Wildcat cagers sweep Morrison

Thursday night at Dibrell in seventh- and eighth-grade basketball action, Dibrell picked up the sweep over Morrison as the Lady Wildcats defeated the Lady Eagles 37-14 and the Dibrell boys held on to take a 47-36 win over the Eagles.

The Lady Eagles didn?t have much of an answer against Dibrell?s Lauren Wilkinson and Destiny Young during first-quarter action. Taylor Grissom and Shelbi Eldridge had one basket each for Morrison, while Wilkinson hit for six and Young had eight as Dibrell ran off 18 points.

Both teams struggled on offense in the second period as Grissom had the Lady Eagles? only basket. Wilkinson and Emily Crawford provided the offense for Dibrell as the Lady Wildcats held a 22-6 lead at the break.

Second-half action played out much like the first half, with Morrison hitting for two points in the third period, while Dibrell added four points to the board.

In the fourth quarter Alyssa Millraney struck for two buckets for the Lady Eagles and Dunn hit one-of-two from the line. Dibrell put nine points on the board to close out the game.

For the Lady Wildcats, Wilkinson had 17 points followed by Young with eight, Mary Roller and Crawford had four points each, and Ashley Ashburn added two points.

For Morrison, Grissom had five, Millraney scored four, Dunn had three and Eldridge added two points.

Things were much closer in the boys? game as Dibrell held a 10-6 lead after one period of play. Brian Rhoady had four points and Cody Baker added a basket for the Eagles. Landy Curtis, Adrian Pena and Tyler Stone had one basket each for the Wildcats and Timothy Conley hit a pair of basket.

In the second period Dibrell?s defense kept the pressure on Morrison, holding the Eagles to five points. Dibrell continued to wok the ball down low as Curtis, Pena and Kris Callender hit to give the Wildcats a 19-11 lead at the break.

Morrison tried to get things going from long range in the third period with a 3-point basket from Rhoady and baskets from Hunter Dye, Rob Parsley and Baker. But Dibrell answered with Callender, who hit for 10 of the Wildcats? 14 points in the period as Dibrell extended its lead to 33-24 by the end of the period.

In the final period Morrison got two buckets each from Dye, Roady and Baker, but it wasn?t enough as Pena and Callender combined for 14 points in the fourth quarter to give the Wildcats the sweep.

For Dibrell, Callender hit for 20 points. Pena had 15, Conley added four and Stoner had two points.

Rhoady had 13 points to lead Morrison. Baker added 11, Dye struck for eight and Parsley added four points.