Lady Steers crush Pecos 66-23
The Big Spring Lady Steers took the court at home on Friday night against the Pecos Lady Eagles. For the second game in a row, Big Spring crushed the competition and they now sit at .500 (4-4) after a 66-23 drubbing of the Lady Eagles.
“We played pretty solid across the board,” Lady Steer coach Eric Tuttle said. “We mixed it up on defense and overall they just do a really good job of doing what I ask of them.”
Junior point guard Tristan Smith led the Lady Steers with a seasonhigh 22 points while junior forward Ryen Terrazas added another doubledouble to her resume with 11 points and 13 rebounds. Smith also dished out five assists and had six steals on the defensive end. The entire Lady Steer defense forced the Lady Eagles into handfuls of mistakes and turnovers. On the other hand, Big Spring only turned the ball over 12 times - a solid feat for a high school game - while absolutely dominating the boards on both ends of the court.
Altogether, all 10 players that took the court for Big Spring on Friday night recorded at least two points on one made basket.
“Everybody that came in brought good energy,” Tuttle said. “I stress to the girls all the time to be a player on the court that’s going to make all your teammates better around you. It doesn’t matter if they’re a starter or coming off of the bench, when they’re on the court they should try to make everyone around them better.”
The Lady Steers went 5-for-18 from beyond the three point arc as a team, but Mya Blanco was able to knockdown three of her own for nine points. Big Spring also dominated the game by rarely making it to the free throw line. They converted on 4-of-6 from the charity stripe and Tuttle will surely want his team to draw more fouls the next time out on the court.
The Lady Steers will be taking the court again on Saturday afternoon when they travel to Idalou to take on the Lady Wildcats (5-2).
“I’m hoping we can be versatile tomorrow offensively. They’re a topranked team in their division. It’ll be a good test for us to try to break the press. If we’re going to be successful doing that in the district games, we need to see it early against good teams that can do it well,” Tuttle said.
According to Maxpreps, Idalou is currently ranked as the No. 16 3A team in the state of Texas. Their only losses of the season so far have been to an undefeated No. 1-ranked 5A Lubbock Cooper team and to Canyon - the No. 1 4A team in the state.
Safe to say the Lady Steers will have their hands full on Saturday afternoon.