Greene County Daily World: High School Sports: Eastern Greene holds off BHS (12/06/12)

Brittany Martin of Eastern Greene (left) tries to stop Elena Weddle of Bloomfield during a high school girls basketball game Thursday night. Weddle scored 16 points, but the Lady Thunderbirds won the conference contest. (By Shad Cox). [Order this photo]

Eastern Greene outscored Bloomfield 34-23 over the final three quarters to come away with a 38-35 victory in a Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference high school girls basketball game at Little Cincinnati Thursday night.

Eastern Greene improved to 5-2 overall, 3-0 in the SWIAC. Bloomfield slipped to 3-4, 2-1 in league play.

"This was southern Indiana basketball at its finest," said EGHS coach Zack Stevens. "You have two teams that are neighbors, rivals and conference foes battling each other.

"The energy that our fans gave us was tremendous. It was good to see our girls step up in this kind of environment. We had to scratch and claw for everything we got. I was so proud of them and how hard they played. Our defense really set the tone after falling behind 12-4."

Sierra New scored 11 points for the winners and Alex Dubois finished with 10 points and eight rebounds.

Brittany Martin dished out three assists.

Elena Weddle of Bloomfield scored a game-high 16 points, including 6 of 8 shooting at the foul line.

"It was an intense battle," said Bloomfield coach Chris Hitchcock. "But the outcome was disappointing."

In the junior varsity game, Bloomfield won 23-19.

Bloomfield will play at Barr-Reeve Saturday, starting with the junior varsity game at 1 p.m.

Eastern Greene also will play Saturday, beginning at noon at Washington.

BLOOMFIELD (35) -- Alicia Hasler 0 1-2 1, Elena Weddle 5 6-8 16, Kristin Hall 2 0-2 4, Emily Bucher 0 3-4 3, Kari Schulte 0 1-4 1, Madison Toon 3 0-2 6, Meaghan Bond 1 2-2 4, Kylee Moody 0 0-0 0, Aubrey Adams 0 0-0 0, Shelby Patton 0 0-0 0. Totals 11 13-24 35.

EASTERN GREENE (38) -- Brittany Martin 1 0-0 2, Amy Todd 4 0-0 8, Sierra New 4 2-3 11, Alex Dubois 4 2-5 10, Hannah Resler 2 0-0 4, Brooke Butler 1 1-2 3, Kelsey Fleener 0 0-0 0, Libby Tarr 0 0-0 0, Kym Arthur 0 0-0 0. Totals 16 5-10 38.

Bloomfield 12 7 10 6 -- 35

Eastern Greene 4 18 8 8 -- 38

3-pointers -- Bloomfield 0, Eastern Greene 1 (New). Fouls -- Bloomfield 16, Eastern Greene 22. Fouled out -- Butler.