Baylie Busby got her points Tuesday night, February 6th for Northeast Nodaway, but it was Jill Boswell who had a big night for the Bluejays, getting a double double with 13 points and 10 boards as Northeast beat winless North Harrison 57-18. Boswell nearly had a triple double as she had 8 assists as well. Three Bluejays were in double figures as Busby had 21 and Dalanie Auffert had 10.
The win broke a two game losing streak for the Bluejays. They previously gave Platte Valley everything they could handle, taking an early 5-2 lead on them. Platte Valley fought back and led by as much as 27-12 midway through the third quarter. But then Northeast started coming back on them and made a game of it; they were down 5 with the ball at one point in the fourth quarter before Platte Valley got a stop and Northeast had to start fouling. Platte Valley came away with a 35-26 win.
The Bluejays were doing everything but scoring, but they finally stepped up and got the kind of scoring that coach Sheldon Saxton had been looking for all year against East Atchison. The Wolves faceguarded Busby, but the Bluejays had the rest of the supporting cast step up and deliver some big buckets. But the Wolves’ record was misleading; although they had battled injuries earlier in the year, they were finally getting healthy again, and they came away with a 51-49 win. “That one is going to sting for a while,” said Saxton.
For North Harrison, it was one brutal game after another, and that night was no different. Jill Boswell struck first for Northeast, only for Lani Briggs to counter for the Shamrocks. But then Northeast slowly started taking control by forcing turnovers on defense and moving the ball well on offense. They forced 26 Shamrock turnovers and only surrendered the ball 10 times themselves. They had 20 assists to only 5 for the Shamrocks.
Dalanie Auffert had a free throw to break the tie, Sasha Deardorff hit a 3-pointer, and then Busby went off for six points for the last 4:02 of the quarter. North Harrison tried to shut her down by putting the much taller Erica Gerken on her, but Busby was able to create plenty of chances for herself and others with steals and in the open court.
Northeast led by as much as 14-5 late in the period, but then North Harrison started chipping away and got it down to 14-8 on a basket by Jaci Davis at the start of the second. But then Northeast started attacking the rim and getting to the line at will the rest of the second period. Jill Boswell, Baylie Busby, and Dalanie Auffert all made trips to the free throw line and Hadley DeFreece added a 3-pointer for the Bluejays. Eight of their 17 points in the period were from the line. As a result, they were able to pull away to a 31-10 halftime lead.
The Bluejays used a 20-0 run from the latter part of the second quarter to the midway point of the third quarter to put the game away. They put up 12 points in the first 3:12 of the third quarter, including eight from Busby, three from Boswell, and one from Deardorff as the Bluejays pushed into running clock territory up 43-10 before Jaci Davis broke the run.
Hayley Yost got on the board for the Bluejays late in the third to make it 47-14 and then Auffert scored four in the fourth as Northeast continued to pull away.
For Northeast, Baylie Busby had 21, Jill Boswell 13, Dalanie Auffert 10, Hadley DeFreece 5, and Sasha Deardorff and Hayley Yost 4.
Jill Boswell had 10 boards. Dalanie Auffert had 6, Baylie Busby 5, Hadley DeFreece and Sasha Deardorff 2, and Blair Nelson and Hayley Yost 1.
For North Harrison, Lani Briggs had 6, Jaxcynn Hansel 5, Kira Robertson and Jaci Davis 3, and Carmon Fordyce 1.
Jaxcynn Hansel had 5 rebounds, Kira Robertson and Jaci Davis 4, Erica Gerken and Carmon Fordyce 3, and Lani Briggs 1.
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