Lady Mustangs even record
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North Nodaway sophomore center Madison Thompson rises high to let go of a shot over an East Harrison defender in her team’s 52-24 victory Monday night in Hopkins. Thompson led all scorers in the game with 20 points.
Whatever North Nodaway head coach Sami Jackson said to her team at halftime, it worked.
The Lady Mustangs, 10-10, enjoyed a 10-point lead at the half, 19-9, but a rash of turnovers prevented the home team from putting the visiting Bobcats from East Harrison away.
“Intensity was a big thing,” Jackson said. “We kind of came out flat, especially on defense.
“Our fast break was another thing. We were kind of throwing it and hoping it would work. We kind of got more in a tempo with that and it worked pretty well.”
Whatever it was, something changed at halftime.
The Lady Mustangs looked like a different team in the third quarter, almost entirely eliminating turnovers and finishing on fast breaks to put the game out of reach early in the second half.
The home team used a balanced scoring attack, including eight points from sophomore center Madison Thompson and contributions from four other players to score 20 third-quarter points, more than they managed the entire first half.
Meanwhile, the Mustang defense continued to stifle the East Harrison team, a co-op between schools in Ridgeway and Cainsville, holding the Bobcats to just five points in the quarter and taking a 25-point lead into the final frame. East Harrison was held scoreless for the final five minutes of the third quarter and the first two minutes of the fourth.
Thompson was the leading scorer in the contest, doing her work primarily in the paint and hitting 4-of-6 free throws to total 20 points on the night. She was followed by junior guard Breann O’Riley with eight and sophomore guard Kelsi Oberhauser with seven.
The Lady Mustangs will travel to St. Joseph Christian Thursday night for a 6 p.m. contest, then host Fairfax at 6 p.m. Friday.
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North Nodaway freshman guard Alisha Davison drives the lane past an East Harrison defender in a 52-20 win for the Mustangs Monday night.
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North Nodaway sophomore forward Bethany Herndon takes advantage of an open jump shot in a 52-20 win for the Lady Mustangs over the visiting Lady Bobcats from East Harrison Monday night.
