UNION, Ky. - Ashley Cheesman scored a game-high 19 points off the bench and Ryle’s defense never allowed more than eight points in a quarter Tuesday as the Raiders cruised to a 64-25 win against Cooper on the Jaguars’ home court in the semifinals of the 33rd District tournament.
“We just came out tonight talking about, from the get-go, that it’s just all about energy,” said Ryle head coach Patti Oliverio. “That’s what we feed off of. We talked about in tournament time it’s all about energy, defense and rebounding.”
“When we play with energy and we play together as a team, we’re a very good basketball team,” Oliverio said. “That was our focus tonight, just coming out defensively and setting the tone.”
Offensively, Ryle began with an 11-0 run before Andrea Thompson’s 3-pointer put the Jaguars on the board after nearly five minutes.
Cheesman entered the game with 5:18 remaining in the first quarter and made two 3-pointers in just more than two minutes. Her jumper in the quarter’s final seconds gave the Raiders a 22-6 lead after the opening eight minutes.
“[Oliverio] told me to go in, look for my shot, play defense and do anything my team needed me to do,” Cheesman said.
The junior guard began the second quarter with another 3-pointer and added one more with just five seconds remaining before halftime. She scored all 19 of her points before the break, all the while still fighting off a lingering illness.
Cheesman leads Ryle to rout of Cooper
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