BLANCHARD – The Byng Girl Pirates had No. 10 Kingfisher on the ropes throughout their Class 4A regional match contest Friday at Blanchard Excessive Faculty.
However the Girl Yellowjackets outscored Byng 11-Three to shut out the sport in a tense 35-27 victory over the Girl Pirates.
Kingfisher went on to advance to the Class 4A regional match in Hennessey with a 22-5 report. whereas Byng's season ended at 17-11.
“I can't say sufficient good issues about our staff. They fought till the top,” Byng head coach Luke Clark stated Ada Information. “We performed a fantastic defensive recreation and ran out of gasoline within the fourth quarter and misplaced a few of their key gamers at key instances, however we gave ourselves an actual probability to win due to the best way we defended.”
Kingfisher 35, Byng 27
Extremely, Byng solely managed two factors within the first 14 minutes of the sport, however due to a robust defensive effort, they trailed simply 6-2 on the time.
Byng ended the second quarter with 5 straight factors from Alona Cooper. Her steal and layup introduced Byng inside 6-Four and she or he buried a Three-pointer with 52 seconds left within the first half and the Girl Pirates held a slim 7-6 lead at halftime.
Cooper's mini 5-Zero streak began a 10-Zero BHS surge. Nevertheless, they had been Cooper's solely factors of the competition.
Cadence Carlos scored on a layup after which her two free throws at Four:06 of the second interval put the Girl Pirates on high 12-6.
Kingfisher battled again to tie the rating at 14-14 heading into the fourth interval.
The Girl Yellowjackets opened up a seven-point lead (21-14) with 5:38 to play, however Byng rallied.
The Girl Pirates engineered a 10-Three run began by a Hannah Wort layup. Lani Meyers adopted with a layup of her personal that reduce the KHS result in 21-18.
After Addy Matthews buried a Three-pointer, Carlos related from lengthy vary to knot the rating at 24-24 with 2:31 left.
Matthews put Kingfisher forward 27-24 with one other clutch Three-pointer with 2:01 to play. The Girl Yellowjackets then acquired a steal and layup from Raegan Snider that pushed the KHS result in 29-24 with 1:24 left, and Byng would get no nearer than 4 the remainder of the best way.
Kingfisher ended the sport 11-Three.
Clark positioned a few of the blame for Byng's poor offensive outing on himself.
“On the finish of the day, we simply didn't have sufficient good possessions in assault to win and I want I may have carried out extra to assist our staff really feel higher from that perspective. I'll need to reside with this for a very long time, he stated.
Carlos led the Byng offense with 9 factors and Brylee Baird adopted with six. Meyers tied Cooper with 5 factors
Matthews scored 12 factors for Kingfisher, together with 4 Three-pointers. Snider additionally reached double figures with 11 for the Girl Yellowjackets.
Clark stated seniors Cooper, Carlos, Baird and Torri Gustin can be missed.
“Our 4 seniors are a few of the hardest working, most humble youngsters I do know. They’ve impacted our program in such a constructive manner and for that, I’m extremely grateful,” he stated.
Each Byng and Kingfisher had been a part of the 2023 Bertha Frank Teague Mid-America Basic, however didn’t play one another.