Marysville defeats Bishop Watterson in Ohio girls high school basketball

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Addy Tweed received a major confidence boost when she was elevated into Marysville’s starting lineup this season.

The senior power forward has performed well in her new role and she continued to reward the faith that her coaches have placed in her Tuesday, by scoring a career-high 18 points to lead the Monarchs to a 51-37 victory at Bishop Watterson.

“Being a senior starter has given me a big confidence boost,” said Tweed, whose squad improved to 6-1 overall. “So I’m trying to be more of a leader on the court by shooting the ball a lot more and being a lot more loud and talking with everyone when we’re playing defense.

“I’m trying to do a little bit of everything. I knew I had to help us play great defense to generate scoring chances, and then turn those chances into buckets.”

Tweed made a 3-pointer in each of the first two quarters, and made three foul shots in the opening period, while helping Marysville take a 29-21 halftime advantage.

Her first 3-pointer tied the score at 13 with 1 minute, 18 seconds remaining in the first quarter, and her second 3-pointer put the Monarchs ahead 26-19, breaking open what had been a tightly-contested contest, midway through the second quarter.

“(Tweed) was a hard guard for us,” said Watterson coach Sam Davis, whose squad dropped to 5-3 overall. “We put our post player on her to try to keep her from scoring in the paint, but she was able to step out and make (threes) as well.”

Tweed then scored seven of Marysville’s nine fourth-quarter points to help the Monarchs hold off Watterson for a hard-fought road victory.

“Addy was really good tonight,” said Marysville coach Klarke Ransome, whose squad is ranked 13^th in the SBLive Ohio girls basketball Power 25. “She was very active. She crashed the glass and helped us make put-backs. She’s really bought into her role and is doing a lot of things well to help us win games.”

The Monarchs also played inspired defense while using full court man-to-man pressure and a diamond press, to force the Eagles into six turnovers in the third quarter alone, when Marysville outscored Watterson 13-6 to take a commanding 42-27 advantage into the fourth quarter.

“We cranked up our diamond press in the third quarter, which we hadn’t used much this season, and I think we flipped the script there and took control of the game,” said Ransome, whose squad reached a Division I regional final last season.

Abbey Price made all four of her field goal attempts in the second half and scored eight of her 15 points in the third quarter, while helping Marysville pull away from the Eagles.

JoJo Eberhart scored all eight of her points in the first half for the Monarchs, but handled the ball well and played smothering man-to-man defense throughout the entire game.

Rounding out Marysville’s scoring were Allison Price (5 points), Kasey Duke (3) and Abby Strahm (2).

“JoJo’s a great player and she’s under control at all times,” Davis said. “JoJo did a little bit of everything for them, but the (Price) sisters made a big difference, too. Marysville’s transition game is really good, and they spread the floor really well, with a lot of kids who can shoot the three.”

Alexandria Mosholder, who scored a team-high 12 points, made a 3-pointer and a layup to help Watterson race out to an 11-5 lead midway through the first quarter.

“Sam Davis does a great job and Watterson is really well-coached,” Ransome said. “They came ready to play and we had to step up our effort level.”

Sophie Ziel scored nine points, but was held scoreless in the middle two quarters, when Watterson was outscored 24-12 overall.

Rounding out the Eagles’ scoring were Cameron Sparks (8), Lilly Mulligan (4), Meghan Goehring (2) and Ella Ruhe (2).

“Marysville was really physical and they did a good job of taking Soph out of the game,” Davis said. “We really missed having Cam in the game, too, (when she was in early foul trouble).

“Our kids played hard, but we’re not at that level yet. Marysville played how district contenders play.”