By Jim Muir
The Benton Rangerettes improved to 15-4 overall with a solid 41-21 victory over Du Quoin in Thursday night action.
“I thought we turned in a solid defensive effort,” said Benton coach Andy Sloan. “Overall, it was just a nice win for us.”
The Rangerettes jumped out to an 11-4 first quarter lead as six players got in the scoring column for Benton in the opening eight minutes. Benton increased the lead to 20-11 at halftime as Du Quoin managed only three field goals in the first half.
Rebekka Maddox, Du Quoin’s leading scorer, was a non-factor in the contest as she was hampered by foul trouble from the outset. Maddox picked up two quick fouls in the first 90 seconds of the game and sat out the rest of the first quarter and then returned and picked up her third in less than three minutes in the third and was on the bench the remainder of the half.
The Rangerettes put the game on ice in the third quarter outscoring Du Quoin 8-2 to open up a 38-23 lead and then coasted on to victory.
Benton was led in scoring by Morgan Corn with 10 points, followed by Mikala Carney with seven points, Katie Sandusky with six points, Sami Minor and Marcella Mendez with five points each, Evelyn Mendez with three points, Cali Carney with two points, Kaitlyn Biddle with two points and Cassandra Johnson with one point.
Maddox led Du Quoin with five points.
The Benton JV squad picked up an exciting 36-35 victory against Du Quoin. Bobbi Wegrazyn hit two free throws with 29 seconds in the game and that proved to be the winning margin.
Both Benton girl’s teams are back in action on Tuesday night when they host Zeigler-Royalton-Christopher in a non-conference match up. The game will be played at Rich Herrin Gymnasium because of a wrestling event that is being held at the East Gym.
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