Wildcats win big against Morrison

Dibrell?s Adrian Pena drives the lane for two of his 13 points in the Wildcats? win over Morrison Monday night.

Morrison opened the first period with solid play on both ends of the floor. Aggressive defense by the Eagles caused the Wildcats to turn the ball over seven times in the period. Hunter Dye worked the boards for Morrison, scoring four of the Eagles? 11 points in the quarter. The Wildcats produced eight points as Kris Callender hit for four to keep the gap at 11-4 after the first.

Dibrell picked up the pace on defense in the second period and worked hard on the boards. Adrian Pena and Callender worked to give Dibrell a 12-11 lead with 3:48 left in the period. Dye scored what would be the Eagles? only points in the period at the 3:34 mark. Landy Curtis hit a pair of shots from the charity stripe, and Pena closed out the period with five points as the Wildcats took a 19-13 lead.

Things fell apart for Morrsion?s offense in the third period, mainly due to Dibrell?s aggressive board play. Dye hit for the Eagles with 4:22 left in the period, but Dibrell broke things open, going on an 11-point run with the help of Callender, Pena and Alex Welcome. By the end of the period Dibrell held a 34-15 advantage.

Dibrell could do no wrong in the final period. Timothy Conley put up 10 points in the period and Kevin Flatt added a pair of baskets, including a long 3-pointer. Luke Crawford had all four of Morrison?s points in the period as the Eagles fell at home by 30 points.

For the Wildcats, Callender and Pena had 13 points each. Conely added 10, Flatt had five, Curtis pitched in four , Garrison Holmes and Welcome added two points each.

Dye had nine points for the Eagles. Crawford added four, Cody Baker scored three, Rob Parsley had two and Brian Rhoady added one point.