The Dresden Lady Lions and Lions wrapped up their
schedule before the Christmas break as they traveled to
Huntingdon last Tuesday night.
The Fillies tried to slow things down in hopes of
containing the Dresden offense, but the Lady Lions were
able to take a 42-27 win over the Huntingdon girls. In
boys action, Huntingdon held off a late rally to take a
52-49 win over the Lions.
Dresden Lady Lions 42
Huntingdon Fillies 27
The Fillies' strategy was apparent early in the opening
frame as the Huntingdon girls held the ball for nearly
the first three minutes of the contest before taking a
shot.
The Filly offense passed the ball around from player to
player throughout the opening three minutes of the first
frame. Finally, a pass into Jessica Carlton resulted in
a layup and the Fillies only lead of the contest. The
Lady Lions quickly took the ball down the court and
Katie Quinton nailed a jumper from the right side to tie
the game. A minute later, after a fruitless Filly trip
down the court, Quinton extended the lead to 5-2 with a
three-pointer. Quinton added four more points through
the final two minutes of the first frame to give the
Lady Lions a 9-2 lead after one frame.
After an early deuce from Chasity Strayhorn, the Lady
Lions pushed their lead to double digits with a pair of
free throws from Quinton and a three-pointer from Kaci
Bailey. Five unanswered points from Peyton Butler cut
the lead to 14-9 with five minutes left before both
defenses tightened up. A pair of Ashlee Dubruiel free
throws followed bay a late jumper from Quinton gave the
Lady Lions and 18-9 lead at the end of the first half.
The Lady Lions continued to add to their lead early in
the third frame as jumpers from Brooke Levister and
Quinton pushed the Dresden lead to 13 points with 4:28
left in the third stanza. After a three-pointer and a
pair of from Casey Henson countered a Dubruiel jumper,
Dubruiel sank a pair of free throws to make the score
26-14 after three frames.
Though Huntingdon was able to keep the deficit at a
dozen points through the opening half of the final
frame, but the Fillies were forced to foul for
possession. Free throws from Paige Hughes, Quinton,
Emily Rook and Bailey helped pushed the Dresden lead to
38-20 with just over a minute left in the game. But, a
pair of late jumpers from Jessica Hilliard and a
three-pointer from Carlton cut the lead to 15 points at
the end of the contest.
Quinton led the way for the Lady Lions with 18 points
while Bailey and Dubruiel added six each. Butler led
Huntingdon with nine points in the loss.
Huntingdon Mustangs 52
Dresden Lions 49
Dresden was able to take an early lead, but the Mustangs
rallied at the start of the third frame to take a lead
then battle through the rest of the game with the Lions.
Trailing by two points after the first half, the
Mustangs opened the third frame with jumpers from Will
Atkins and Chris Donald gave the Mustangs the lead with
6:34 left in the third stanza. Jake Doster answered with
a jumper to tie the game, but Brent Taylor nailed a free
throw to five the lead back to the Mustangs. After an
Eddie Miller jumper gave the Lions back the lead, a pair
of free throws from Smothers and a jumper from Donald
gave Huntingdon a three-point lead with just under five
minutes left in the frame. Dresden cut the lead to one
point with a Mark Roberson jumper, but Donald answered
with a deuce of his own. However, Roberson nailed a
three-pointer to tie the game at 40-40 with 2:36 left in
the frame. A jumper from Desmond Townes and a pair of
free throws from Brent Taylor pushed the Huntingdon lead
to four points before a late Roberson jumper made the
score 44-42 at the end of the third quarter.
Huntingdon was able to counter a jumper from Roberson
with five points - including a pair of free throws from
Atkins and Cody Crocker to make the score 49-44 with
4:15 left in the game. Free throws from Matt Hewett and
Miller cut the Mustang lead to two points, before two
free throws by Donald gave Huntingdon a 51-47 lead with
just under a minute left in the game. Though a late
Dresden jumper cut the lead to two points, Donald sealed
the Huntingdon win with a free throw with 8.7 seconds
left.
Roberson led the way for Dresden with 21 points while
Miller added 10. Donald paced Huntingdon with 20 points.
