But against Maryville, North Nodaway played their best game of the year to get to the finals, only turning the ball over five times and giving up nine offensive boards in a 37-14 victory in the semifinals, against a team that had beaten them last year. Jacquelyn Cline had 18 points and everybody else chipped in, with all seven players who got in scoring.
North Nodaway had every reason to be worried going into the game against the taller Spoofhounds; they had two tall players in Rayven White and Miquela Giesken and a solid point guard in Katie Weiss. But MacKenzie Titus held her own against the bigs, while Ellaina Renfro, giving up a few inches, played out of her mind, getting five steals and five boards for her team. As a team, Maryville got only four second chance points.
Weiss scored the first basket of the game, but then North Nodaway started making its press tell after Jacquelyn Cline’s drive. Cline stole a pass and went backdoor to Kelsey Barcus, who hit a free throw; Lauren Herndon threw backdoor to MacKenzie Titus to make it 5-2. From there, Cline took over the game, hitting a free throw and scoring off a pair of drives and a steal before picking up her second foul and sitting until midway through the second.
Maryville chipped away with Cline on the bench; Giesken, playing with three fouls, hit from inside and Weiss added a steal to make it 14-6. But then Cline came back and scored a three point play off a drive after Saryn Brown kept a possession alive with an offensive glass. Brown got another offensive board, which led to a shot from Lauren Herndon to make it 19-6 at the break.
Cline stayed on the floor for the half and hit a triple to start the third quarter off a pass from Kelsey Barcus. White got a putback for Maryville, but Cline’s steal and kickout to Barcus restarted North Nodaway. A 10 seconds call on defense fueled the Mustangs, and Saryn Brown hit from the left wing, Kelsey Barcus inbounded one to Ellaina Renfro, and MacKenzie Titus skilled one to Cline to make it 30-8 at the 3:01 mark of the third.
White got another putback for Maryville, and Brown picked up her fourth foul and had to sit as Maryville finally got going, hitting a couple of shots to close to within 30-14 early in the fourth. But then Sarah Chesnut came off the bench and hit one from the right baseline as Cline got her the ball. Frustration set in for Maryville at that point, as one of their players shoved one of North Nodaway’s players underneath the basket and another one shoved Sarah Chesnut into the floor; neither one was called by the officials.
North Nodaway went into their delay game at that point, taking time off the clock. Cline scored off a drive and Sarah Chesnut came back in, was hammered on a three-point attempt, and hit all three free throws.
Jacquelyn Cline had 18 points to lead the Mustangs. Sarah Chesnut had 5, Kelsey Barcus and Saryn Brown had 4, and MacKenzie Titus, Lauren Herndon, and Ellaina Renfro had 2 each.
Jacquelyn Cline had two blocks and Kelsey Barcus one.
Kelsey Barcus, MacKenzie Titus, and Ellaina Renfro each had 5 rebounds. Jacquelyn Cline had 4, Saryn Brown 3, and Lauren Herndon 1.
Jacquelyn Cline had 3 assists for North Nodaway, along with Lauren Herndon. Kelsey Barcus and Saryn Brown had 2, and Ellaina Renfro and MacKenzie Titus had 1.
Saryn Brown had 6 tips for North Nodaway. Jacquelyn Cline and Lauren Herndon had 4, Ellaina Renfro 3, and Kelsey Barcus and MacKenzie Titus 2.
Jacquelyn Cline and Lauren Herndon had 6 steals each. Ellaina Renfro had 5, and Kelsey Barcus and Saryn Brown 2.
The boys beat Mid-Buchanan’s 7th grade team for their third win of the year, 35-13. They then lost to Maryville and St. Gregory’s.
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