Written by
Dee Loflin, SMT Manager/Editor
Paragould, Arkansas - The Lady Bearcats traveled to Paragould on Thursday afternoon to compete in the 1st round of the McDonald's Shootout Tournament. The first match-up for the Bearcats were the Blue Devils of Hughes, Arkansas coached by Thomas Foster.
It didn’t take the Lady Cats long to score and score and score! The Blue Devils may have jumped ahead in the first few seconds of the game, but that's all the motivation it took for the Lady 'Cats to strike back! In just the first quarter alone they jumped ahead 42 – 7. They held their opponent to only one point in the second quarter and continued their drive to win 97 – 15. Way to go Bearcats!
The Lady ‘Cats scored double digits in each quarter with a game-high first quarter of 42 points. The Blue Devils never scored more than 7 points in any one-quarter. Dexter had a comfortable lead at half-time with a score of 56 – 8.
Hannah Noe #10 had a game-high 23 points including 7 field goals. Alison Jarrell #12 fell in right behind her with 22 points including 2 free throws. Paige Patterson, #22 playing center for the Lady Cats tallied 16 points including 4 free throws. She also had 13 rebounds.
Dakota Reynolds #1 scored 13 points along with Sydney Rogers #21 who added 7 points to the board. MaKayla Waldner #30 and Erika Cobb #15 each added 6 more to help the Bearcats to an awesome win!
Alison Jarrell hit six of Bearcat's eight treys. Both Dakota Reynolds and Sydney Rogers added one each.
Bearcats were able to force the Blue Devils into 41 turnovers. Dexter had only 7 turnovers. Pretty impressive!
Final Score: Dexter Bearcats 97 Hughes Blue Devils 15
Hughes Blue Devils 7 1 4 3 15
Dexter Bearcats 42 14 25 16 97
Hughes Blue Devils (15) Paris Perkins 2, Lyric Richardson 2, Tracy Burgess 2, Ashanti Thomas 6, Alishia Doss 3.
Dexter Bearcats (97) Dakota Reynolds 13, Hanah Noe 23, Melanie McKuin 2, Alison Jarrell 22, Erika Cobb 6, Sydney Rogers 7, Paige Patterson 16, Cheyenne Mosbey 2, MaKayla Waldner 6
Pending weather the Lady 'Cats will travel back to Paragould this evening to compete in the championship semifinal against Nettleton. The Poplar Bluff Lady Mules lost to Nettleton 57-44 in the first round game on Thursday night. Let's Go Bearcats!!
