Lady Hounds fall to Benton
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. — A big second quarter allowed the Benton girls basketball team to pull away from Maryville Thursday night, sending the Lady Spoofhounds to their 20th loss of the season.
Benton led just 11-9 after the first quarter, but the Lady Cardinals scored 20 points in the second quarter to take a 31-16 lead at halftime. Benton outscored the Hounds 23-15 in the second half to claim a conference victory.
Freshman forward Megan Worthington led the Spoofhounds (0-20) with 10 points while senior guard Ashton Reuter added eight. Deajah Bernard and Mallory McAndrews scored 12 and 11 points, respectively, to pace the Lady Cardinals.
Maryville hosts Cameron at 6:30 p.m. Monday and Nebraska City at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday before closing out the regular season at Savannah at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 19.
