JUDA - Katlyn DeVoe never questions her ability to shoot the basketball.
Well, almost never.
DeVoe did have a moment or two Tuesday night when she asked herself if it was a good idea to keep putting up 3-point attempts.
"After I airballed that one from the top of the key (in the first half), I was like, 'Yep, I don't know if I'm going to shoot another 3 again," DeVoe said. "But I was like, 'No, I've got to have confidence. I'm a senior, I need to step up and play my game.' "
DeVoe's self-directed pep talk worked wonders for the Juda girls basketball team. The senior guard hit a key 3-pointer late in the third quarter, another to start the fourth and finished with a game-high 13 points to help power the Panthers to a 38-24 victory against Argyle in Six Rivers East play.
C.J. Dunwiddie added nine points for Juda (13-6, 6-4), which snapped a two-game skid with a big finish after struggling offensively for three quarters against the box-and-one defense the Orioles (5-14, 3-6) used to limit center Ellen Kiser to five points.
The Panthers trailed 15-14 in the final minute of the third quarter when DeVoe connected on a 3-pointer from the left baseline to give Juda its first lead. She then connected again 13 seconds into the fourth quarter, this time from the left wing, and senior Courtney Moisan added a trey of her own from the right wing to push the Panthers' lead to 23-16.
"Huge momentum swing," Argyle coach Kurt Ritschard said. "We talked all week that we were going to make somebody else beat us other than Kiser and (DeVoe) made the shots that gave them the momentum to push forward."
DeVoe's big contribution came on the heels of a rough game against Barneveld last week.
"I only had a free throw and missed every shot I took," DeVoe said. "Friday night, I stayed a half hour after practice to shoot. I was like, 'I'm not going to have another one-point game again. That was just ridiculous."
With the Orioles making things mighty difficult for Kiser, Juda coach Curt Brown implored somebody to step up and loosen up the Argyle zone.
"Katlyn, she'll take the shot without question and she has confidence in herself," Brown said. "That's good. That's what we need."
Argyle ended a long losing streak against Monticello last week, and was looking to make another step in the rebuilding process by knocking off a solid Six Rivers East foe on the road. The Orioles got off to a good start, too, taking leads of 10-3 in the first quarter and 15-10 midway through the second.
But Juda is allowing just over 31 points per game this season, and the Panthers showed Argyle why by holding the Orioles to just a single free throw in the third quarter and eight free throws in the fourth.
Argyle didn't have a field goal after Jessica Treuthardt's basket in the paint with 3 minutes, 18 seconds left in the second quarter.
"We tried to throw three or four different offenses out there to see if we could get anything out of it," Ritschard said.
"I didn't think we were aggressive enough on offense. We've got to figure out what we're going to do offensively in a hurry."
Brown echoed similar sentiments after watching his team account for just two first-half field goals and nine in the game - three of them DeVoe 3-pointers.
The Panthers also went a miserable 16-for-33 (48 percent) from the free throw line.
"Defensively, we're doing nice things," Brown said. "Offensively, we've just got some kinks to work out. Part of playing zone defense is having a little bit of a lead. When we don't execute on offense, this is the type of game we're going to have."
Junior Kayla Ostby scored nine points and senior Cortney Gilbertson had eight to lead Argyle.
Well, almost never.
DeVoe did have a moment or two Tuesday night when she asked herself if it was a good idea to keep putting up 3-point attempts.
"After I airballed that one from the top of the key (in the first half), I was like, 'Yep, I don't know if I'm going to shoot another 3 again," DeVoe said. "But I was like, 'No, I've got to have confidence. I'm a senior, I need to step up and play my game.' "
DeVoe's self-directed pep talk worked wonders for the Juda girls basketball team. The senior guard hit a key 3-pointer late in the third quarter, another to start the fourth and finished with a game-high 13 points to help power the Panthers to a 38-24 victory against Argyle in Six Rivers East play.
C.J. Dunwiddie added nine points for Juda (13-6, 6-4), which snapped a two-game skid with a big finish after struggling offensively for three quarters against the box-and-one defense the Orioles (5-14, 3-6) used to limit center Ellen Kiser to five points.
The Panthers trailed 15-14 in the final minute of the third quarter when DeVoe connected on a 3-pointer from the left baseline to give Juda its first lead. She then connected again 13 seconds into the fourth quarter, this time from the left wing, and senior Courtney Moisan added a trey of her own from the right wing to push the Panthers' lead to 23-16.
"Huge momentum swing," Argyle coach Kurt Ritschard said. "We talked all week that we were going to make somebody else beat us other than Kiser and (DeVoe) made the shots that gave them the momentum to push forward."
DeVoe's big contribution came on the heels of a rough game against Barneveld last week.
"I only had a free throw and missed every shot I took," DeVoe said. "Friday night, I stayed a half hour after practice to shoot. I was like, 'I'm not going to have another one-point game again. That was just ridiculous."
With the Orioles making things mighty difficult for Kiser, Juda coach Curt Brown implored somebody to step up and loosen up the Argyle zone.
"Katlyn, she'll take the shot without question and she has confidence in herself," Brown said. "That's good. That's what we need."
Argyle ended a long losing streak against Monticello last week, and was looking to make another step in the rebuilding process by knocking off a solid Six Rivers East foe on the road. The Orioles got off to a good start, too, taking leads of 10-3 in the first quarter and 15-10 midway through the second.
But Juda is allowing just over 31 points per game this season, and the Panthers showed Argyle why by holding the Orioles to just a single free throw in the third quarter and eight free throws in the fourth.
Argyle didn't have a field goal after Jessica Treuthardt's basket in the paint with 3 minutes, 18 seconds left in the second quarter.
"We tried to throw three or four different offenses out there to see if we could get anything out of it," Ritschard said.
"I didn't think we were aggressive enough on offense. We've got to figure out what we're going to do offensively in a hurry."
Brown echoed similar sentiments after watching his team account for just two first-half field goals and nine in the game - three of them DeVoe 3-pointers.
The Panthers also went a miserable 16-for-33 (48 percent) from the free throw line.
"Defensively, we're doing nice things," Brown said. "Offensively, we've just got some kinks to work out. Part of playing zone defense is having a little bit of a lead. When we don't execute on offense, this is the type of game we're going to have."
Junior Kayla Ostby scored nine points and senior Cortney Gilbertson had eight to lead Argyle.
