The Magazine Lady Rattlers were stirred up after falling to top-ranked Mansfield last week. If you’ve ever read up on the “do’s and don’ts” of Rattlesnakes, you know that coming up on a pit of stirred up Rattlers can be very dangerous. The JC Westside Rebels found that fact out first hand on Tuesday, January 12th as the Lady Rattlers struck their way to a 38-28 victory over the Lady Rebels.
Magazine seemed to toy with their prey in the 1st quarter by taking an early but small 8-6 lead against the Lady Rebels. Something was off though. The sure shooting Lady Rattlers began to have troubles sinking what has been guaranteed shots. Was it the cold outside that had them froze up or did the Lady Rebels just scout them out that good? Either way, Magazine wasn’t going to let JC Westside take the lead anymore and rattled their way into the half up 13-12.
After the half, the Lady Rattlers kept their lead but still by a thin scale ending the 3rd quarter with a mere 21-18 advantage. That’s when someone in the Magazine gym turned on the heaters giving the Lady Rattlers the fire that they needed. Ending the first three quarters with a 2, 1, and 3 point lead was not gonna work. Not for this crew. The Lady Rattlers were re-energized and began firing at will as they opened up a 10 point lead sending the Lady Rebels retreating with their white flag waving all the way back to JC Westside with a 38-28 final score.
“We had a rough shooting night from the floor and we were fortunate to be able to pull out the conference win against JC Westside. We only shot 25% from the floor and went 5 for 23 from the three-point range. That being said, we never gave up the lead in the game. The girls played their tails off though and that’s all we can ask for!” said Magazine head coach, Randy Loyd.
Kylie Robinson was the breadwinner of the game racking up 20 points and 9 rebounds which lead the Lady Rattlers in both categories. Kiara Vasquez jumped in the mix often in the game by tacking on 11 points and 6 rounds to the Lady Rattlers stat sheet. And Jordyn Krigbaum put up 5 points in the game and snatched 8 rebounds. The victory puts the Lady Rattlers at a 6-5 overall record and 3-2 in conference.
With the Magazine Lady Rattlers back to their winning ways, they are hungry to keep the courts hot. Next up, Magazine will take on the Future School of Ft. Smith for Homecoming on Friday, January 15th. Someone needs to call Houston though because the Lady Rattlers have full intentions of bringing the Lady Rockets down for a crash landing.
Photo courtesy of Amber Canada Photography
