Baylie Busby had a career night against Stanberry, hanging 26 points on them and the Bluejays erased nine years of futility against the Bulldogs, beating them 42-31 Thursday to raise their record to 5-2. It was a typical matchup in which they got the lead, had to battle foul trouble through the middle stages of the game, then found their second wind late to win it. The last Bluejay win was in 2014, when Dallis Coffelt was the leading scorer and the queen of the block party, as she was one of the best shot blockers the Bluejays have had. Taylor Coffelt helped out with plenty of hustle plays and some incredible highlight film threes.
Kaitlyn James put Stanberry ahead early with a triple from the corner, but then Northeast shadowed her well, keeping her from hitting another the rest of the game. Meanwhile, Busby answered with one of her own, then Hadley DeFreece hit a 3-pointer. Jill Boswell hit a midrange shot after Dalanie Auffert got her the ball, and then Hadley DeFreece got on the floor to knock a ball loose and Baylie Busby tipped it to herself and scored on the other end to make it 12-3 after one.
But Stanberry has been playing everyone tough this year, and Amelia Wallace carried the team on her shoulders, getting loose in the paint, getting some steals, and running the floor. Stanberry switched to a man to man defense after Northeast was picking them apart in the first, and the quarter turned into a scoring duel between Busby and Wallace. Busby scored all nine Bluejay points in the quarter, getting to the rim at will and making the black shirts foul her. She was 7 for 9 from the free throw line that period.
The Bluejays led 21-14 with time winding down in the first half, but as they were holding the ball for the last shot, disaster nearly struck as the ball was knocked loose and Busby was called for a foul during the scramble. That foul was her third. Then, early in the third quarter, Wallace got a steal, went to the rim, and got the benefit of a charge/block call on Busby, her fourth foul, and cut Stanberry’s deficit to 21-16.
With Busby on the bench, Hadley DeFreece stepped up and hit a 3-pointer, but Wallace carried the Bulldogs on her shoulders in Busby’s absence, scoring the next four Stanberry points to cut it to 24-20. But then Northeast went to a box and one on Wallace with Jill Boswell faceguarding her, and Hayley Yost played some of her best basketball as a varsity player, hitting Mylee Wilmes and Hadley DeFreece for three and moving the ball well from the high post and earning the trust of her teammates. Yost saw extended minutes with Dalanie Auffert in foul trouble as well. Northeast weathered the storm and led 32-22 after three.
With Boswell shutting down Wallace, someone else had to step up for Stanberry and James slashed to the rim and made one out of two. Then, Stanberry kept the possession alive with an offensive board and later, Trista Lager knocked one down from the high post to cut it to 32-25.
The scoreboard was frozen there until Busby came back, and she carried the team on her shoulders again, scoring all ten points for them in the last 4:30 of the game. The second and fourth quarters resembled several games from Busby’s eighth grade year, in which she scored or assisted on nearly all of Northeast’s baskets. She drove and hit two free throws and then grabbed a defensive board and went coast to coast to make it 37-25.
But Stanberry put on their press and they started coming back again, starting with James’ putback to make it 37-27. Wallace finally got herself going again with a fourth chance putback with 1:33 left, still plenty of time. The Bulldogs got the ball back, but Busby stole it and scored to make it 39-29. But Stanberry rushed right down the floor before Northeast could get back on defense and Wallace scored to make it 39-31. But Busby restored order with two free throws, and the Bluejays got some stops on defense before Busby hit another free throw at the end.
Baylie Busby had 26 points. Hadley DeFreece had 9, Mylee Wilmes 5, and Jill Boswell 2.
Jill Boswell had 1 block.
Baylie Busby had 9 boards. Jill Boswell had 6, Dalanie Auffert 3, and Hadley DeFreece, Sasha Deardorff, Mylee Wilmes, Brianna Meyer, and Hayley Yost all had 1.
Jill Boswell had 4 assists. Mylee Wilmes and Hayley Yost had 2, and Baylie Busby, Dalanie Auffert, and Sasha Deardorff had 1.
Baylie Busby and Jill Boswell had 3 tips. Sasha Deardorff, Hadley DeFreece, and Blair Nelson had 1.
Baylie Busby had 3 steals. Sasha Deardorff, Hayley Yost, Jill Boswell, and Hadley DeFreece had 2 each, and Mylee Wilmes had 1.
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