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Rebounding key to Madison win

Hoskins loses shoe but plays on, helping to set the tone on boards for victors.

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By John Bombatch, Staff Writer Updated 10:20 AM Friday, March 19, 2010

COLUMBUS — In preparing for the Thursday, March 18, Division III state semifinal contest against Ironton, Madison High School girls basketball coach John Rossi placed a huge emphasis on rebounding.

“There’s no doubt, we had to hit the boards today,” Rossi said after his team’s 50-43 win over the Tigers. “We didn’t win the rebounding battle, but I thought we set the tone early in the first quarter. We had them for zero offensive rebounds in the first quarter.”

Lindsay Hoskins led the Mohawks with eight rebounds, second only to Ironton’s Lorna Ceaser, who had nine.

Hoskins also played a key role in getting the ball down court, but that began as a challenge for her.

“In the first half, obviously, you could see that I was getting the ball taken from me,” she said. “So they probably said to take it at me in the second half. I would’ve told them to do that, too. They probably forced four or five turnovers on me.”

Hoskins had eight turnovers for the game.

“I just had to go through that and deal with it. I knew they were going to come at me and that would leave other people open,” she said.

Hoskins, a Lehigh University recruit, finished with a team-high four assists and her 12 points were second to Ally Malott’s 18 among Mohawks teammates. Hoskins hit 5-of-10 shots from the field.

Rossi said Hoskins played well once she stopped pressing.

“I thought Lindsay was forcing things a little bit early on, but she got it together in the second half,” Rossi said. “She made great decisions. ... The bottom line was she played a solid game for us.”

At one point in the second half, Hoskins played without a shoe.

“A girl stepped on the back of it, I guess, when I was trying to rebound the ball,” Hoskins explained. She threw the shoe to the sideline. “Well, they didn’t whistle it and I wasn’t about to stop.”

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