GREENVILLE – The Greenville Lady Wave took advantage of a strong second half to defeat the visiting Eaton Lady Eagles 72-42 in non-conference varsity action.
“Great start for our young Lady Wave basketball team,” said veteran Greenville coach, Rachael Kerns. “Great team win.”
Greenville trailed early with the Lady Eagles taking a 15-13 lead after one quarter of play opening 2023-2024 regular season play. Freshman Megan Loudy paced the Lady Wave with 6 first-quarter points coming on two three-pointers.
Balanced Lady Wave second-period scoring had Greenville taking the period 15-11 with six players getting in the scoring column sending the teams to the break with Greenville holding a slim two-point 28-26 advantage.
The Lady Wave took ownership of second-half play outscoring the visitor 44-16 starting with a 22-7 third-quarter outburst to lead 50-33. Brooke Schmidt led Greenville with eight third-quarter points.
The Greenville girls made it back-to-back 22-point quarter taking the fourth by a 22-9 count giving the local ladies an impressive 72-42 season-opening win. Megan Loudy paced the Lady Wave with seven fourth-quarter points including her third triple of the night.
“Freshman Megan Loudy had about as good a start as any player could have for her first high school basketball game,” Coach Kerns noted. “She had a game-high 20 points, 4 assists, 4 rebounds, and 6 steals. She was fearless, especially for game one.”
“Megan Lind collected 12 rebounds, 4 assists, had 2 steals, and a blocked shot to go along with 8 points,” Kerns continued. “Brooke Schmidt had a fantastic start for her first varsity start with 19 points and 16 rebounds – strong presence on the defensive end and grabbed any rebound she could get her hands on. Jayda Lyons, Sara Loudy, and Maddie Hutchens all played exactly like we needed them to for us to be successful.”
Back from an early 2022-23 season-ending injury for then-freshman starting guard; Avery Baumann took her place in the Lady Wave lineup.
“It was great having Avery Baumann back on the court after a season-ending injury last year,” stated Kerns. “She was calm and collected and kept us in check offensively the entire game. Her presence out there is needed. She had 8 points, 7 rebounds, 3 steals, and 3 assists for a solid all-around game.”
Megan Loudy led Greenville and all scorers with a game-high 20 points.
Greenville outrebounded the Eaton Lady Eagles 52-28 with 27 Lady Wave boards coming at the offensive end of the court.
BOXSCORE:
GREENVILLE 72, EATON 42
GREENVILLE – M. Loudy 20, B. Schmidt 19, A. Baumann 8, M. Lind 8, M. Hutchens 6, J. Lyons 4, S. Loudy 4, J. Norris 3 – TOTALS 23 11-21 5 72
EATON – E. Hargis 11, O. Orr 7, G. Copper 6, S. Stewert 6, C. Ruebush 5, C. Miller 5, A. Couch 2 – TOTALS 8 5-8 7 42
3-POINTERS
Greenville 4 (M. Loudy 3, A. Baumann 1, J. Norris 1)
Eaton 7 (G. Copper 2, E. Hargis 2, S. Stewart 2, C. Ruebush 10
SCORE by QUARTERS
13-15-22-22 72 Greenville
15-11-07-09 42 Eaton
