Women Bring Home Some Bacon

It seemed like just another Tuesday night in January. Fifty degrees. Might rain. Crowd begins to filter into the H-dome for the women’s Basketball game against Free Will Baptist College.

There’s excitement in the air, for those who’ve been paying attention, as the women take on a team that they lost to the first game of their season.

But who pays attention to that sort of thing? The fans are there for the players, no matter what.

The clock starts and the Warren Wilson women grab the lead and keep it for the first half.
The heads of the crowd follow the team towards the locker room and a silence falls as the Steppers come out. There’s a half hearted free throw contest on the court.
The Lady Owls are in the lead.

The second half comes and the women keep their ten-point lead until four minutes left in the game. The Free Will girls press, pull off some great shots, and get within eight, then six, then four points.

The fans stomp and chant. The Owls make a few runs that do not result in scores. Coach Shook calls a time out. He sends the girls back out – not for blood – that’s what the bad guys want: ‘come on foul us,’ they taunt, ‘we can shoot free shots.’ But the fouls go the other way as the Great Horned Owls gingerly steal balls, win under the net jumps and runs down the court, holding the lead, but by way too close a margin.

The Baptists score again and the spread is only three.

Old people in the stands are turning up their heart monitors. Buzz Lightyear has to defibrillate Tom Lom.

Laura Dison, seeing the anxious faces of fans, glances at the clock, and breaks away for a glory halleluliah two pointer with 1:07 left on clock. The Baptist run it back down, shoot, miss, pass, shoot again, and the great orange rock gets intercepted by Anton; she gets fouled as she heads like a bull in a china closet to her net, scores on the free shot and ends the game 46-41.

Laura Dison had double double for the night: double digits twice with 15 points and 10 rebounds; with 4 steals and 4 blocks in the middle – sort of a bacon cheeseburger with sesame seeds.

Georgia Anton had 8 steals, 5 assists, and 14 points. Curry Anton came out with 10 points.

It was a historic night. The first win by Coach Shook – and the team – and the school’s women’s basketball team in three years.

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