Dibrell, Irving College split
In the first period each team played a solid game with Dibrell taking the lead with their offensive rebounding. Irving College did a good job moving the ball on offense and trailed by one by the end of the period. The Lady Wildcats zone defense created problems for Irving College in the second period as the Lady Tigers were forced to shot from outside. Dibrell continued to crash the boards as Molly Lawrence and Natasha Burks helped the Lady Wildcats open up a 17-8 lead by the half.
Irving College turned things around in the third period as the Lady Tigers hit the boards. Catherine Hill and Savannah Rutledge struck from long range for Irving College and by the end of the third Irving College built a 20-17 lead by shutting out Dibrell in the period. Defense was the key in the final period for Irving College holding Dibrell to just three points in the final period. Aggressive play under the boards by the Lady Tigers added six points to their lead for the win.
For Irving College, Hill, Megan Hobbs, Alyson Smartt and Rutledge had five points each. Elizabeth Lavoie had four and Micaela Grieves added two points.
For Dibrell, Lawrence had eight points, Natasha Burks and Keisha Hawkins had four each. Kayla Bond and Sara Parkhurst hit for two points each.
In the boys contest Dibrell’s Tyler Blair led the Wildcats in the first period as he hit for 11 of Dibrell’s 15 points in the period. Irving College struggled with Dibrell’s defensive pressure and by the end of the quarter had only two points on the board. Gary Milstead brought his team back in the second period as he poured in 14 points of the Tigers and by the end of the half had pulled Irving College within six , 26-20.
The second half would be a back and forth battle as each team matched the other shot for shot. Dibrell held the edge in the third period as they hit for 13 points while Irving College totaled nine points for the period. Despite opening up the final period very aggressive on offense Irving College struggled late in the period. Dibrell picked up the pace with two minutes left in the game and it was Bliar who hit 5 of 7 from the line to give the Wildcats the win.
For Dibrell, Blair had 33 points, McCormick 10, Ryan Daniel six and Derek Mikkola added one point.
For Irving College, Milstead scored 16 points, Matt Reid 12, Darrid Wells four, Brently Panter two and Ethan Grider and Justin Bouldin had one point each.