Late baskets from Hadley DeFreece and Bailey Busby and a key free throw from Jill Boswell helped Northeast Nodaway’s girls sink North Nodaway 44-39 Tuesday, December 13th. Bailey posted the kind of numbers that she did against Worth County; she had 24 points, 10 tips, and 8 steals.
Previously, North Nodaway had rallied following the loss of Saryn Brown (knee), winning their next three games. It looked like NEN was going in the opposite direction; after an impressive 39-21 win over Worth County, they dropped a 24-22 game to Stanberry in which they were in foul trouble all game and neither side could hit anything. Forced to play back to back nights, they played a good game against King City, but lost to a Wildkat squad which only lost by 11 to Platte Valley and which subsequently beat highly touted St. Joseph Christian 34-33 in their next game.
But when the two teams took the floor, it was Northeast Nodaway who came out on fire as Bailey Busby, Jaden Atkins, and Skyler Florea shot the Bluejays into an 8-3 lead. But Jaden went down with a knee injury, and Hadley DeFreece fouled Jacquelyn Cline at the buzzer at halfcourt, and she made all three of her shots to cut the Mustang deficit to 10-9 after one. But Hadley would atone for her mistake later on.
North Nodaway appeared to take control as Cline hit a 3-pointer from the top of the key and Elaina Renfro hit a jumper from the wing set up by a Cline drive to make it 14-10. Bailey Busby and Skyler Florea scored to tie it up at 14, but then Lauren Herndon showed some newfound ability to create points on her own, knocking down a free throw and then adding a 3-pointer off a pass from Lacy Riley to make it 18-14. Lacy, who has earned a lot of playing time as a freshman for the Mustangs, showed an ability to distribute the ball, something North Nodaway will need.
Dalanie Auffert got two free throws and Bailey Busby cleaned up after a steal to tie it at 20, but Lauren hit yet another 3-pointer before Hadley DeFreece scored off a Busby steal to cut Northeast’s deficit to 21-20 at the half.
The game settled into a war of attrition as Ellaina Renfro picked up her third and fourth fouls for North Nodaway, but Skyler Florea picked up her fourth for Northeast. Northeast held a 28-26 lead, but Lauren Herndon converted on a steal at the buzzer to tie it at 28 going into the fourth.
Bailey Busby knocked down a shot in the high post after Dalanie Auffert kept a possession alive with an offensive board and Bailey went coast to coast to make it 32-28, but Lauren Herndon threatened to take over the game, once again showing her newfound ability to create points on her own. She slashed to the rim to score, and then knocked down a 3-pointer to put the Mustangs back in front. Skyler Florea knocked one down in the high post, but Lauren hit a pullup to make it 35-34.
Bailey Busby scored off a drive to put Northeast up 36-35, but then Jacquelyn Cline took on Busby and Florea, drew Skyler’s fifth foul, and hit both free throws to make it 37-36. North Nodaway got a stop on the other end and once again, Cline blew past two Bluejay defenders to make it 39-36 with 1:49 left.
But just as it looked like North Nodaway would take over like they did the first time the two teams met, Bailey Busby drew the attention of the defense and threw to Hadley DeFreece, who hit a tying three with 1:29 left to make it 39-39.
Lauren Herndon then missed a 1-1 with 1:10 left and then Bailey Busby drove and scored with 57 seconds left to put Northeast up 41-39. Cline tried to answer, but Dalanie Auffert came out of nowhere to help, got set to take the charge, and Cline lost it out of bounds with 41 seconds.
Forced to foul, North Nodaway put Busby on the line, and she missed a 1-1. There was a mad scramble for the loose ball and North Nodaway got a timeout called as Ellaina Renfro grabbed it lying on the ground with 27 seconds left.
Lauren Herndon got a good look from the left wing, but missed and Jill Boswell got the defensive board with 8.6 seconds left. North Nodaway put her on the line, which made sense as she hadn’t scored all night. But Jill hit one of two to make it 42-39.
North Nodaway tried to rush it up for a tying three, but Bailey Busby stole the ball from Cline and scored with 3 seconds left for the dagger.
For Northeast, Bailey Busby had 24 points. Hadley DeFreece and Skyler Florea had 6 each, Dalanie Auffert 4, Jaden Atkins 3, and Jill Boswell 1.
Dalanie Auffert had 6 blocks and Bailey Busby 1.
Dalanie Auffert had 10 boards. Bailey Busby and Skyler Florea had 6 each, Jill Boswell 5, Hadley DeFreece 3, and Sasha Deardorff 1.
Dalanie Auffert had 6 assists. Bailey Busby had 4, Hadley DeFreece 2, and Skyler Florea and Jill Boswell 1.
Bailey Busby had 10 tips. Hadley DeFreece had 3, Dalanie Auffert and Sasha Deardorff 2, and Jill Boswell 1.
Bailey Busby had 8 steals. Skyler Florea and Hadley DeFreece had 2 each, and Dalanie Auffert had 1.
For North Nodaway, they got scoring from both Lauren Herndon and Jacquelyn Cline, but they are still looking for a third scoring threat. Herndon had 21 points, Cline 16, and Ellaina Renfro 2.
Angie Parker and Lauren Herndon had 1 block each.
Angie Parker has continued to emerge as one of the best rebounders on the team this year; she had 8 along with Lauren Herndon. Jacquelyn Cline, Kelsi Barcus, and Lacy Riley had 4 each. Ellaina Renfro had 2.
Lacy Riley and Kelsi Barcus had 4 assists each. Jacquelyn Cline had 2 and Angie Parker 1.
Lauren Herndon had 4 tips. Ellaina Renfro had 2, and Jacquelyn Cline, Angie Parker, Lacy Riley, and Kelsi Barcus each had 1.
Lauren Herndon had 4 steals. Jacquelyn Cline had 2, and Kelsi Barcus and Angie Parker had 1.
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