Season Schedule and how games were played.

Kokomo's Lady Wildkats took advantage of a disastrous third quarter for Northwestern, scoring the first 15 points of the second half en route to a 51-34 victory in both teams season opener in Memorial Gym Saturday night.An offensive rebound and putback by Kendra Ryker with five seconds left in the first half gave Kokomo a 25-19 halftime lead, then the Lady Kats essentially put the game away in the first six minutes of the third quarter.Northwestern missed its first six shots of the second half, while turning the ball over 8 times. That allowed Kokomo to stretch its lead to 40-19 with 1:59 to go in the third. Following a Northwestern timeout, Hannah Treadway hit a short jumper from the right wing for the Lady Tigers first point of the second half with just 1:30 left in the stanza.Kokomo really picked up the speed of the game in the third quarter, taking a 40-23 lead into the final period, but Layden, in her first season at Northwestern, thought the pace of the game was not their problem.That's a tempo we are comfortable playing, but we just couldn't find the basket, Northwestern coach Kathie Layden explained. Without hitting any shots, we couldn't get into our press. A lot of our tentative play at times was due to the girls learning a new system. We've only been practicing three weeks and we understand we will have some breakdowns. I was proud of the way our girls hustled and didn't give up. Kokomo is a good team. Jason does a great job.
Ryker led the Lady Kats with 10 points, closely followed by Bri Poe and Brayana Fowler with nine apiece. Anastacia Kirby added eight points and a game-high 11 rebounds.Our senior leadership was very good [Saturday] night, Snyder said. When things got tough in the second quarter we battled hard and ground it out. I was pleased with our balanced scoring. Our two freshmen [Allie Lowe and Kaila Stiner] got over 11 minutes of playing time. We hope to be able to use our depth as an asset as the season goes on. Northwestern also had only one player in double figures. Kaitlynd Lear scored 10, Hannah Treadway added 8 points and 6 rebounds, and Brooke Treadway scored 7 for the 0-1 Lady Tigers.Kokomo, 1-0, faces a tough Logansport team Saturday night at home.We start our North Central Conference season early this year, Snyder said. We hope to pack Memorial Gym Saturday night. Logan has an exciting team and we think we have an exciting 
team. It should be a great battle THE FINAL SCORE THIS GAME WAS
Kokomo  51 Northwestern  34

 Kokomo’s girls basketball team tried to slow down high-scoring Logansport on Saturday. The Wildkats’ zone defense worked wonders in the first quarter, but once the Berries’ shots started falling, they showed just how tough they can be to beat. The defending North Central Conference champions broke open a close game with a huge run to end the first half and start the second to catapult them to a 62-34 win at Memorial Gym.  Kokomo coach Jason Snyder described Logan’s offensive onslaught as a “buzzsaw.” The Berries closed the second half with a 7-0 run over the final 1:45 to take a 24-17 lead into halftime. They then outscored the Kats 20-4 in the third quarter to push the lead to 44-21. The lead got as big as 60-28 with two minutes remaining. “It’s a group that can put 10 points on you in a hurry. It’s an outstanding team, very well coached,” Snyder said. “I told everybody that’s been watching, they have everything you need. This is a team that can battle for a state championship, it really is.”  Iowa recuit and 2014 Miss Basketball candidate Whitney Jennings led Logan with 23 points on 9 of 19 shooting. She hit a pair of NBA-range 3-pointers. The first got her going after a cold start that gave Logan a 15-12 midway through the second quarter, and the second one made it 56-25 with 3:35 to go in the game. Rachel Jennings added 16 points, and Nakeya Penny had eight points, 10 rebounds and three blocks. The Berries (3-0, 1-0 NCC) entered having defeated their first three opponents — Lafayette Central Catholic, McCutcheon and Maconaquah — by an average margin of victory of 46.7 points. But the Wildkats (1-1, 0-1 NCC) held them to four points in the first quarter on 1 of 10 shooting from the field to lead 7-4 after one. They had the game tied at 17-all with less than two minutes to go in the first half. But the Kats shot just 29.3 percent from the field for the game including 3 of 16 from the 3-point line. “I thought we ran our game plan, and did a nice job. The end of the second quarter, they go on that run,” Snyder said. “Now we’re going into the halftime down, where we really controlled the first half. We had to change a couple things up, they took advantage of it.  “I thought our girls played hard, we cut down on our turnovers, we did a decent job on the boards. It’s a very good team.” Jasmine Love had eight points and Brayana Fowler added seven to lead Kokomo. 
Last season Kokomo was able to narrow the gap from a 17-point loss to Logan in the regular season to a 3-point loss in sectional play. The Wildkats have a 28-point margin to try to make up over the next three months. “The second game of the season, we see where we’re at right now. There are some things we need to work on to get to this level,” Snyder said. “I’m proud of the girls’ effort, we just want to execute a little better, and I need to put us in better positions so I can get the ball inside a little bit more. That’s something that I’ll work on, and we’ll all get better after [Saturday].”

The final score tonight was Logansport 62  Kokomo 34

Our Lady Wildkats  took on Laf. Harrison on this Tuesday evening and we started off as usual on time with the reserve gam. The Junior Varsity has seen a few good outints and a few scares but able to take down a win in each of the 3 games so far.

The Varsity took the floor and tried to get a little too much defense and Kirby was called for 2 quick fouls although one of them was of the question mark. That sort of dictated the play of the game but Love fired up her guns and started hitting from the 3 point line and Kokomo looked like this would be a blowout. But like Harrison teams in the past, they did not give up and at times showed a lot of guts in fighting back. Kokomo was led by Lowe with 19 points and Kirby dished in 11 points. It will still be a few more games before this Ladies team starts working the floor and pulling down some wins going away. The scores at the stops were 20 to 10 at the 1st, 32 to 19 at the half , 36 to 28 at the 3rd quarter and the final score was 55 to 47.
Our Lady WildKats are 2 and 1 so far so season.

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The Kokomo Lady Wildkats took their game to Muncie Central and came out the winner by the score of Kokomo 50  Muncie Central 31. Kokomo came out on the stats side as they rebounded well by the count of 34 to 31. fouls were not that heavy for Muncie as Kokomo had 17 and Muncie had 9. Kokomo had 11 turnovers and Muncie had 17. The scores at the stops were 1st quarter 14 to 11, halftime was 26 to 17, and at the 3rd quarter mark it was 39 to 23 and the final score was 50 to 31 all in favor of our Lady Kats. The Lady Kats are getting into their game and we need to fill the gym for their games both here and away.

Kokomo, had a visit by Peru to Memorial Gym as their Lady Tigers were wanting to make some noise by upsetting our Lady Wildkats on this chilly evening. Our ladies took their game right at Peru and led at all stops for a victory by the score of 55 to 40. Kirby got fired up in this one and was a factor in rebounding and taking the ball right to the basket. Love still had the hot hand at the 3 point line and she made 3 from there for 9 points and she set up the other players for some god shots. Fowler seemed like she had superman powers as she several times took the ball right to the basket, thus opening up some room for rebounds and putting the ball back into the basket. She had 10 points for the night. Ryker played her usual tough game and made some great moves. All in all, our ladies showed a lot of improvement on the floor and that meant a win for us. Kokomo made 19 of 44 attempts in field goals and made 12 of 23 free throws. They need to practice their free throw shooting before it gets them in trouble in other games. the scores at the stops were 12 to 7; 28 to 13; 41 to 25; and 55 to 40.

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Report by Ray Day

 Even though Eastern’s girls basketball team led Kokomo the whole game,  the Comets never felt they could relax. Wins in Memorial Gym don’t come easy.
Eastern scripted a dream finish for its golden opportunity by playing tight defense and making aggression on the offensive end pay off with trips to the free throw line. Eastern hit 19 of 25 freebies while Kokomo hit just five of seven and had trouble getting the ball into dangerous spots. Brittany Neeley scored a game-high 19 points, using her driving game to get to the line, where she hit 13 of 16 shots, and added nine rebounds. Sister Bethany Neeley added 14 points and a game-high 11 rebounds. Ally Oyler added eight points including two key 3-point bombs. And Taylor Holliday grabbed six boards.
Eastern put the Kats down 12-2 with 4:01 left in the first quarter on a trey from Oyler and held the lead throughout. Kokomo fought back to a two-point deficit, 28-26 on a drive by Brayanna Fowler deep in the third quarter, but Bethany Neeley rattled home a trey to end the frame and the lead was never as close as a basket again.
The Comets started taking time off the clock midway through the fourth quarter and iced the game with eight freebies by Brittany Neeley in the final minutes. “We put them to the line way too many times,” Snyder said. “We knew they’re an excellent driving team. Anastacia Kirby led Kokomo with 11 points and nine rebounds. Allie Lowe came off the bench and snagged seven rebounds to go with four points. Kendra Ryker added seven points off the bench, and Fowler scored six.
 Comets designed their defense to protect against Kokomo’s ball screens and get quick help on people rolling to the hoop. They were wiling to give up looks outside  if the Kats moved the ball fast enough to find them  in order to keep safe inside. 
Kokomo (4-2) played without regulars Alanis Jones and Iesha Wallace, who picked up injuries in the victory over Muncie Central last Saturday.The scores at all stops were 15 to 8; 24 to 15; 31to 26; and 43 to 32 at the end. kokomo did not have the 3 point shooting that we usually see from Love hitting only 3 of 13 while Eastern shot only 4 of 12. Kokomo won the rebounds 37 to 32 and they fouled more than Eastern 20 to 12  Both teams had 17 turnovers. Eastern was able to hit from the free throw line hitting 19 of 25 while Kokomo hit only 5 of 7 free throws. All in all this was a big booster for Eastern and a knock in the head for Kokomo, but our ladies will bounce back because they now know that you have to play all  parts of the game to win. Tonight they did not do that but they learned from it.

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The Junior Varsity won their gamr by the score of Kokomo 40  Eastern 17 with Tinder leading the way.

 

Report by Ray Day

Our LadyKats took teir game to the den of the Western Panthers, and they received a "No No No" from them as Western threw a great zone defense, closing the door to Kokomo, inside game with the exception of Kirby who was able to get inside and score 19 points. But she had no backup from the outside shooters who were held to making omly  Western prepared well for this game and it showed. Scores at the stops were Western 6  Kokomo 3 at the first quarter, Western 18 Kokomo 11, at the half; At the end of the 3rd quarter , Western led 30 to 16 and the final score was  Western 43  Kokomo 25. Kokomo had 20 turnovers , 25 rebounds, and commited 12 fould enrouter. Our 3 point shooting has to be the worst so far this season. They are really going to have to hit the gym a little harder before the next game.  Come on Ladys, I know you are better than what was displayed tonight.

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 The Junior Varsity won their game  by the score of 40 to 14 with Tinder leading the way with 10 points.

 Report by Ray Day

Our LadyKats who needed a good  win , in the NCC, went to Huntington North and they performed to the effect of winning the game, a shooter coming out of the shadows and some great rebounding effort. Bri Poe put up some 3 pointers and connected on her free throws acconting for 12 points.Huntington tried to close the middle trying to keep Kirby from the rebounds but she still had 10 rebounds while and Jones added 8 more. Jones also had 10 points Kokomo led at all quarters and now have a season record of 5 wins and 3 losses. Now we have to get prepared for Carmel in their house which is a hard place to win a ballgame if you are not the home team.

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The Junior Varsity lost their game by the score of Huntington 33  Kokomo  27

The Junior Varsity lost their game by the score of Carmel 34  Kokomo 21

The Kokomo LadyKats took their game to Lafayette Jeff to play the Broncos and their defense was the key to a win over Jeff. In the first quarter Kokomo ootscored the Broncos 10 to 1 and at the half Kokomo led 21 to 9.  Jeff tried a stiff comeback outscoring Kokomo 13 to 11, but then Kokomo went on 23 to 12 run in the final quarter to seal the win. Kokomo was aggessive in this win over an opponent on the road. Kokomo was led by Alanis Jones with 11 points, while Kirby added 10 points and Poe chipped in 8 points.Kokomo hit 19 of 43 shots and 16 of 29 free throws.Kokomo pulled down 32 rebounds, committed 14 turnovers, and 15 fouls. Nice win for the Ladies who need that type of game to get ready for the Sectional.

The Junior Varsity Score, I did not find out.