be at home on Tuesday as it takes
on Class A No. 5 South Central (4-2).
TRINITY LUTHERAN 42, PROVIDENCE 41
TRINITY LUTHERAN 42, PROVIDENCE 41
Trinity Lutheran 6 7 9 20—42
Providence 5 14 14 8—41
Trinity Lutheran (7-1): Jodi
Goecker 4, Piper Acton 8, Savannah Harweger 3, Sydney Janes 13, Abby Hackman
10, Savanna Setty 0, Maddie Bell 4.
Providence (4-3): Sierra
Brooks 8, Natalie Boesing 9, Hannah Wolford 20, Brinley Prather 2, Brigid Welch
0, Kaylee Kaiser 2, Bailey Brown 0.
3-point field goals: Trinity Lutheran 2 (Janes 2); Providence
2 (Wolford 2).
Total fouls:
Trinity Lutheran 16, Providence 13.
Fouled out: none.
Junior varsity:
Trinity Lutheran 34, Providence 12.
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