Green continues impressive start with SOC I road win over Clay, 55-17

Key Highlights

• Blizzard knocked down three first-quarter threes by herself to account for all nine of her points in the opening quarter, while Blizzard found Abrams for the additional trey in the first quarter as Green ultimately scored 12 consecutive points after an opening bucket to start the contest by Clay's Sophia Craft. Green junior Abbie Knapp and Lady 'Cat sophomores Laney Strickland and Elizabeth McBee combined for the remaining seven points, with Knapp adding in four tallies on a putback basket and a fastbreak bucket with 57 seconds to play as the Lady 'Cats jumped out to the aforementioned 15-point advantage, 19-4, after the opening quarter of action. Green continued its strong shooting from the outside in the second frame — as Abrams added in her second three of the contest while Green junior Destiny Alexander posted a splash from deep, giving the Lady 'Cats a 29-6 lead before Craft's three with under a minute remaining cut the deficit to a 29-9 Green lead at the halftime break. By this juncture, the trio of Blizzard, Abrams and Alexander had combined for 18 points, all from beyond the line.
• They helped Green go 6-of-14 from beyond three-point range in the opening half alone. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisement"Other players scoring besides Elizabeth McBee, Laney Strickland and Abbie Knapp only makes us better, Knapp said.
• "Those three are obviously the ones people are going to key on.
• Having more than three players producing offense makes us really hard to guard."Knapp added in eight tallies of her own with strong finishes inside after running the floor well and setting up the offense alongside Strickland with their excellent court vision."Those two created offense for others and set the pace and it was great to see," Knapp said of her youngest daughter and Strickland.
• "They are two of the most unselfish players I know and they do not care about their own stats as they know those pieces will take care of themselves if they do their jobs.