Lady Raiders win 53-40 | Raiders win 53-44.
Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024
Brayden Morse | Sports Editor
JONESBORO- The Nettleton Raiders girls’ and boys’ basketball teams defeated the Valley View Blazers, with both teams scoring 53 points at Raider Gym on Tuesday night.
In the first game, the Lady Raiders (17-4) won 53-40 with the help of great shooting and defensive stops.
The offense scored five three-pointers in key situations throughout the game, with three of them coming from guard Carmen McShan in the second half.
McShan scored a team-leading 20 points, while center Donna Douglas scored 12 with a couple steals.
Nettleton girls head coach Kevin Frisbee expressed his thoughts on the team’s aggressive defense that helped lead them to victory, along with his feelings of beating a local school.
 tries to shoot through Valley View’s Madison Fischer (21) during the game on Tuesday, January 23, 2024. Ibuki Hinohara/Delta Digital News Service</p><p> ” data-medium-file=”https://deltanewsservice.files.wordpress.com/2024/02/edit_photo2024_01_23_287.jpg?w=194″ data-large-file=”https://deltanewsservice.files.wordpress.com/2024/02/edit_photo2024_01_23_287.jpg?w=663″ width=”663″ height=”1023″ src=”https://deltanewsservice.files.wordpress.com/2024/02/edit_photo2024_01_23_287.jpg?w=663″ alt ><figcaption>Nettleton’s Keiarra Brown (25) tries to shoot through Valley View’s Madison Fischer (21) during the game on Tuesday, January 23, 2024. Ibuki Hinohara/Delta Digital News Service</figcaption></figure></div><p>“Defense is where it starts with us. On-ball pressure is our top priority on the defensive side. I thought all of our guards did a good job pressuring the ball. Anytime you play a local team, it feels different. Anytime we play them we know it’s going to be a rock fight. Anytime you beat someone in town, it’s a little extra special,” Frisbee said. </p><p>On the other side, Valley View (10-8) was missing a few starters that got the team out of sync. Blazer girl head coach Angie Ellis shared what went wrong for the team.</p><p>“We’re still trying to find our identity. We have some injuries on the team and we’re short on some guards. I’m having to rotate off-guards into the guard position because we are injured. We’re trying to find five kids to gel together. I thought we struggled to score and we needed other kids to step up and score for us,” Ellis said.</p><p>Coach Ellis also shared what the game plan was moving forward to get back on track. </p><p>“We play in probably the best conference in the state of Class-5A with five teams ranked. We’ve got some key injuries. I thought that game got too physical and it’s hard to prepare them for that physicality of a game,” said Ellis. “We need to get our bodies back healthy and reset for Marion on Friday night.”</p><p>Despite the lack of guards for the Blazers, two players scored double-digit points. Bonnie Fagen scored 14 points and Annika Wilbanks scored 12 points. </p><p>In the second game, the Raiders (12-8) defeated the Blazers (12-8) 53-44. </p><div><figure><img data-attachment-id=)
Brayden Morse is a multimedia journalism major in the School of Media and Journalism at Arkansas State University in Jonesboro. He can be reached at [email protected].NOTE: Feature Photo shows Nettleton’s Carmen McShan (1) shooting against Nettleton’s Brianna Huff (22) during the game on Tuesday, January 23, 2024. Photo by Ibuki Hinohara
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