The Osmond Lady Tigers closed out regular season play last week with two games — against Santee on Tuesday and against Wausa on Thursday.
Osmond vs. Santee
SANTEE - The first game of the week was on Tuesday, Feb. 11, at Santee where the Tigers would face the Warriors. The Warriors were able to hold a 13-9 advantage after the first quarter. The Tigers used a solid defense throughout the second quarter to hold Santee to only 5 points and closed the difference on the score - board, going into the halftime break trailing 17-18.
The Warriors used a consistent sec- ond half, scoring 12 points in both the third and fourth quarter, compared to Osmond’s 8 and 9 points, respectively, to take the 42-34 win.
Korrine Moes led the scoring for the Tigers with 15 points. Sophia Gansebom, Carrie Kumm, and Kaleigh Miller recorded 11 rebounds each to lead the team’s 48 total rebounds. Score by Quarter Osmond 9 8 8 9 = 34 Santee 13 5 12 12 = 42 BOX SCORE
Pts Reb Asst Stl Bl Moes 15 5 1 3 1 Gansebom 8 11 4 5 1 Kumm 6 11 0 0 1 K. Miller 0 11 3 0 1 Wagner 5 8 2 3 0 Hoffman 0 1 0 0 0 A. Miller 0 1 0 0 0 Osmond vs. Wausa
OSMOND — On Thursday night, Feb. 13, the Tigers would face Wausa in the final game of the regular season. The Tigers found themselves in foul trouble within the first minute of the game but still managed to rally together and kept the score close.
Despite having starters have to sit due to foul trouble, Osmond trailed by only one point at the end of the first quarter, 10-11.
Both teams matched each other in the second period as each team scored 11 points, again despite the Tigers being in foul trouble. Wausa would hold a 22-21 lead going into the locker rooms for halftime. Osmond used a solid defensive third quarter and held Wausa to only 2 points in the quarter as the Tigers were able to take the lead heading into the final quarter, up 27-24.
The first possession of the fourth quarter saw Wausa knock down a 3-point basket to tie the game up at
27 all. The rest of the quarter would go back and forth leading to an excit -
ing finish.
A Sophia Gansebom basket with under 30 seconds left in the game gave the Tigers a 37-36 lead. However a foul on the defensive end would send Taylor Dawson to the free throw line for Wausa with two shots and only 14 seconds left. Dawson would make both free throws to take a 38-37 lead for Wausa.
As Gansebom was bringing the ball down the court, Carrie Kumm got fouled and went to the free throw line for two shots.
Kumm missed both shots but Osmond got the rebound and after a Wausa deflection the ball rolled out of bounds. With 6.4 seconds left on the clock Osmond had a baseline out of bounds play for a chance to win.
Gansebom got a great look at a shot from the short corner that bounced on the rim twice, an Osmond rebound and put back attempt by Erin Wagner wouldn't find the net as time expired.
Osmond lost the heartbreaker by a final score of 37-38. Despite the loss, Sophia Gansebom playing her last game on the home court put together a very solid performance leading the team with 11 points, completing the double-double with 10 rebounds, and grabbing 4 steals on the defensive end. The game closed a chapter for three Osmond seniors playing their final game on that floor. Sophia Gansebom, Erin Wagner, and the injured Keli Aschoff all have played important roles for this program throughout the years and left their mark in that gym.
Score by Quarter Osmond 10 11 6 10 = 37 Wausa 11 11 2 14 = 38 BOX SCORE
Pts Reb Asst Stl Bl Moes 9 3 3 1 0 Gansebom 11 10 1 4 1 C. Kumm 10 10 1 0 1 Miller 2 12 1 2 1 Wagner 2 3 2 1 0 D. Kumm 2 0 0 0 0 Hoffman 0 1 0 1 0 Subdistrict Play Next
The Tigers closed out the regular season with a 7-17 record heading into the postseason. Osmond faced Wausa on Monday in the first round of subdistrict play, but lost in a hardfought battle, 46-49, ending the season for the Lady Tigers.
