jmetcalfe@delphosherald.com
KALIDA — Offense in the St. John’s at Kalida girls basketball contest was at a premium Tuesday night is one way to look at it as both teams were as cold as the weather outside.

The other way was that defenses ruled the day and made it difficult for the offenses to get any clean looks. As usual, somewhere in the middle was the reality as the LadyCats survived a 29-23 victory over the Lady Blue Jays at The Wildcat Den.

The stats don’t lie: the Blue Jays (8-13) canned a cold 9-of-35 shots (2-of-14 downtown) for 25.7 percent versus Kalida’s full-court trapping defense and man half-court scheme versus a slightly “warmer” 10-of-35 for the LadyCats (13-7), including 5-of-17 3-balls, for 28.6 percent against the Jays’ man-to-man.
The Jays, who had only three players score: senior Katie Vorst (11 points, 7 boards), senior Jessica Recker (8 counters) and freshman Sydney Fischbach (4); never led in this game, although there was one tie.