Lions Slip Past Lady Imperials
In their second district game of the week and season, the Napoleon/Gackle-Streeter Imperial girls’ basketball team played host to Linton-HMB. In action, last Thurs., Jan. 8 in Napoleon, it was the Lions who slipped past the Imperials 45-40 in the Dist. 2 matchup.
A slow offensive start by NGS may have been one of the contributing factors to the Imperials loss, as they found themselves trailing 0-8 with 3:20 to play in the first quarter. It wasn’t until the three minute mark of the first that NGS tallied their first points, as freshman Hope Gross cashed in on a pair of free throws. The first quarter closed with Imperial post player, freshman Dawson Erbele making a pair of field goals, with NGS trailing after the first eight minutes 6-12.
The second quarter NGS head coach Paul Erbele and his squad made a small charge, on the back of eighth grade point guard, Deziray Zenker who had 6 (1-3) of her 8 points in this quarter. The Imperials managed to pull to within one, 14-15 with 5:43 to play in the half. Then a couple of NGS turnovers led to easy points for the Lions as they held a 15-22 lead with 3:40 to play in the half, which rounded out second quarter scoring, with the Imperials down 7.
The third quarter brought back-and-forth scoring as the Imperials trailed by 8, 22-30 with . . .