The (4-8) Griswold Girls basketball team had a bumpy start to the season only winning 3 out of their first 9 games. When asked about the losses it seemed that a part of Griswold’s woes was the overthinking on the court and a lack of confidence. Now through the growing pains and losses, a new sort of identity is beginning to emerge for Tiger basketball and Head Coach Ryan Lockwood likes to use one word, “Hunger”.

That shift in mental gears represented itself last Friday when Griswold won a tightly contested battler against Essex 36-32. Part of that win in Coach Lockwood’s opinion is from the girl’s ability to play a full four quarters of locked in team basketball.

In that hard fought game against the Trojans, senior Karly Millikan stood out from her team almost having a double-double with 9 points and 14 rebounds. Millikan leads the team in rebounds and Coach Lockwood freely admits her success with grabbing boards is part of competitive nature and precise basketball mind.

Through Griswold’s 12 games, another player has stuck out on the stat sheet. Freshman Amanda Houser who currently leads the Tigers in scoring with 81 points, she has a few teammates close behind like Addison Adams with 80 and Abby Gohlinghorst with 79.

The next challenge for Coach Lockwood and his competitive Griswold squad is a road trip to Shenandoah on Thursday night. There they face a (6-6) Fillies team with a powerful scorer in junior Lynnae Green who is averaging over 18 points a game. The Tigers know they will have to bring their A-game in this contest.

Tipoff is set for 6:00pm Thursday night in Shenandoah.