Miss Basketball Jodi Howell led all Indiana All-Stars with 30 minutes of playing time and scored 15 points, but a 15-point deficit midway through the second half was too much to overcome as Kentucky�s All-Stars held off their Hoosier counterparts, 72-67, June 18 at Diddle Arena in Bowling Green.
The teams return to Indiana for the second set of games June 25 at Conseco Fieldhouse. The girls tip off at 5 p.m., with the boys to follow at 7:30.
Howell, the HoosierAuthority.com All-Star camp diary keeper, hit 5 of 11 shots and all three of her free throws in addition to three assists, two rebounds, and zero turnovers. The Alexandria grad and Purdue recruit hit 2 of 8 from behind the 3-point line, but her Hoosier teammates combined for just 1-of-10 marksmanship from downtown, an icebergish performance that ultimately led to their downfall.
Kentucky shot 7 of 23 from behind the arc, including a team-best 2-for-5 effort from Kentucky�s Miss Basketball, Carly Ormerod. Ormerod led all scorers with 23 points, hitting 6 of 14 from the field and 9 of 12 from the free-throw line, including two late free throws and a dagger 3-pointer from the corner that all but killed off a furious Indiana comeback.
After a fairly even first half, Kentucky led 34-28 at the break. The margin grew to 15 as Kentucky got hot from the outside at one end and controlled the paint at the other. It didn�t help that under-the-weather Indiana center Cassie Kerns was limited to four points in just 21 minutes. (You�ll recall that Howell told us in her diary that her roommate had been sick.)
But Indiana, behind a furious comeback in which Hamilton Southeastern grad Kayla Roudebush scored 11 quick points, came back to actually take the lead at 65-64 with just 2:55 left. But Ormerod�s clutch finish doused the rally.
Roudebush led the Indiana All-Stars with 19 points, while Kimberly Roberson (Indianapolis Cathedral) joined Howell in double figures with 13. But a cold-shooting night overall from both teams ââ?¬â?? Indiana hit just 27 of 78 field-goal attempts for a feeble 35 percent, compared with Kentuckyââ?¬â?¢s 37 percent on 22-of-60 shooting ââ?¬â?? was the tale of this game.
Five Hoosier bench players combined to go 0 for 9, while Kerns and two other substitutes each hit only one field-goal attempt in going 3 for 12. It�ll take much better shooting if the Indiana All-Stars hope to avoid the sweep Saturday.
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