Wildcats and Lady Bulldogs split at Dibrell
King’s first basket of the game was a 3-pointer as she hit for eight of Eastside’s 10 points in the first period. Sarah Roller and Megan Crowe combined for Dibrell’s six points as Eastside held a four point lead at the end of the opening period.
Lauren Wilkerson got things going in the second quarter for the Lady Wildcats with seven points and Roller added four points. Eastside’s Jasmine Wood hit a pair of baskets midway through the period and the Lady Bulldogs connected for six points from the free-throw line to hold a 25-17 lead at the break.
Dibrell struggled on offense in the third period as Wilkerson was held to four points. King continued to stay hot for the Lady Bulldogs as she added six more points to her total as Eastside took a 35-21 lead.
The final period saw Wilkerson hit for six points and Christy Hopkins and Ashley Ashburn added one free-throw each. Eastside added six points as King and Cora Moody added one basket each to secure the victory.
For the Lady Bulldogs, King led all scores with 20 points. Wood had nine, Mackie hit for five, Moody added four and Yessenie Arellano had three points.
Wilkerson had 17 points for Dibrell. Roller added eight, Crowe and Ashburn had two points each and Hopkins added one point.
Montgomery Basham had the hot hand for the Bulldogs in the opening period with six points. Logan Seamons added a 3-pointer as Eastside put 11 points on the board. But Dibrell had the answer with Cody Bond hitting for 10 of the Wildcats 16 points to give Dibrell the early lead.
The Bulldogs had trouble holding on to the ball in the second period. A very aggressive defense by the Wildcats held Eastside to four points in the period. Bond continued to stay hot hitting for nine points. Tyler Adcock added one point and Tyler Bell added a basket as the Wildcats held a 28-15 lead at the break.
The Bulldogs bounce back in the third period with some tough defense of their own, but Dibrell still managed 10 points in the quarter thanks to Lou Christian and Bond who had one 3-pointer each. Eastside ran off 14 points with Calen Northcutt hitting for six in the period. Seamons and Gavin Lewis added four each but their team still trailed by nine at the end of the third.
In the final period Eastside put nine points on the board and had to send the Wildcats to the foul line. Dibrell secured the win by hitting eight-of-sixteen from the charity stripe.
For the Wildcats, Bond hit for 29 points. Christian hit for six, Dylan Blair, Adcock and Bell added five points each.
Seamons had 12 points for the Bulldogs. Northcutt hit for nine, Basham had six, Brayden Woodlee hit for five, Lewis added four and Jordan Young had two points.