Tuesday, November 28, 2023

Baylie Busby gets 19 points, 11 tips as Bluejays Easily Beat Trojans

Northeast Nodaway’s girls hung 55 points on Union Star Tuesday, November 28th as they were able to get untracked offensively after winning a 35-31 squeaker against Albany for their first game, getting a 55-16 win over Union Star in the PVI. Baylie Busby showed she was back to full strength from her softball injury from this summer, getting 19 points, 11 tips, 5 steals, 8 assists, and 6 boards for the Bluejays.

Union Star was decimated by the numbers game, as they only had six players come out this year, but they still had Kelly Clibon and Kenzie Pettijohn on the floor. They have shown the propensity to fly to the glass, grab 20 offensive boards a game, and put points on the board over the last two years. But the Bluejays locked down on defense, only giving up three offensive boards to the Trojans. Baylie Busby was able to pressure Pettijohn hard, never letting her get into a rhythm offensively, and stealing the ball from her. And while Clibon got her points, getting 15 points for the Trojans, they got one point from the rest of the squad.

The Bluejays got off to a slow start offensively, only getting a putback from Dalanie Auffert in the first three minutes. But then Busby got loose in the lane to score to make it 4-0. Auffert blocked Clibon on the other end and got a quick outlet to Busby, who made one out of two at the line, but that play seemed to get the Bluejays untracked. Sasha Deardorff finished at the other end after Busby got a steal and threw it to Mylee Wilmes. Jill Boswell knocked one down from the left side and Busby got another steal to make it 11-0.

Auffert picked up her second foul and then Clibon got untracked for the Trojans, scoring six points in the next few minutes to cut the Trojan deficit to 14-6 at the 4:41 mark of the second. But then Auffert came back and hit two free throws and then Busby connected from three. Hadley DeFreece, who had missed some shots early, kept on shooting and finally got a couple to drop to make it 25-6. Brianna Meyer followed with a steal to make it 27-6 and cap the 13-0 run.

Lydia Morgan hit a free throw for the Trojans and Clibon another to cut it to 27-8, but Baylie Busby hit Mylee Wilmes in the corner with time winding down to make it 30-8 at the break.

Clibon scored off a drive for the Trojans to cut it to 30-10, but then Baylie Busby twice hit Dalanie Auffert in the paint to spark another run. That set up two kickouts from Auffert to Sasha Deardorff, and she had back to back jacks. Busby then went on a scoring flurry, getting a steal, knocking one down for three, and then cleaning up on a miss after Blair Nelson got a steal and Hadley DeFreece missed. Clibon cut it to 48-12 after three, but then Hayley Yost got on the board from inside, Hadley DeFreece hit a 3-pointer after Dalanie Auffert got an offensive board, and Brianna Meyer converted after Hadley got a steal to give NEN its biggest lead at 55-12.

Baylie Busby had 19 points to lead the Bluejays. Hadley DeFreece had 9, Dalanie Auffert and Sasha Deardorff 8 each, Brianna Meyer 4, Mylee Wilmes 3, and Jill Boswell and Hayley Yost 2 each.

Dalanie Auffert had 3 blocks.

Dalanie Auffert had 8 boards. Baylie Busby and Jill Boswell had 6 each, Sasha Deardorff 5, Hayley Yost 2, and Blair Nelson 1.

Baylie Busby had 8 assists. Dalanie Auffert had 4, Jill Boswell 2, and Mylee Wilmes and Hadley DeFreece 1 each.

Baylie Busby had 11 tips. Jill Boswell and Brianna Meyer had 4 each, Hadley DeFreece and Sasha Deardorff 3 each, Mylee Wilmes and Dalanie Auffert 2 each, and Blair Nelson 1.

Baylie Busby had 5 steals. Hadley DeFreece and Jill Boswell had 3, Hayley Yost and Dalanie Auffert 2 each, and Mylee Wilmes, Brianna Meyer, and Blair Nelson 1.


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