Frazier’s Twigg scores 1,000th point in 33-26 win
Ed Thompson
The Lady Commodores鈥� Sierra Twigg positions herself in front of the California defense to score her 1,000th career point Thursday night at Frazier. Twigg scored a game-high 22 points in the Lady Commores鈥� 33-26 win.
Ed Thompson
The Lady Commodores鈥� Sierra Twigg (22) blocks a shot attempt by California鈥檚 Jordyn Cruse (14) late in Thursday鈥檚 non-section game at Frazier.
The Lady Commodores' Eliza Newcomer (40) and California's Meghan Hartley fight for the ball during Thursday's non-section game at Frazier.
PERRYOPOLIS 鈥� Sierra Twigg became the third Frazier girls basketball player to eclipse 1,000 career points after she finished with 22 points Thursday night to lead the Lady Commodores to a 33-26 non-section home win over California.
The senior spoke about reaching the milestone, what it meant to have her former coach, Ken Poling, at the game and how special it was to do it in a win.
鈥淭his is amazing and doing it with my team is the best feeling in the world,鈥� she said. 鈥淚 am so happy to see (Poling) here and honestly, we got destroyed by them earlier in the season.
鈥淭his is a most amazing experience and something that I will never forget.鈥�
Twigg referred to California鈥檚 57-20 win over Frazier (4-9) in the Trojan Tip-Off on Dec. 7.
Twigg hit a five-foot baseline jumper with 4:02 to go in the first quarter to reach 1,000-point plateau, and joins Chrissy Vargo (Class of 1980) and Brooke Poling (2019) in the Lady Commodores鈥� 1,000-point club. Poling totaled 1,767 points, while Vargo finished with 1,049.
鈥淲atching Brooke (hit 1,000 points) was a big inspiration for why I wanted to do it,鈥� Twigg said.
Including the boys team, 12 players have now hit 1,000 points in school history and Twigg could finish as high as fifth all-time.
鈥淪he is hard-nosed and someone you can rely on offensively and defensively,鈥� said first-year Frazier coach Winston Shaulis. 鈥淭his is special to be a part of, but there is so much more that went into it before.
鈥淪he is phenomenal.鈥�
California鈥檚 only lead was 3-2 two minutes into the game, although it was able to trim the Frazier lead to two points with 2:04 to go.
Ca鈥橫ari Walden led the Lady Trojans (6-6) with eight points.
This is a huge win and the girls have really come on the last week or two,鈥� said Shaulis. 鈥淗opefully, we can keep it up.鈥�
鈥淲e missed 15 free throws (4-of-19) and at least 10 or 12 layups,鈥� California Chris Niemiec said about the difference in the game. 鈥淥ur press worked again, but we couldn鈥檛 turn them into points.
鈥淪omething isn鈥檛 clicking, but we will keep working on it to figure it out.鈥�
Frazier turned the ball over 23 times, while California finished with 16 turnovers.
Both teams return to section play Monday with home games. Frazier hosts Carmichaels, while California is home with Jefferson-Morgan.