MT. VERNON – Carbondale withstood two Benton runs in the second and fourth quarters to hold off the Rangerettes, 47-39, and advance to the finals of the Mount Vernon 3A girls basketball regionals Wednesday.
“We got their lead down to three in second and to four in the fourth, but just couldn’t get over the hump,” said Benton coach Andy Sloan. “Obviously we’re not a real big team so we’re a jump shooting team and when we don’t hit many shots we don’t look very good. I was a little worried about the nerves with two kids who have never started in a regional before, but after the first quarter everything was fine. It just came down to they were better than us tonight and they deserved to win. We just made too many mistakes.”
Mady Wallace led Benton in scoring with twelve points on the night, Ember Milby 11, and Eb Casey had eight in her last game in a Rangerette uniform.
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