MHS - Women's Basketball / November 18, 2019 By Kasey McDowell
The MMS Girls hosted Haysville West and Wellington last week in their first home games of the season and the A-team split while the B-team crushed both teams by 69-7 combined points.
The 8th grade girls A team were nipped by the Crusaders 24-27 in a nail biter of a game last Thursday. The Cats were in control the first half and went into halftime with a 13-10 lead but the Crusaders had a strong 14 point 3rd quarter to take a 24-20 lead into the 4th quarter. The 4th quarter was a defensive battle as the Wildcats held the Crusaders to only 3 points, but could only garner 4 points themselves. Addison Mackey and Madison Shaw lead the cats with 8 points each and Teagan Garrison scored 5 points and Avrie Warner grabbed a bucket and free throw for 3 points.
8A 1 2 3 4 Final
MMS: 6 7 7 4 24
WMS: 3 7 14 3 27
The 8th girls B team defense came up big again this week and held the Crusaders to 7 points with zero points in the 4th quarter in a 39-7 win. Almost everyone on the roster scored for the Wildcats and Elizabeth Blankenship and Madison Phipps lead the cats on offense with 10 points and 8 points respectively. Madison Dunbar, Miranda Clark, and Mariah Cowin all scored 4 points for the Cats. Katelynn Murray put in 3 points and Justice Blake, Ashley Young, and Kasey Dillon each scored 2 points.
8B 1 2 3 4 Final
MMS: 11 13 12 3 39
WMS: 1 4 2 0 7
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The 8th grade girls A team pulled off another win against the visiting Gorillas last Tuesday. They led big early, but had trouble keeping the tallest Gorilla out of the paint and ended up winning 28-20. Offense was led by Madison Shaw with 16 points, while Ashley Young had 5 rebounds (3 of them offensive) and Teagan Garrison had 4 rebounds, 1 steal and 3 assists. Avrie Warner had a big game with 2 points, 3 rebounds and 3 steals. Coach Banzet said, "We need to work on adjusting on offense when the opposing team adjusts on defense. And we have to figure out how to guard people taller than us."
8A 1 2 3 4 Final
MMS: 10 10 2 6 28
HWMS: 2 3 6 9 20
Once again, the 8th girls bball B team is on fire when it comes to defense! The B team held the visiting Gorillas to zero points - another shut out on the court. Madison Phipps led the team on offense with 14 points, followed by Justice Blake with 6 points. Rebounding leader for the night was Ashley Young with four offensive rebounds. Kasey Dillon had 4 steals and 2 assists.
8B 1 2 3 4 Final
MMS: 12 2 8 8 30
HWMS: 0 0 0 0 0
The Cats will travel to Clearwater tonight for a Patriot League game versus the Indians, games starting at 5:00 PM.
