Monday, February 13, 2023

Busby Goes Bezerk in Third; NEN Pulls Away from Shamrocks

Baylie Busby went bezerk in the third quarter and helped Northeast Nodaway put North Harrison away as they got a 46-9 win Tuesday, February 7th.

North Harrison played tough in the first half. Their whole game plan was built around stopping Dalanie Auffert, who had 11 points and 14 boards in last year’s 27-23 win by the Bluejays in Ravenwood. Everytime the Bluejays got the ball into Auffert in the paint, Jayliegh Robins and Halle Morgan would hammer her. Jayliegh had 5 blocks and Halle 1 for the night.

For Northeast, Baylie Busby scored off a Hadley DeFreece steal with 5:25 left in the first, but that would be the only score for either side in the period for quite some time. Busby picked up two fouls back to back before scoring off a drive to make it 4-0 with 2:12 left. But then Busby picked up her third foul and sat on the bench the rest of the half.

Dalanie Auffert finally got untracked late in the first quarter as Sasha Deardorff got her the ball. But then Northeast continued their wave of futility; they would get the ball into Auffert at will, only for Jayliegh Robins or Halle Morgan to block or alter her shot and make her miss. Finally, Jill Boswell got Dalanie the ball with 4:35 left to make it 8-0, Boswell added some free throws, and Hadley DeFreece hit a 3-pointer to make it 14-0 at the 1:13 mark.

But when Jayliegh Robins hit a guarded three with 36 seconds left in the half and the Shamrocks got a stop on the other end, they had every reason to feel they were still in the game.

But then Baylie Busby came back for the third quarter and immediately cut inside and got a pass from Hadley DeFreece to make it 16-3. Jill Boswell followed with a steal, took on Robins, and got the benefit of a charge/block call, converting it into a three point play. Baylie then went coast to coast to make it 21-3.

Trendi Johnson’s free throws cut it to 21-5, but Hadley DeFreece restarted the Bluejays with a steal and then Baylie took over from there. She hit a free throw and then knocked down a shot from the high post after getting a pass from Jill Boswell. Hadley DeFreece added a 3-pointer as Dalanie kicked the ball out to her. Baylie Busby got the ball in the post and hit a tough shot over Robins, then went coast to coast off a defensive board, jumped a pass and converted that, then converted Jill Boswell’s steal. Sasha Deardorff got on the board and all of a sudden, the Bluejays were in unfamiliar territory, on the winning end of a running clock game up 39-5.

Trendi Johnson hit two free throws and Jayliegh Robins added a steal to cut it to 39-9, but then Baylie took over again for the Bluejays as she knocked down a 3-pointer, went to the rim and scored, and then stepped through two defenders, drew a foul, and hit two free throws to make it 46-9.

Baylie Busby had 26 points, a career high. Hadley DeFreece had 8, Jill Boswell 6, Dalanie Auffert 4, and Sasha Deardorff 2.

Dalanie Auffert had 3 blocks and Baylie Busby 1.

Jill Boswell had 9 boards. Dalanie Auffert had 8, Baylie Busby 4, Sasha Deardorff 3, Mylee Wilmes and Hadley DeFreece 2, and Makenzie Pride 1.

Dalanie Auffert had 6 assists. Jill Boswell had 4, Hadley DeFreece 2, and Sasha Deardorff and Baylie Busby 1 each.

Hadley DeFreece had 8 tips. Baylie Busby had 5, Jill Boswell and Mylee Wilmes 3 each, Dalanie Auffert 3, and Sasha Deardorff and Makenzie Pride 1 each.

Jill Boswell had 7 steals. Hadley DeFreece and Baylie Busby 4 each, Mylee Wilmes and Sasha Deardorff 2 each, and Dalanie Auffert 1.

For North Harrison, Jayliegh Robins had 5 and Trendi Johnson 4.

Jayliegh Robins had 5 blocks and Halle Morgan 1.

Jayliegh Robins had 7 boards. Halle Morgan had 5, and Trendi Johnson and Kira Robertson 2 each.

Halle Morgan and Jayliegh Robins each had 1 assist.

Jayliegh Robins had 3 tips. Trendi Johnson had 2 and Halle Morgan 1. Jayliegh Robins and Halle Morgan had 2 steals. Rhaelynn Estrada had 1.


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