Sharp's 30 leads Tigers in blowout of Nado

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

COFFEYVILLE -- Jolee Sharp scored 30 points here Tuesday night as Fort Scott High's girls blasted Coffeyville, 70-25, in Southeast Kansas League play.

The 70 points the Tigers scored was the most in head coach Jeff Armstrong's tenure, beating out the previous high of 62 set in Fort Scott's last game on Jan. 18 against Parsons. Sharp's 30 tied for the highest individual points since Tribune records began with the 1995-96 season. Nicole Brown scored 30 points in a loss against Willard in December 2001.

Sharp's total was also her career high. She scored 28 against in that same game against Parsons.

The Tigers (6-2 SEK, 7-5 overall) jumped out to a 12-4 lead halfway through the first period as Coffeyville (0-7, 0-9) kept committing turnovers. All 11 of Sharp's points in the first period came as a result of turnovers.

The Tigers led 18-9 after one period. They scored 18 points in each of the next two periods and even managed to score 16 in the fourth even though the entire quarter was played with a continuously-running clock under the SEK's 30-point mercy rule.

Megan McDermed added 10 points for the Tigers, who shot 53 percent from the field, making 28 of 53 field-goal attempts.

Abby Crist led Coffeyville with 6 points. The Golden Tornado made only 9 of 34 fielders for 26 percent.

Fort Scott outrebounded Coffeyville, 32-25. The Nado committed 24 turnovers to just 8 for the Tigers.

FSHS will host Pittsburg for Homecoming in as the second time through league play begins Friday night.


FORT SCOTT: Sharp 13 2-3 30, Therwhanger 3 1-2 7, Carpenter 2 1-2 6, Tourtillott 2 0-1 4, Shelton 2 0-1 4, Harper 2 0-1 4, Allen 2 1-2 5, McDermed 2 6-8 10, Campbell 0 0-0 0, Karleskint 0 0-0 0. TOTALS: 28-53 11-20 70.

COFFEYVILLE: Lawson 1 0-2 2, Crist 2 0-0 6, Nash 2 0-0 5, Davis 2 3-8 7, Cox 0 1-2 1, Johnson 0 0-0 0, Crane 1 0-0 2, Roberts 1 0-0 2, Bauer 0 0-0 0, Greer 0 0-0 0, Limos 0 0-0 0. TOTALS: 9-34 4-12 25.

Fort Scott18181816--70
Coffeyville9592--25

Three-point field goals: Fort Scott 3-9 (Sharp 2, Carpenter), Coffeyville 3-6 (Crist 2, Nash).

Total fouls: Fort Scott 12, Coffeyville 13. Fouled out: None. Technical fouls: None.

Rebounds: Fort Scott 32, Coffeyville 25. Assists: n/a. Turnovers: Fort Scott 8, Coffeyville 24. Steals: Fort Scott 16, Coffeyville 6. Blocked shots: n/a.