Dexter, Missouri - The Dexter Lady Bearcats all but silenced the Jackson Lady Indians tonight at the Bearcat Event Center winning their 20th ballgame of the season 59 – 35.
“Our girls really came out with a lot of effort and had a lot of energy tonight," stated Dexter head girls basketball coach Chad Allen.
The Bearcats found success, as Chaylea Mosby and Dakota Reynolds led the team with 17 points and 16 points respectively. Krysten Garrison pitched in another 10 points for Dexter.
Jackson was paced by Rylee Stafford with 11 points.
“Jackson has been on a roll lately winning several games in a row and haven’t lost a game since December or so,” commented Allen. “Coach Abernathy does a great job with them.”
“But for the first time I think we guarded full court. Just really got after them and pressured them. I thought that was the main difference of the game,” Allen continued.
Senior Dakota Reynolds jumped out early with her impressive 3-point shot abilities hitting one early in the first period and two more in the second quarter finishing with four for Dexter.
Harley Allen and Chaylea Mosby also recorded two treys each.
By the fourth quarter, the Lady Cats held a 30-point margin over Jackson. They continuously shot the ball great tonight, shooting 48% overall and executed from the perimeter as well.
“I really think we executed for the first time offensively throughout the whole game,” Allen said. “We have had spurts and have looked good, but tonight we really executed well. We got some high percentage shots and we knocked them down. When you do that it definitely makes your defense better as well.”
Dexter held Jackson’s offense to just one player in double digits and prevented Tomsu from scoring throughout the game.
“They are good offensive team. Cassidi Tomsu is their leader and she does a great job. She creates for others, she’s a great shooter and they have other good shooters on their team as well. I just thought we really matched up with them and didn’t really give them to many great looks.”
“Early on in the game we gave them a couple of baskets inside and we didn’t match up well. Other than that we guarded extremely well.”
Final Score Dexter 59, Jackson 35
Dexter 10 19 13 17 - 59
Jackson 6 10 6 13 - 35
Dexter (59) – Dakota Reynolds 16, Melanie McKuin 4, Cheyenne Mosby 2, Krysten Garrison 10, Harley Allen 8, Chaylea Mosby 17, Rylee Allen 2. FG 22, FT 7/8, F 7. (3-pointers: Dakota Reynolds 4, Harley Allen 2, Chaylea Mosby 2. Fouled Out: None).
Jackson (35) – Cassidi Tomsu 5, Autumn Reid 5, Nikki Sotak 5, Rylee Stafford 11, Mallorie Maintz 2, Nicole Humphreys 7. FG 13, FT 4/5, F 9. (3-pointers: Cassidi Tomsu 1, Autumn Reid 1, Nikki Sotak 1, Rylee Stafford 2. Fouled Out: None).
Dexter improved their record to 20 - 4. With 20 games under his belt for the season Allen commented about the girls ability to step up with such a tremendously tough schedule.
“You know especially after losing Hannah Thurmon at the very beginning of the year,” Allen said. “And looking at the season you get 20 wins at this point it just shows you how these girls have stepped up without Hannah and have done really such a great job especially playing such a tough schedule.”
Thursday night the Lady Cats will host district rival the Sikeston Lady Bulldogs at the Bearcat Event Center. Game time is 6:00 p.m.
“Sikeston has really improved the program these passed couple of years,” stated Allen. “Coach Schonhoff has done an excellent job with them. They can flat out get after you defensively. As long as we make sure we take care of the ball and play as good defensively as we did tonight I think we have a good shot. We are going to have to play well Thursday night.”
