The lopsided losses continued for the Rockets Tuesday night at Dixon as they dropped a 73-35 decision to Webster County.
After the homestanding Trojans began the game 0-for-3 from 3-point land, they found their shooting eye and never lost it. They went 10-for-19 from long range the rest of the way and Crittenden (1-3) had no answer.
Conversely, the Rockets were just 2-of-15 from that range and made only eight two-point field goals the entire night.
"We've got a young team and we're gonna work to get better," Crittenden coach Brad Fraser said after the setback.
He said his reasoning for staying in a 2-3 zone defense when the Trojans were burning it up from the outside was the simple fact that he doesn't think his team is a good enough man-to-man defensive team to employ it much.
"It's been hard trying to get everything in," he said.
The Lady Rockets placed three players in double figures Tuesday night at Princeton as they stayed unbeaten after knocking off Caldwell County 41-26.
For the second consecutive game, Crittenden (3-0) held its foe without a field goal to begin the game for a long period of time.
On a night when Lady Rocket point guard Jessi Hodge reached the 1,000-point plateau, her team also got the season started on a winning note defeating visiting Union County 52-41 Tuesday.
Entering her senior season with 999 points, Hodge surpassed the special milestone early in the game.
Her mom, Lady Rocket coach Shannon Hodge, who began playing at the varsity level for Crittenden during her eighth grade season, is also among the select 1,000-point scorers in Lady Rocket history. She has somewhere around 1,421.
Despite not remembering exactly when she reached that threshold, Coach Hodge is proud to have had the opportunity to watch her daughter’s excitement.
“That is not an individual achievement,” Coach Hodge said, thanking all the unselfish teammates who have helped her daughter reach 1,000 points and above.
Others who have reached the elite club, include Jeanne Hinchee 1,559, Vanessa Gray 1,413, Morgan Dooms 1,260, and Jesse Mathieu 1,035. Those totals are unofficial and likely incomplete.
The Courier-Journal newspaper has released its top picks for Second Region girls' basketball. The Lady Rockets are picked second and guard Jessi Hodge is listed as the No. 1 player in the region.
Second Region
Teams: 1. Henderson County, 2. Crittenden County, 3. Madisonville-North Hopkins, 4. Christian County, 5. Hopkinsville, 6. Union County, 7. Webster County, 8. Livingston Central, 9. University Heights, 10. Trigg County.
Players: 1. Jessi Hodge (Crittenden County), 2. Keke Drake (Madisonville-North Hopkins), 3. Christy Soldo (Hopkinsville), 4. Ellie Fruit (Henderson County), 5. Lauren Rodgers (Henderson County), 6. Casey Stone (Caldwell County), 7. Ashley Matlock (Trigg County), 8. Aneta Sloma (Livingston Central), 9. Martessia Williams (Christian County), 10. Rachel Hodge (Union County).
Nov.
30 Union County home 6 p.m. JVB/VG/VB
Dec.
3 Trigg County away 6 p.m. VG/B
7 Caldwell County away 6 p.m. JV/V
10 Lyon County home 6 p.m. VG/B
14 Hopkinsville home 6 p.m. JV/V
17 Livingston away 7:30 p.m. VB/VG
18 UHA home 6 p.m. JV/V
20-22 Ballard County Christmas Tour
20 Obion Central, TN 2 p.m.
21 Chicago St. Me, IL. 12 p.m.
Marshall County 6 p.m
22 TBA TBA
Jan.
4 Trigg County home 6 p.m. VG/B
7 Livingston County home 6 p.m. VG/B
8 JV District Tourney away TBA - at Livingston
11 Webster County away 6 p.m. JV/V
14 Lyon County away 6 p.m. VG/VB
17-22 Class A Tournament
17 UHA away 7 p.m.
semifinals home 7:30 p.m.
finals home 6 p.m.
25 Union County away 6 p.m. JV/V
29 Paducah Til. away 4 p.m. JV/V
Feb.
1 Heath home 6 p.m. JV/V
4 Dawson Springs away 6 p.m. JV/V
5 Reidland home 7:30 p.m. VB/G
10 Madionsville away 6 p.m. JV/V
11 St. Mary home 7:30 p.m. VB/G
15 Hopkins Central home 6 p.m. JV/V
17 Webster County home 6 p.m. JV/V*
*Senior night
