BY CHARLES CHANEY
Game 5: Wichita East 56, El Dorado 19
The full court docket entice was the distinction within the first comfort sport on Friday as El Dorado’s adjustment wasn’t sufficient. Wichita East pressured 24 turnovers, with 16 of them coming by steals on their strategy to a 56-19 win over El Dorado within the comfort semifinals.
The win strikes Wichita East into the fifth place sport, whereas El Dorado will play within the seventh place sport.
Wichita East jumped out to a 21-0 result in begin the sport earlier than Addison Hull was capable of rating a lay up. The college students part went wild and for El Dorado it appeared they began to play extra freely after the bucket. While they trailed 30-9 going into the break, it was obvious the Lady Cats discovered a little bit of confidence. They have been taking high quality photographs and attending to the road. They went to the road 9 instances within the first half alone, ending with 15 makes an attempt on the afternoon.
A Nobert three and a bucket from freshman Kamryn Parker noticed the Lady Cats reduce into the Blue Aces’ lead however the press ended up simply being an excessive amount of.
Nobert led the Lady Cats with 10 factors and two made 3s. In all 5 discovered the scoring column towards Wichita East.
For the Blue Aces, their 3-point shot they missed towards Goddard was delivered to the fitness center on Friday. They hit 4 of their first 10 photographs earlier than reserves missed a pair.
Wichita East (5-6) was led in scoring by Heylei Davis who completed with a sport excessive 17 factors on two made 3s and a bunch of break free layups.
Wichita East 56, El Dorado 19
El Dorado 0 9 7 3—19
Wichita East 15 15 13 13—56
El Dorado: Hull 1 0-2 – 2; Nobert 0 (2) 4-7 – 10; Parker 1 1-2 – 3; Sundgren 0 1-2 – 1; Edwards 0 (1) 0-0 – 3; Atkinson 0 0-2 – 0. TOTALS: 2 (3) 6-15 – 19.
Wichita East: Chandler 3 (1) 0-0 – 9; H. Davis 5 (2) 1-1 – 17; Smith 3 0-0 – 6; A. Davis 5 3-4 – 13; Neal 3 (1) 0-0 – 9; Mosley 1 0-1 – 3. TOTALS: 20 (4) 4-6 – 56.
thirty first annual Lady Cat Classic
Thursday, Jan. 25
Game 1: Kapaun 50, Mill Valley 21
Game 2: Gardner-Edgerton 51, Augusta 23
Game 3: Maize South 75, El Dorado 5
Game 4: Goddard 46, Wichita East 36
Friday, Jan. 26
Game 5: Wichita East 56, El Dorado 19
Game 6: Mill Valley (2-10) vs. Augusta (4-5), 4:15 p.m.
Game 7: Kapaun Mount Carmel (5-5) vs. Gardner-Edgerton (5-5), 6 p.m.
Game 8: Maize South (9-1) vs. Goddard (4-5), 7:45 p.m.
Saturday, Jan. 27
seventh place: El Dorado (0-11) vs. Game 6 loser, 11 a.m.
fifth place: Wichita East (5-6) vs. Game 6 winner, 12:45 p.m.
third place: Game 7 vs. Game 8 loser, 2:30 p.m.
Championship Game: Game 7 vs. Game 8 winner, 4:15 p.m.
