Battle of the Bigs in Mt. Zion
Photo by Keith Stewart
Sullivan’s Brittin Boyer (left) tries to drive around Mt. Zion’s Tori Johnson (no. 14) and Shannon Probst (no. 21). Boyer finished the night with 21 points, 17 of which came in the first half.
December 3, 2014
Sullivan spreads the scoring to defeat Lady Braves
by Keith Stewart
keith@newsprogress.com
Mt. Zion’s 6-foot senior Shannon Probst may have won the battle of the bigs Monday night, but Sullivan won the war, defeating the Lady Braves 57-45.
But it was certainly a back-and-forth affair as far as the post-game goes, not to mention, highly physical at times.
For the Lady Red, 5-foot, 11-inch Brittin Boyer was the first half highlight, leading all scorers with 17 points. Opposite her was Probst, who up through the first two quarters had 12 points. But Probst would give Boyer and company headache after headache in the second half, en route to a 25-point performance.
“It was Brittin first half kind of, then no. 21 (Probst) in the second half,” said Sullivan head coach Sheri McCain. “I was very disappointed in our post defense because she had 12 at the half and ended up with 25, so I am not at all impressed with our post defense on her. One girl should not score 25 points. She is a very good player, so nothing to take away from her. She is a phenomenal player. I just wish we would have played a little bit better defense on her and challenged her a little bit more. I just don’t think we did. And she was one of those where you double team her and she was going to pass.”