Hadley DeFreece dropped a career high 24 points on Stewartsville/Osborn Friday as the Northeast Nodaway girls continued winning, dropping the winless Wildcards 50-14.
“They scare me,” said coach Sheldon Saxton before the game. “They are one of those teams who could go off at anytime.” The Wildcards did not look like a typical winless squad, with sparkplugs Josie Brush and Addie Jackson being their main weapons. They have played several teams close, but have not gotten over the hump.
The focus of the game for the Wildcards was to shut down Baylie Busby and Dalanie Auffert and make someone else try to beat them. They held down Auffert to 8 points, and Busby had to earn every single one of her 15 points.
Northeast pulled away slowly for the first quarter, getting out to an 11-2 lead after one as Dalanie Auffert had 5 and Busby 4. But then Hadley DeFreece stepped up to start the second quarter, hitting back to back jacks to put the Bluejays comfortably in control. Baylie Busby scored off a drive and Dalanie Auffert got a putback to make it 20-2 at the 5:24 mark of the second quarter.
The Wildcards tried to hang around for the remainder of the quarter, but a steal from Busby and a free throw put Northeast up 28-8 at the half.
Hadley DeFreece once again sparked the Bluejays at the start of the third, getting a steal and converting it to start the period; then, adding a 3-pointer to make it 33-8. Brush scored a couple of free throws and a coast to coast look to keep the deficit down to 35-12, but then Busby hit an outside shot and Dalanie Auffert hit a free throw to make it 38-12 after three. Mylee Wilmes hit a 3-pointer and then Hadley DeFreece erupted again, hitting a 3-pointer and then jumping a pass and converting it to trigger the running clock.
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