Maids shoot past Hastings in district hoops, 1st round
Lexington cagers defeat Tigers, 51-35
Getting off to a fast start, and then throwing a knock-out punch Lexington was able to outlast the Tigers and cruise to a 51-35 victory over Hastings in the first round of the B-5 girls hoops tourney in Kearney on Thursday.
Fighting off the nerves, the Minutemaids scorched the nets early to the tune of a 9-2 scoring run, but then allowed Hastings to claw back with in contention 11-9 at the end of the first quarter.
Finding creases in the Tiger defense, Lexington's Hailey Mandelko got on a hot streak and scored 10 second quarter points to give the Maids a 24-15 lead at intermission.
Coming out of the halftime break, Lexington became a dual pronged attack with Mandelko and Katherine Longly hitting the nets for six points apiece, as the Maids outscored Hastings 19-8 during the third quarter and extended their lead to 20-points, 43-23.
Over the final eight minutes of the contest, Lexington had quality possessions and played stellar defense, allowing a pair of trifecta's by Josie Martin, but it wasn't enough as the Minutemaids sealed the victory 51-35, with made baskets by Mandelko, Sydney Seberger and Maisie O'Meara in the final quarter.
In the fourth quarter, Lexington lost focus momentarily, "We couldn't convert the turnovers we created into points with much regularity," expressed Lexington head coach Randy Carpenter.
Lexington's leading scorer against the Tigers was Hailey Mandelko with a game-high 25 points.
Supplying a great scoring supporting cast was the trio of Katherine Longly, Sydney Seberger and Maisie O'Meara with eight, seven and six points, respectively.
SCORE
Hastings 9 6 8 12 35
Lexington 11 13 19 8 51
Hastings (35): Mays 13, Martin 6, Frank 6, Price 4, Pawloski 3, Dungan 2, Petersen 1.
Lexington (51): Mandelko 25, Longly 8, Sydney Seberger 7, O'Meara 6, Batie 3, Otero 2.
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