It looked like the girls basketball season opener it was Friday at Northwestern as visiting Kokomo took a 51-41 win over an injury-plagued but stubborn Tiger squad. “Sloppy” would be the kindest way to describe a contest in which the teams combined for a whopping 71 turnovers.But both teams also found some bright spots, especially in the second half, as the squads settled in and played much better basketball over the final 16 minutes. Several times the Lady Kats appeared ready to turn the game into a runaway, but Northwestern’s young team never gave in and kept it close to the end.The brightest spot for the Kats was the 3-point shooting of senior Jasmine Love, who sank 5 of 9 attempts en route to a game-high 18 points. Two other seniors, starter Alanis Jones and sub Cierra Tinder, scored 11 points apiece for Kokomo. Kokomo scored the first nine points of the game before quick NW junior guard Kaitlyn Daanen sank two free throws to make it 9-2 at the first stop.Northwestern struggled early, turning the ball over on its first seven possessions of the game. But Kokomo had trouble finding the basket and made plenty of errors of its own to allow the Tigers to stay close. Treadway’s basket early in the second period cut the lead to 9-4, but Kokomo responded and stretched the lead to 20-12 on Schnetavia Williams’ hoop with 1:03 to play in the half. Treadway answered with a hoop-and-harm three-point play to cut it to 20-15, but Kaila Stiner hit a pair of freebies to put the Kats up 22-15 at intermission.Kokomo coach Jason Snyder noted, “We had 15 turnovers in the first half and shot 23 percent from the field, and that’s what’s going to happen [in a first game]. Our ladies pulled down 35 rebounds, and they commited 33 turnovers. They had 41 fouls and the scores at the quarters were 9 t0 2, 22 to 15,,41 to 30 and the final score was 51 to 41 all in favor of our ladies.

The Lady Kats went into the Berry Bowl Saturday night and battled with the likely Miss Basketball for Indiana. Whitney Jennings put on a show, scoring 41 of her team’s 68 points to lead Logansport to a 68-48 victory. Midway through the first quarter Kokomo lost senior captain Alanis Jones after attempting to take a charge. At that time the Lady Kats were down six with the ball going to the basket to cut the lead to four. After her departure it took some time to get into an offensive flow like it would for any team trying to replace such a big part of their team.

I was very proud of the way the ladies came out in the second half. After only scoring 14 points in the first half, the Lady Kats scored 19 points in the third quarter and 15 points in the 4th quarter.
Unfortunately for Kokomo every time they would get a run together and seem to start to take control, Jennings would make a play or two and build a deeper hole.
Kokomo was led by Cierra Tinder with 14 points and Jasmine Love with 10. Gabrielle Smith had seven points and eight rebounds to take a nice step forward in her second varsity experience. Kokomo will be back in action Tuesday night at Harrison. 

Coach Snyder

The game with Harrison at Harrison was a little better game out of our Kokomo Lady Kats as they used the shooting of Love and Lowe as well as Tinder who plays as hard as most girls in womens basketball. Our ladies hit 16 out of 49 field goals and 18 out of 25 free throws to set the pace in this game. Kokomo outrebounded Harrison on the boards 38 to 29. Kokomo committed 15 turnovers and 24 fouls.. This game should be a booster shot for our ladies and hopefully they will carry it on into the next game.
Kokomo was led by Love with 20 points while Lowe had 12 and Tinder had 8. Kokomo made 16 of 49 field goals and 18 of 25 free throws. Kokomo hit on 4 of 16  3 point shots and outbounded Harrison on the boards 38 to 29. Kokomo had 15 turnovers and 24 fouls.

The Junior Varsity won their game by a score of Kokomo 33, Harrison 29.

Kokomo’s girls basketball team evened its North Central Conference record at 1-1 and improved to 3-1 overall with a dominant performance against visiting Muncie Central on Saturday afternoon. Jasmine Love led the Wildkats with 18 points, Gabrielle Smith scored 10 points and had six assists, and Allie Lowe took six rebounds for the Kats. Kokomo went up 10-0 and took a 17-4 lead into into the first-quarter break. “Jumping out and getting a good start was very important,” Kokomo coach Jason Snyder said. “Muncie Central has a great group and has had a great start to the season. Unfortunately for both teams, we had two forwards that were out [one for each team]. It was very important for others to step up and the girls did a great job defensively. We were able to maintain that [lead] and build on it each quarter.” Kokomo played without Alanis Jones, who was injured in a recent game, and Central was without Jayla Scaife. “I thought Gabrielle Smith did a great job controlling the game and was more aggressive to the basket,” Snyder said. “Jasmine Love shot it well again. Outrebounding them 34-18, that was a big key going into the game, as well as how many points in transition we were able to get.”
The quarter scores were  17 to 4; 27 to 11; 42 to 25; and 55 to 37 all in favor of our LadtKates. Kokomo pulled down 34 rebounds made 20 turnovers, had 14 fouls and hit on 5 of 8 3 pointers. Love led the way with 18 points. Final score again was Kokomo 55  Muncie Central 37.

The Junior Varsity won their game by the score of
Kokomo 28  Muncie Central 16 
with Merriweather scoring 12 points

 
Our LadyKats took their game to Peru and having started slow, they had to break away from a slim halftime lead to beat Peru 44-30 Monday night at Tig-Arena. The Lady Kats (4-1) scored just 16 points in the opening half and was up by one at the break. They broke loose for 16 points in the third quarter to take a 32-24 lead. “We got off to a slow start,” Kokomo coach Jason Snyder said. “In the first half, we did not shoot it as well as we have been. In the second half, we did a better job of going to the basket and not settling for outside shots quite as much. That really helped us in the third and fourth quarters.” Jasmine Love led Kokomo with 10 points. Gabrielle Smith followed with eight points and Cierra Tinder, Schnetavia Williams and Allie Lowe added six points apiece. Lowe also had a game-high 14 rebounds and Smith recorded five rebounds and nine steals. Josie Murphy led Peru (0-5) with 21 points and nine rebounds. Our ladies made only 2 of 17 shots from 3 point land and they pulled down a total of 34 rebounds made 15 turnovers and also had 17 fouls. The scores at the quarter breaks was 8 to 5; 16 to 15; 32 to 21  & 44 to 30.
 

The Junior Varsity took their game by the score of Kokomo 32  Peru 11 with Merriweather scoring 8 points while Andrews scoring 8 points also. 

The Lady Kats’ next game is against Class 3A No. 4 Western on Dec. 10.

 
The Lady Kats lost 40-21 to the Class 3A #2 ranked Lady Panthers of Western. 
The Lady Kats battled cold shooting and turnovers all night, but were within one point with two minutes left in the first half. Western finished the half with a flurry giving them a seven-point lead at the halftime break. When the Lady Kats were forced to extend the floor against the guard-strong Panthers, the seven-point lead was extended to 19. Kokomo was led in scoring by Schnetavia Williams, who had six points. Gabby Smith led the team with five rebounds. 
The scores at the stops were 9 to 4; 22 to 15; 29 to 16; and the final was 40 to 21. all by western. Kokomo had 24 rebounds 20 turnovers, and 12 fouls. Kokomo hit onl 1 of 13 3 point shots. 
 

The Junior Varsity took their game by the score of Kokomo 23  Western 19.

The Lady Kats dropped a hard fought game to Carmel 61-48. 

The Greyhounds came out on fire hitting seven of 10 shots to start the game to give themselves a 21-5 lead with 3:30 left in the first quarter. 
Kokomo battled back to outscore Carmel 19-8 the rest of the half to cut the lead to five points. The Kats could not get any closer than within five and when we had to try and trap the long guards from Carmel  which created easy shots to finish the game. 

The Lady Kats were led by Jasmine Love's 23 points. Schnetavia Williams led the Kats with 11 rebounds and four steals to go along with her eight points. Cierra Tinder gave Kokomo a great spark offensively and defensively. Kaila Stiner led the Kats with five assists, and Gabby Smith had a strong overall game. 

The Lady Kats will return to action at Marion on Saturday afternoon before Christmas break. 

THe Junior Varsity won their game by the score of Kokomo 38  Marion 16. with Andrews leading the way with 10 points.

 
Jay County came to town to take on our Lady Kats and as usual this was one of the slow type of games where there is seldom a high score as that is the way that Jay County plays . This year our LadyKats had the upper hand due to some good shots from the 3 point line. Love scored 12 points followed by Jones and Smith with 8 points each. Kokomo outscored Jay County 16 to 1 in the 3rd period that spelled the outcome of this game. Kokomo made 11 of 28 field goals and converted on 14 of 20 free throws. Jay County led at the ends of the first 2 quarters and Kokomo led at the 3 quater mark and the final buzzer. Kokomo made 4 of 12 3 pointers, pulled down 24 rebounds, had 15 turnovers and 19 fouls. Kokomo took this game by the score of Kokomo 40, Jay County 33.
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 The Junior Varsity game was won by Kokomo by the score of Kokomo 28  Jay County 23 with Pier scoring 8 points followed by Merriweather and Andrews with 7 points each.

Kokomo went out of town on this cold snowy evening to take on Ft Wayne Carroll and they had control of the game for 3 quarters before Carroll was able to force overtime at the end of the regulation time and so it was do or die in the overtime period and Kokomo escaped with a one point win bringing their seaso record so far to 5 wins and 4 losses. 
Kokomo was led by Jones with 23 points. They had 28 turnovers, 16 fouls, and pulled down 48 rebounds. They hit on 22 of 62 field goal attempts and made 11 of 24 free throws. They were only able to make 7 of 20 3 point shots. The ladies are learning the game under actual playing time and should peak when the tourney starts. Don't give up on them as coach will get them going with more wins.

The Junior Varsity won their game by the score of Kokomo 37  Carroll 21 with Wilson leading the way with 10 points.
 
 

Richmond at Kokomo Girls

Richmond came to take on our LadyKats at our Memorial Gym and our girls took the game right at Richmond after starting slow with Richmond shooters hit 3 3 pointers early. then our ladies came back on a 16 to 2 run. Then Richmond came back within 1 point but our ladies fished up the 1st half 27 to 19. They led 45 to 33 at the end of the 3rd quarter, then richmond but Richmond charged back to within 3 points at 51 to 48. But our Ladies held on to win this game by the score of Kokomo 66 Richmond 61. Our Kats hit on only 5 of 18 3 point shots but pulled down 46 rebounds, turned the ball over 27 times and fouled 17 times. For Kokomo, Jones scored 17 to led our KadyKats.

Our Junior Varsity won their game by the score of Kokomo 46  Richmond 25. Our LadyKats are 7 and 4 for the season and they are 2 and 2 in the NCC.
 

Kokomo was tested tonight as Jeff came to town to go against our Ladies and it was a game that was close except for some comebacks by both team. Kokomo led at the start by the score of 11 to 2, but Jeff came back within 3  at 14 to 11 before  the end of the 1st quarter. Kokomo led at the half 29 to 27 and at the end of the 3rd quarter stop Jeff went on top 45 to 43. Then Kokomo ended the game with a full court run by Smith  with 5 seconds left to nail down the win 54 to 53, Jones had 7 points and Stiner had 6 while Love had 19 with Tinder scoring 7 as did Smith with 7 points Kokomo hit 8 of 22 3 point attempts pulled down 39 rebounds , made 16 turnovers and had 15 fouls. They hit on 18 of 51 shots and converted on 10 of 21 free throws 
Kokomo is 8 wins against 4 losses for the season so far.

The Junior Varsity won their game by the score of Kokomo 53  Lafayette 13. with Merrieweater scoring 16 points and Wilson scoring 12 points. 
 
 

Kokomo was cold as the outside air on this night with fridcid tempertures both inside and out as New Castle took this game tinight. New Castle led at all stops as Kokomo went on a closedown going 7 minutes without scoring a point. They did get within a point in the 3rd quarter but really they just were not in this game tonight. Kokomo was led by Jones with 9 points and by Love with 7 points. Kokomo hit on only 3 of 14 3 pointers, hit on 12 of 45 from the field and converted 9 of 14 at the line..Kokomo had 25 rebounds, 21 turnovers and 17 fouls. Kokomo needs to thaw out before the next game to warm up the fans. As this was the opening of a Boys_girls doubleheader, there was no Junior Varsity game. Our Ladies are 8 and 5 for the season.

Our LadyKats took their game to cold and snowy Chicago to play in the ChicagoLand Classic to play Chicago Marist and while there they nailed down a victory by shifing to a zone and limiting the two big girls to  ony a comnined total of 7 points and only 2 rebounds. Kokomo led at all stops in this game and Kokomo was led by Joneswith 21 points followed by Love with 13 points and Smith had 8 and Stiner had 7 points . Our Ladies hit on 19 of 51 field goal shots and converted on 9 of 14 free throws. They hit 7 of 21 3 point shots pulled down 36 rebounds and had 11 turnovers and fouls were held to 14. Good defensive game for our LadyKats as they return to Kokomo with a much needed win under their belts. Our Ladies are 9 and 5 for the season so far.

LadyKats at McCutcheon Poseponed from an ealier date
January 23, 2014

Another cold night going to play their basketball game at McCutcheon, Our ladies took it on the chin as they lost a hard fought game to the Mavericks of McCutcheon. Kokomo led only a brief time as McCutcheon led at the 1st quarter and the half. A 20 to 12 run by McCutcheon in the 4th quarter sealed the win for them. Our LadyKats are 9 and 6 for the season so far. Kokomo was led by Jones with 17 points and Love with 13. Our Kats hit on 8 of 25 from the 3 point land, pulled down 29 rebounds, had 12 turnovers and 20 fouls. It was a loss in the win/lose column but just maybe our ladies will use it to make us a better team by tourney time. The final score for the LadyKat Varsity was McCutcheon 53, Kokomo 47.

Our Junior Varsity won their game by the score of Kokomo 36, Mccutcheon 23 with Andrews and Wilson scoring 12 points each.
 
 

 
The Lady Kats traveled to Frankfort Wednesday night and came out with a 59-41 victory. 
Kokomo jumped out to a six-point lead early, and Frankfort responded by cutting the lead to one to finish the first quarter. The Lady Kats started the second period with a 13-0 run and were able to hold the Hot Dogs to at least a ten-point margin for the rest of the game. 
All players played and played well. It was a nice victory heading into a busy stretch of four games in six days. 
Kokomo was led by Alanis Jones and her 12 points. Jasmine Love added 10, Kaila Stiner had nine, and Allie Lowe and Gabrielle Smith each had eight. Allie led all rebounders with 14. The LadyKats took 21 shots from 3 point land and hit on 9 of them. Kokomo pulled down 38 rebounds and committed 15 fouls.while having 15 turnovers. They hit 19 of 56 shots from the field and converted 12 of 29 free throws. 

The Junior Varsity won their game by the score of Kokomo 32  Frankfort 13 with Andrews scoring 8 points, Bailey had 7 points and Wilson also had 7 points. Our Lady Kats are 10 and 6 for the season so far.
 

Our Ladies went to Anderson and they just were not in the game due to an illness of Love did did not play. They had many turnovers and just could not get going. Jones  7 points while Stiner had 5 and Lowe had 9  They did not hit anything from 3 point land, had 42 rebounds, mostly on their end of the floor, committed 33 turnovers and 20 fouls. The final score of this game was Anderson63  Kokomo 32.

The Junior Varsity won their game by the score of Kokomo 52, Anderson 32 behind the leadership of Andrews with 12 points.
 

In a earlier  postponed game , it was a make up game against Huntington North and our Ladies playred a great game in defeating North by the score of Kokomo 54  Huntington North 41. The game was tied at the 1st quarter mark but Kokomo led in all the other stops. Nort was held to just 4 points in the 4th quarter while our Ladies scored 18 points. Kokomo was led by Jones with 16 points and Smith with 10 points while Stiner scored 8 points. Our Ladies hit on 19 of 47 shots from the field and converted on 13 of 22 shots from the free throw line. They hit only 3 shots from 3 point land out of 14 attempts. THey had 32 rebounds, 14 turnovers, and 11 fouls.

The Junior Varsity won their game by the score of Kokomo 40,  North 22 with Merriweather scoring 10 points and Andrews scoring 5 points

Our Ladies and Westfield had a close game going in the 1st half of their game but Westfield clearly had it all in the 2nd half. Kokomo once again played without the service of Love and it showed as Westfield was able to control the floor and cause turnovers which resulted into 25 of their points. Also Westfield was able to convert on 11 3 point shots and that in itself told the story of this game. Jones had 12 points to lead our Ladies and Smith added 7 while Stiner put in 6 points. Kokomo hit on only 3  from 3 point land  and pulled down 25 rebounds and also had a total of 17 turnovers and they committed 9 fouls So ends our Lady Kat season and now comes the sectional and we hope we go far in it. 

The junior varsity lost their game by the score of Westfield 39  Kokomo 36 with Merriweather scoring 13 points
 

Well, it is lose and go home as our Ladies played Marion in the Logansport sectional. Kokomo was in this game by making several runs but Marion had runs also and this game was the last for this set of LadyKats as they went down to defeat by Marion. 
Marion led at the 1st quarter stop by the score of Marion 15 Kokomo 7. But Kokomo came back with a  run of their own to lead 16 to 15. Then Marion went on a run and led 31 to 22 at the half. But Kokomo went on another run and they closed the lead to 39 to 36 at the 3rd quarter stop, kokomo stayed close but not enough as Marion advances to play another day and Kokomo goes home to prepare for next year.  The score of this game was Marion 52  Kokomo 46 It has been a good year for the Ladykats but sickness and injuries played a part in this season as well by having to play games at other times because of the weather. But then that can be anyone's excuse when they end their season with a loss. Thanks Ladies, for giving the fans some great basketball.
Kokomo was led in scoring by Jones with 15 followed by Love with 10 and Smith with 7. They hit on 18 of 56 field goals, and 7 of 16 free throws. They put up 19 shots from 3 point land hitting only 3 of them. They pulled down 35 rebounds, committed 15 turnovers and 10 fouls.