Lady ?Cats finish undefeated
Monday night at Irving College, the Lady Tigers and Lady Wildcats closed out the seventh- and eighth-grade regular season, as Dibrell tried to keep its undefeated record going. The Lady Tigers kept the game close, but in the end Dibrell came away with a 49-40 victory.
The Lady Wildcats finished with a 8-0 record and Irving College finished the season at 6-2.
Dibrell controlled the floor during the opening minutes of the first period, and put eight straight points on the board with Ashley Ashburn and Emily Crawford scoring one bucket each and Lauren Wilkinson pitching in two baskets.
Kelcy Tate hit for two baskets for the Lady Tigers at the 4:39 mark, but Dibrell continued to run the floor scoring at ease. Mary Roller hit for four points during the final two minutes of the period and Wilkinson added two baskets. The Lady Tigers added four points to the board with the help of Tate and Torri Irwin, who hit 2-of-2 from the charity stripe as the period ended with Dibrell holding a 18-9 lead.
The Lady Tigers came out in the second period putting pressure on the ball, which resulted in two turnovers by the Lady Wildcats. Irving College took advantage of Dibrell?s mistakes turning them into eight unanswered points making it a 17-18 game. Danna Wells had back-to-back lay-ups and Lacey Bess added a basket from the paint.
Midway through the period Dibrell hit the offensive glass with Wilkinson and Tiffany Minton coming up with one basket each. Wells added four points in the final minute of play, but the Lady Wildcats held a 29-24 advantage by the end of the half.
In the second half, Dibrell came out and extended its lead in the third period as Destiny Young hit for four points and Wilkinson continued to dominate the inside with a basket. Irwin and Tate hit for the Lady Tigers, but once again the Lady Wildcats pushed the ball down the floor, hitting from the paint with baskets from Ashburn and Crawford as Dibrell took a 41-31 lead heading into the final period.
The Lady Tigers had several chances to cut into Dibrell?s lead. Wells hit a pair of baskets early in the period. But Dibrell had put eight points on the board during the first three minutes of play as Wilkinson and Roller had two buckets each, extending their team?s lead to 49-35. Irving College made a late run with the help of Irwin and Wells, but it wasn?t enough as Dibrell held on for the nine-point win.
Wilkinson led all scorers for Dibrell with 23 points. Roller added 10, Crawford had six, Ashburn and Young had four points each and Minton added two points.
For the Lady Tigers, Wells hit for 17 points. Tate added 10, Irwin had eight, Lolita Terrazas and Bess had two points each and Heavenly Cook had one point.