By Steve Raymond

ET Sports Report

The Teutopolis Lady Shoes had no trouble posting a pair of wins on the opening day of the Charleston Holiday Tournament.

T-Town beat Charleston 79-10 and then came back with a 70-30 victory over Danville on Monday.

“We got to work on a new offense we’re putting in,” THS coach Laurie Thompson said. “We’re trying to get more ball movement, find gaps, work on our jump shots and show patience. That was good for us.”

In the opener against Charleston, Kaylee Niebrugge scored 13 points in the first quarter, helping the Lady Shoes build a 21-2 lead. At halftime, it was a 44-2 contest.

Niebrugge finished with 19 points, while Emily Konkel scored 14 and Chloe Probst added 10.

The Danville game wasn’t much different. Niebrugge and Konkel combined to score 20 first-quarter points, as THS jumped out to a 24-8 lead. By intermission, it 43-12.

Niebrugge finished with a game-high 26 points, while Konkel had 13 and Probst 10.

“Everybody got to play and just about everybody scored,” Thompson noted. “In game like these, you just try to find something to work on.”

The Lady Shoes, who improved to 11-2 on the season, will be back in action today (Tuesday). They will face Effingham at 4:30. If will probably be the championship game of the tournament. Both teams are 2-0 after the first day.

“It should be a good match-up,” Thompson said. “I thought Effingham looked really good against Tri-County. They pushed the ball well and have a lot of tools offensively. Their kids play hard and are smart players. We’re going to have to be able to guard. It should be a real good game.”

Teutopolis will complete tournament play with two games on Wednesday – 1:30 p.m. against Jacksonville; and 6 p.m. against Tri-County.