Bowling Green rolls past Silliman
Southern Sports & Travel, By Darron Thomas
The top ranked girls team in Class AA showed little signs of any holiday rust as the Bowling Green Lady Bucs crushed Silliman 54-17 in first round action of the Brookhaven Holiday Tournament yesterday. Junior guard Mackayla Dykes led all scorers with a game high 24 points as Bowling Green improved to 15-1 on the season and will battle undefeated Riverdale today in round two play.
(Above) Bowling Green's Mackayla Dykes led all scorers with 24 points
Bowling Green didn’t take long to flex their muscle as four different starters scored during the first four minutes of the opening quarter. Dykes drained a 3-pointer from the wing and Caroline Haik hit an 8 foot jumper from the baseline to get things going early on. Two consecutive backcourt steals from Ashley Foret and Ragen Moody resulted in lay-ins to give Bowling Green a quick 9-0 advantage.
Kaitlyn Weaver got Silliman on the board with a 17 foot jumper at the horn but the Lady Wildcats had seen Bowling Green post a 19-2 lead after one quarter of play.
Bowling Green quickly pushed the advantage to 25-2 to start the second quarter as Breanna McNeese and Ashley Foret combined for the first six points of the quarter for the Lady Bucs. Bowling Green would finish the half much the same as they started it, with a Mackayla Dykes 3-pointer, to give the top ranked Lady Bucs a commanding 30-4 halftime lead.
Melissa Crowe’s jumper from the elbow midway through the third quarter pushed the lead to 38-6 and Bowling Green ended the quarter on a Caroline Haik basket to wrap up the quarter on top 50-11.
(Above) Bowling Green's Melissa Crowe (#12) and Ashley Foret (#14) pressure Silliman's Ashley Hurst
Ashley Hurst and Addie Roberts led Silliman in the final quarter with baskets as the Lady Wildcats took a hard 54-17 loss at the hands of the top ranked team in Class AA.
Dykes led all scorers with 24 points, Caroline Haik, Melissa Crowe, Ashley Foret and Breanna McNeese all had 6 each and Ragen Moody, Lexie Volz and Kaley Creel had 2 apiece.
For Silliman Addie Roberts had 7 points, Kaitlyn Weaver 3, Kylee Dempsey, Bradleigh Brignac and Ashley Hurst each had 2 points and Sunne Pace 1.
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