North Nodaway’s swarming defense, led by Saylor Brown, hounded Worth County all night as the Mustangs came away with a 44-9 win in the first round of districts Monday night. Just a few nights after giving up 66 points against Union Star, one of the highest point outputs during the Sami Jackson era, they held Worth County to 9 points, one of their best defensive showings.
The game bore little resemblance to the 49-34 Mustang win earlier this year, in which Worth County led in the third quarter at one point. Not having Kynah Steele made a big difference for the Tigers; they turned the ball over a lot more. In their first meeting with the Mustangs, they turned it over 22 times, one of their lowest numbers of the season. But in Monday’s game, they surrendered the ball 34 times, which has been more typical in their long season.
The game was close in the first quarter as North Nodaway came out ice cold and didn’t score for the first 4:18 of the game. Worth County came out in a triangle and two, faceguarding Jacquelyn Cline and Saryn Brown, who scored 24 and 22 against Union Star. But it was Saylor Brown who decided that no way was she going to let her squad lose to Worth County her senior year, and she continued her bezerk form that she had shown against the Tigers in the third quarter of the first game. She pressured the ball all over the floor, pressuring and stealing the ball, and getting 9 tips as well. Lauren Herndon, after a slow start, had a big second quarter.
The Mustangs trailed 2-0 after Liz Brown’s drive after the opening tip, which stood up until the 3:42 mark of the first, when Saylor Brown finally found the range from three. Jacquelyn Cline cut through two screens and finally got open for a 3-pointer. Saryn Brown got a steal and then two more off a Cline steal to make it 10-2. Lauren Herndon hit Saylor Brown in transition for two free throws and Cline was fouled attacking the rim with 0.8 seconds left and hit one of two to make it 13-2 after one.
Saylor Brown got on the line four times to start the second and put North Nodaway up 17-2. Hailey Adwell hit a free throw and Abbi Brown got a putback to give the Tigers a glimmer of hope and cut their deficit to 17-5. But then Lauren Herndon got the hot hand, hitting back to back jacks to spark the Mustangs to a 29-7 lead at the half. By the half, Saylor Brown had gotten 10 steals.
In the second half, it was Jacquelyn Cline who was stealing the ball, getting 5 in the second half as the Mustangs continued to pull away in the third quarter.
For North Nodaway, Saylor Brown had 15, Lauren Herndon 11, Jacquelyn Cline 10, and Saryn Brown 8.
Lauren Herndon and Angie Parker had 1 block each.
Jacquelyn Cline and Lauren Herndon had 5 boards each. Saryn Brown had 4, Ellaina Renfro, Saylor Brown, and Angie Parker had 3 each, Kelsi Barcus 2, and Hayleigh Vinzant and Lia Hendricks 1 each.
Lauren Herndon had 5 assists. Saylor Brown, Jacquelyn Cline, and Saryn Brown had 3 each, and Ellaina Renfro and Kelsi Barcus had 1 each.
Lauren Herndon had 10 tips. Saylor Brown had 9, Saryn Brown 6, Ellaina Renfro and Jacquelyn Cline 3 each, and Angie Parker and Hayleigh Vinzant 2 each.
Saylor Brown had 11 steals. Lauren Herndon had 8, Jacquelyn Cline 6, Saryn Brown 3, and Kelsi Barcus, Ellaina Renfro, Angie Parker, and Alanis Wray 1 each.
For Worth County, Ali Brown, Abbi Brown, Liz Brown, and Lanie Cousatte had 2 each. Hailey Adwell had 1.
Liz Brown had 6 boards. Abbi Brown and Ali Brown had 5 each, Taylor Sanders 3, Hailey Adwell, Justina Wimer, and Brylee Rush 2 each, and Lanie Cousatte 1.
Ali Brown and Taylor Sanders had 1 assist each. Brylee Rush, Taylor Sanders, and Bridgette Hightshoe had 1 tip each.
Ali Brown had 3 steals. Abbi Brown had 2, and Kara Staton, Liz Brown, Lanie Cousatte, and Bridgette Hightshoe had 1 each.
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