Coody, Defense Lift Mount Greylock Girls Past Patriots
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. – Charlotte Coody scored 17 points and grabbed 17 rebounds Thursday as the Mount Greylock girls basketball team broke a four-game losing streak with a 41-24 win over Mount Anthony.
The Mounties held the visitors from Vermont without a point for 14 minutes, 50 seconds and without a field goal for more than 20 minutes as they kept an opponent to fewer than 25 points for the second time this winter.
“We struggle in certain aspects of the game, but defense is one that can make a difference,” Mount Greylock coach John Jacobbe said. “We put better pressure on them. They had some looks and missed them, but they didn’t have any inside looks, and they didn’t have many offensive rebounds.
“I thought Molly Sullivan upped her game and added the pressure and forced some turnovers on the wing. So our defensive pressure in the third period was probably the best we’ve played all year.”
Sullivan finished with four steals to go with 11 rebounds and four points.
Her ball pressure in the third quarter helped the Mounties keep the Patriots off the board in the period, which Mount Greylock started up by four and ended with a 15-point cushion.
The Mounties (3-9) started the game with six straight points from Coody in the post, but Mount Anthony answered with a 10-0 run that featured seven points from Madison Crossman.
After Abby Scialabba broke that run with a 3-pointer, Emily Elmer answered with a triple at the other end, and Mount Anthony took a 13-9 lead after one quarter.
The Mounties started the second with an 11-3 run, and again it was Coody in the middle of things, scoring eight points, including a basket assisted by Sullivan to cap the run with a 20-16 lead.
Elmer hit a pair of free throws with 1:24 left in the half that ended up being the final points Mount Anthony scored until 2:32 remained in the game.
When Coody and the rest of the Mount Greylock starters headed to the bench for good in the fourth, she had nearly matched the Patriots’ scoring output all by herself.
“Charlotte, when she can get open in the post, can score,” Jacobbe. “I would have loved to get the ball into her even more, but we got it into her a lot in the first half. And Charlotte had a game that I know she’s capable of having almost every night.
“It was great to see her come out and hopefully build on this because Charlotte is a special player, and as a freshman, hopefully she’s only going to get better.”