Logan women shoot way past SIC

BY JOHN D. HOMAN
Logan Media Services

CARTERVILLE – The second half of the season started on a positive note for the John A. Logan College women’s basketball team as the Volunteers shot their way past Southeastern Illinois, 94-75.

Logan, now 8-4 overall and 2-1 in the Great Rivers Athletic Conference, knocked down 32-of-64 shots from the field or 50 percent, including 10-of-20 from beyond the three-point arc.

Five players reached double figures for the Vols as led by sophomore forward Kyra Navarrete with 21 points on 7-of-8 sniping from the field and 5-of-5 marksmanship from the free-throw line.

“Considering that we had two weeks off, I thought we played pretty well,” Navarrete said. “Good conditioning is definitely a factor. We ran the floor well.”

Navarrete said the Vols may have a busy week, but are up to the task.

“I think we’re going to have a good week. We just need to carry over our momentum from tonight’s win to Wednesday night when we play Kaskaskia.”

Freshman guard Mystri Jodie followed with 18 points on 6-of-9 shooting from the field and 6-of-6 from the charity stripe. Freshman BreAnn Denny contributed 13 points. Freshman Aneta Sloma chipped in 12 and sophomore Autumn Miller had 10. Freshman Jessica Hirsch of Du Quoin was solid off the bench with eight points, including a pair of 3-pointers and Salem product Marissa Nix, another freshman, added eight, as well. Freshman Briya Wilborn tallied four.

The Falcons, 3-8 overall and 0-4 in the GRAC, got 28 points from Kenyatta Drake on 11-of-17 shooting from the field and 6-of-9 free tosses. The only other Southeastern player in double figures was Irina Perkins with 15.

Logan head coach Marty Hawkins was impressed with his team’s win.

“We put a lot of points on the board here tonight,” he said. “We shot the ball very well in the first half against their trap, which left our shooters to get our feet set from the outside. We have some good stationary shooters.”

Hawkins said it was important to get the second half of the season started with a win.

“Absolutely,” he said. “We have three games this week, so we need to get things started by taking care of business on our home floor.

The Vols play host to Kaskaskia Wednesday at 5:30. It will be “Marion Night” at the games with free admission to all students and residents of the Marion Unit 2 School District.