By GREG BURTON
Special to Southern Indiana Preps
SEYMOUR — Julyen Condra picked an opportune time for her
shot to return from an uninvited vacation.
The New Albany senior hit a tiebreaking 3-pointer with 6.6
seconds remaining in the Class 4A Seymour Sectional first-round game Wednesday at
Scott Gym against Jennings County, propelling the Bulldogs to a 51-46 victory.
This was the icing on the cake for her, as she led the Lady Bulldogs in scoring
with 18 points and in rebounding with 10 rebounds.
Condra had some difficulties to close out her senior regular
season, but that came to an end Wednesday night. She was not the only New
Albany player to play an important role in the outcome, but she was the most
noticeable.
“Julyen made a 3 at the end, and that’s what made the
difference in the game,” said New Albany coach Tammy Geron. “She had a big game
tonight. She played within herself.
“She lost some confidence down the stretch of our season.
Her shot was off. I’ve not seen her shot off that badly in four years. But she
put a lot of work in the gym this past week to get it back. We welcomed it back
from vacation.”
The Lady Bulldogs held the lead nearly the entire game except
for a brief period in the second quarter. Other than that, New Albany (12-11)
held the Lady Panthers at bay, but never very far away. New Albany’s largest
lead of the game was eight points twice in the contest.
Jennings County (8-15) never quit, though. The Panthers
continued to remain within striking distance the entire contest.
“Even on our scouting report, one of the things we could say
about them (Jennings County) is they don’t quit,” said Geron. “We knew it would
be a dogfight tonight. I never expect anything less from them. We were just
lucky enough at the end of the game to hit some shots.
The Lady Bulldogs scored first on a 3-pointer by Alayasia
Douglas. They maintained a lead for the entire first period and led 12-10 at
quarter’s end.
The second period was the closest one of the night. During
this quarter, there were four ties and two lead changes. New Albany went ahead
for good at 23-21 on a bucket by Kelsy Taylor late in the period. Then, Ally
Willis drained a 3 with 11 seconds to play to put the Lady Bulldogs up 26-23 at
the break.
New Albany stretched the advantage to its largest point at
40-32 near the end of the quarter. But the Lady Panthers closed to within five
on a 3-pointer by Kylee Matern just before the buzzer.
The Lady Bulldogs appeared to put the game away in the final
quarter, once again stretching the advantage to eight at 44-36.
The Lady Panthers once again refused to quit and scored the
next eight points, tying the game at 44-44 with 2:08 to play. Taylor then hit a
bucket, which was followed by a basket from Jennings’ Callie Wilder at the 24-second
mark.
That set up Condra’s heroics. Willis then stole the inbounds
pass and was fouled. She sank each free throw, giving the final margin of
victory.
New Albany’s inside game of Taylor and Savanna Pinkston
struggled for much of the night. Each spent time on the bench because of fouls.
“I thought our inside game was struggling tonight,” said
Geron. “They packed it in, and we had a hard time getting the ball inside and
getting good looks.”
Taylor was the only other New Albany player to reach double
figures with 14 points. She and Pinkston, however, helped the Lady Bulldogs
dominate on the boards. Taylor finished with seven rebounds, and Pinkston had
8.
Wilder led Jennings County in scoring with 20 points and rebounding
with nine.
New Albany will play Class 4A No. 11 Bedford North Lawrence
(19-4) in the second semifinal at about 7:30 p.m. Friday. That game will follow
the Class 4A No. 8 Jeffersonville (19-5) versus Floyd Central (8-15) semi at 6
p.m., with the winners meeting Saturday for the sectional championship.
CLASS 4A SEYMOUR
SECTIONAL
FIRST ROUND
NEW ALBANY 51,
JENNINGS COUNTY 46
New Albany 12 14
14 11 — 51
Jennings County 10 13
12 11 — 46
New Albany (12-11):
Julyen Condra 7-15 1-3 18, Alayasia Douglas 3-11 0-0 7, Ally Willis 1-5 2-2 5,
Savanna Pinkston 3-5 1-2 7, Kelsy Taylor 7-12 0-3 14, Mya Jackson 0-1 0-2 0,
Devon Hunter 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 21-49 4-12 51.
Jennings County
(8-15): Madi Skinner 0-2 0-0 0, Addyson Kent 1-5 0-0 3, Macy Roth 2-5 0-1
4, Callie Wilder 8-18 4-5 20, Baylee Byford 0-1 0-0 0, Kylee Matern 2-5 2-4 8,
Alexus Brown 3-5 5-7 11, Grace Ramey 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 16-42 11-17 46.
3-point field goals:
New Albany 5-9 (Condra 3-4, Willis
1-1, Douglas 1-4); Jennings County 3-6
(Matern 2-3, Kent 1-2, Roth 0-1).
Rebounds: New Albany
35 (Condra 10, Pinkston 8, Taylor 7); Jennings
County 26 (Wilder 9).
Turnovers: New
Albany 11, Jennings County 10.
Total fouls: New
Albany 13, Jennings County 12.
Fouled out: none.
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