Written by
Dee Loflin, SMT Manager/Editor
Cape Girardeau, Missouri – The Lady Bearcats traveled to Notre Dame High School to take on the highly ranked Bulldogs. These two teams are probably the top two teams in Southeast Missouri and what a great performance by both.
It was the Lady Cats coming out on top as they defeated the Bulldogs 60-54. It wasn’t easy and the ‘Cats new they had to put it all out on the court to earn this victory. They have competed against each other three years in a row in the Class 4 District 1 championship game with the Lady ‘Cats winning each time. It’s always good feeling for the Bearcats when they can defeat them in regular season as well.
The first half seemed to belong to the Notre Dame Lady Dogs though they were only ahead by 2 going into the 3rd quarter. “We didn’t defend very well in the first half,” stated Dexter’s head coach Chad Allen. “Notre Dame had too many open looks because we weren’t rotating quickly enough.”
Dexter owned the second half with their defensive strategy. They scored 25 points to Notre Dame’s 17 and Dexter’s awesome defense literally shut the Dogs down in the fourth quarter allowing only 6 points.
“I thought the girls did a great job in the 2nd half adjusting defensively,” continued Allen. “We only gave up 17 points in the 2nd half and only 6 in the 4th quarter.”Hannah Noe #10 had the game-high 21 points for the Bearcats hitting two treys. Alison Jarrell #12 scored 12 points all from 3-pointers. Erika Cobb #15 tallied 11 points and Paige Patterson #22 added 10 points.
The Dexter Bearcats will host Saxony Lutheran on Wednesday at the Bearcat Event Center.
Game time is 6:00 p.m.
