Ironmen girls basketball dominant against Normal West, Eye third straight Regional title

Inkspot Staff • Feb 13, 2024

Olivia Corson led Community in scoring in the regional win over Normal West. Six of Corson’s 14 points came in the first quarter, helping establish the Iron’s lead. Photo Courtesty of: Mr. Jeff Christopherson

The Ironmen have their sights set on a third consecutive Regional title after knocking off Normal West 49-26 on Feb. 12, improving to 29-3 on the season.
While Community and West traded leads for the first five minutes of play, the Iron began to pull away after Olivia Corson banked a layup of the backboard for a 7-4 Iron lead with 2:21.
The scoreboard read 12-4 after Marco Reynolds hit a three-pointer with under a minute to play in the opening period.
But the Wildcats battled back. West sunk two field goals, including one as time expired, to trim Community’s lead to 12-8.
West narrowed the lead to 13-11 just over a minute into the second quarter. But the Wildcats would not light the scoreboard up again for nearly seven minutes.
A 16-0 Community run put the Ironmen’s lead at 29-11, and the game out of reach for West, who trailed 29-12 after going one for two from the line to close out the half.
West could not close the deficit in the third as the Iron extended their advantage to 37-18.
Corson led Community in scoring with 14, Ali Ince tallied 11 and Reynolds added 11.
Community will play for a Regional championship on Thursday, Feb. 15 when the Ironmen head to Pekin to face the Dragons at home.
Pekin is 12-16 on the season, defeating Minooka 41-28 in the first round of regional action.

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