By Shane Dyel
The Benton Middle School Rangerettes moved to 7-0 on the young basketball season with a 49-28 drubbing of Pinckneyville on Wednesday night. It was the Rangerettes third victory in as many nights on the week. Ally Gischer led the Rangerettes in scoring with 16 points.
Coach Mark Dyel said he entered the game with some concern about the fatigue factor playing a role.
“Before the game I was a little worried how much energy we had left after two tough games earlier,” Dyel said. “We were a little short-handed after Kenedee Kendrick was hurt Tuesday night.”
The Rangerettes jumped out to a 12-3 lead after one quarter, increasing the lead to 16 by halftime. After a back and forth beginning to the third quarter, Benton put the game away with a late 8-0 run to end the quarter.
Supporting Gischer’s 16, the Rangerettes had balanced scoring with Alexis Abney, Makayla Abney and Kaylee Pedigo all scoring eight points and Cristen Shaw chipping in with seven.
Dyel gave high marks to his team’s unselfish play.
“When we distribute the ball and get scoring from all five starters we can be hard to handle,” said Dyel. “I like the way we are looking for everyone to score.”
Makayla Abney led Benton’s dominance on the boards by grabbing 14 rebounds, six on the offensive end. Ebby Casey provided a defensive spark off the bench for the Rangerettes with five steals.
Benton’s 7th grade team dropped a heart-breaker to Pinckneyville 27-24 to even their record to 2-2. Coach Danielle Clyden commented,” We were short-handed with Kendrick out but the girls battled hard the whole game. This was our third close game in three nights.”
Benton returns to action next Tuesday with a home game against Harrisburg.
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