Brosley MO - Sometimes when the number 1 seed in a tournament plays the number 16 seed the favorite overlooks the underdog and gets "trapped" with a loss.  Consider the Dexter Lady Cats not one of those trapped teams.

The Lady Cats scored early and often opening up a 39-4 first quarter lead and a 63 -11 halftime lead on route to a 99-15 first round victory.

The Cats, without the services of junior Paige Patterson due to sickness, forced 17 first quarter turnovers and Hannah Noe scored 8 and Brittany Harris 7,along with Katelynn Fraziers two to give the Cats a 17-2 lead.  Mollie Whitehead (12 points on the morning) then scored 6 straight and Ericka Cobb had five to push the lead.  Alison Jarrell then got in on the fun with 5 points and the Lady Cats finished the first quarter on a roll.

The onslaught continued in the second quarter as Noe, Jarrell and MaKayla Waldner had baskets and three's from Jarrell and Dakota Reynolds (her first of three on the day) extended the Lady Cat lead. Harris (11 points)  had two more baskets  and the Cats had their impressive halftime lead.

With a running clock the entire second half, the varsity came out and scored 10 straight points off of steals and layups.  Four minutes into the quarter Coach Chad Allen brought in his JV squad.  This group played well and each scored during their time in the game.  Reynolds had two more threes and a couple of regular baskets, Melanie McKuin had 5 points and Katie Reiker, Shayna Bess and Karoline Kiersey each had their first varsity points of the season with Bess leading that group of three with 6 points.

With the victory the Lady Cats advance to the second round of the Twin Rivers Christmas tournament and will play either Charleston or Doniphan at 6:30 on Monday the 17th.