CHAMBERSBURG — Patience is what Chambersburg girls basketball coach Jamiur King is preaching.
Even if he, admittedly, is a little impatient.
Daijah Wallace
The Trojans played a competitive game against Mid Penn Commonwealth foe Carlisle on Friday night at CASHS Field House, but had to settle for a 50-47 defeat. The Thundering Herd entered the fourth quarter with a 6-point lead and although Chambersburg got close a number of times, they never gave up that lead.
"We played hard and we're competing," King said. "But we just couldn't finish tonight. The ladies need to get a little more sense of urgency, and some of that is because we're so young. But we have to be better at knowing the time and score and what we need to do."
The Trojans (2-6, 1-3 MPC) took a lead late in the third, 29-28, when Riley Evans stuck in a rebound bucket. But the Herd (4-3, 3-1 MPC) scored the last 7 points to lead 35-29 after three.
A 3-pointer by Daijah Wallace — her fourth of the game for Chambersburg — was countered by a three by Nylajah Hairston that came after a missed throw.
Then Emily Forrester scored 5 straight points on a fast-break layup and a layup after a pass by Evans, and a foul shot to make it 39-37.
Two free throws by Forrester and a fast-break layup by Ella Parker (from Bree Paetow) got the Trojans to within 45-43, but they turned it over after a defensive stop.
Carlisle had already missed both ends of a two-shot foul three times, but was bailed out when Kayla Spencer beat her defender to the basket for a layup and a three-point play to give her team a 48-43 lead.
Another putback by Evans at 0:45 and two Forrester free throws with 10 seconds left made it 48-47, but the Herd's Olivia Baldwin made two free throws with 4 seconds left to seal it.
King said, "When we were going against their press, when we made a catch and looked up, we got some passes off that resulted in a basket. But too many times, we caught the pass and then dribbled, or didn't look up. When we did, it was successful."
Wallace scored a career-high 14 points for Chambersburg, Evans added 12 and Forrester had 9 — all in the final quarter.
Carlisle had six players with at least 6 points, including 11 from Megan Posey.
"My coaches tell me we're making progress, but maybe I'm a little more impatient," King said. "We've got a lot of girls who are locked in during the season, but in the offseason, basketball's not their sport. Parker, Wallace and Forrester do a lot then, but a lot of girls play other sports and we've got to get more experience in basketball.
"I tried to get them to keep their heads up. We're playing closer games against teams that put a running clock on us last year, so we do see some progress."
Carlisle 50, Chambersburg 47
CARLISLE
Nylajah Hairston 4 0-4 9, Cora Long 3 1-1 7, Kayla Spencer 2 2-5 7, Ava Kerr 0 0-0 0, Negan Posey 4 0-0 11, Olivia Baldwin 0 2-4 2, Skyla Hancock 2 2-4 6, Caroline Sonfield 0 0-0 0, Karrine Beamer 0 0-0 0, Synclaire Ewell 2 1-4 6. Totals 16 8-22 50.
CHAMBERSBURG
Morgan Smith 0 0-0 0, Daijah Wallace 4 2-2 14, Bree Paetow 1 1-2 4, Ella Parker 1 2-4 4, Hailey Frankhouser 0 0-2 0, T.T. Kelly 1 2-2 4, Emily Forrester 2 5-6 9, Riley Evans 6 0-2 12. Totals 15 12-20 47.
Carlisle 7 14 14 15 — 50
Chambersburg 5 12 12 18 — 47
3-point shots — Car 6 (Posey 3, Hairston, Spencer, Ewell); Chbg 5 (Wallace 4, Paetow).
