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Feet paint charity stripe with success

Tuesday, January 29, 2008

Webb took advantage of a solid performance at the free-throw line to down homestanding Watertown 58-47 on Monday evening.

It was the fourth straight victory for the Feet, who made 20-of-27 from the charity stripe, while their foes hit 11-of-20.

"We managed as many as they shot and that was probably the difference," Webb coach Jeff Mitchell said.

The Bell Buckle bunch took a five-point lead into the second quarter and extended it to 34-24 at halftime. Both teams netted 10 points in the third period.

"We just couldn't put them away," Mitchell said. "Credit Watertown, they just kept coming at us. We just never could extend the lead. We were fortunate to get out with a win there.

"We'll need to play a lot better down the stretch to do anything come tournament time."

Hunter Foutch bucketed 15 points for Webb (16-2). Luke Baum and Jordan Burchett chipped in 11 each.

John Kniesal flowed for Watertown with 19 points.

Watertown 54, Webb 35 (G): Miaushia Thompson was tough to move out of the paint and she guided the Purple Tigers to victory with 16 points. Brittnee Sells and Sarah Reeder helped out with 12 and 10 points, respectively.

The hosts jumped out of the gates with a 14-2 first-quarter lead and cruised from there. Watertown tacked onto that upper hand in the second stanza and jogged into the break up 25-6.

"We just didn't come out with the necessary concentration or intensity that it takes to play any kind of basketball, very disappointing effort," Mitchell said.

The Lady Feet (7-11) did outscore the Wilson County ballers 23-8 in the final quarter. Elizabeth Lawrence totaled 15 points.



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