El Dorado showed it can still flip the switch when it has to. The Lady Wildcats turned a close game into a blowout with a 19-2 run in the final five minutes Tuesday in a 58-44 win over a good Camden Fairview squad.
Trailing 42-39 with six minutes left to play, El Dorado outscored the Lady Cardinals 19-2 the rest of the way with 15 unanswered points to end the game.
As strong as the team finished, Coach Stephen Harshaw was more concerned with its start. The Lady Wildcats trailed 32-22 at the half and 36-24 midway in the third.
"We just have to come out as a group. It starts at the top with me and then it starts with our senior leaders to get them focused to come out with a mindset ready to absolutely take charge from the tip," said Harshaw.
"The thing is the team has to come out ready to play. We had a 27-point turnaround in 14 minutes. If we come out ready to play instead of winning by 14, we win by 40 and we really make a statement. That’s what we need to do. We don’t need to do what we did last year which is turn it on and win by 15. We need to make statements this year.”
Fairview managed just 12 points in the second half.
Seniors Whitney Frazier and Kanedria Andrews, El Dorado’s Lady Techster Twosome, combined for 34 points, 15 rebounds and eight steals. Frazier scored nine of her 19 points in the fourth quarter and added eight rebounds.
Andrews scored 15 points with seven rebounds and six steals. Sophomore Marchelle Lockhart scored 10 while Bria Snowden added eight.
Marva Graves led Fairview (1-1) with 18 points, but only four in the second half and none in the fourth quarter. Frazier took it upon herself to match up with Fairview's standout senior.
“I did take that personally. I just made up my mind in the second half, she wasn’t gonna get the ball. I had to shut her down," said Frazier. "First half was hers. The second was mine. That’s how I feel.”
Harshaw felt his seniors led the way. Frazier, Andrews, Snowden and Emily Sinclair combined to score all of the team's final 15 points.
“Emily did a good job in the second half, taking care of the ball. Bria is becoming a basketball player, not just a shooter. She made some very good plays offensively, passing the ball, taking care of it," said Harshaw, who also got big minutes from Lockhart and junior Charlotte Bradley.
“Charlotte came in and played real well, had some big rebounds. I also thought Marchelle Lockhart had a very good game, got some good post play out of her. It’s really good to have that junior and that sophomore playing the way they did. I think all of them did some good things."
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