Girls win district opener

Posted 12/21/16

After playing a rugged pre-season schedule which saw them start of with a 3-9 record, the Quitman Lady Bulldogs turned the lessons learned from the tough early games into a district opening 55-42 win …

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After playing a rugged pre-season schedule which saw them start of with a 3-9 record, the Quitman Lady Bulldogs turned the lessons learned from the tough early games into a district opening 55-42 win over Kemp.

It was a see-saw battle throughout the first three quarters, but led by senior sparkplug Brittany Walls, Quitman pulled away in the final frame for the win. Walls had 22 points for the evening going 11-17 from the free throw line. Walls also scored eight consecutive points in a three-minute streak in the third quarter to move the score from a 28-27 lead to a 36-27 advantage and Kemp never recovered.

Quitman had a decisive advantage from free throws sinking 21-34 while Kemp would only make 8-17 from the charity stripe. Lady Bulldogs Molly Tanner, Shelby Smith and Kaci Raley dominated the boards against the smaller Lady Yellowjackets. Raley hit for 11 points while Tanner added eight points, four of those off of offensive rebounds.

Abbey Dobbs, Aubrey Gilbreath and Allyson Corrior did a good job, along with Walls, of breaking the Kemp press during the game and playing hustling defense against the quick Kemp perimeter players. Utopia Henry and Macy Wilson each entered the game and played solid defense allowing no easy buckets in the lane.

The Lady Bulldogs lost at Scurry-Rosser Friday to even their district record to 1-1 and their seson record to 4-10.

The Lady Bulldogs were scheduled to face Edgewood at home at press time before taking off for the holidays returning to district action Jan. 3 at Eustace.