Moore Grabs First Career Double-Double In Road Victory
It took eight minutes of the best defense the Trenton high School girls basketball team could play and a gritty effort at the end to hang on, but the Bulldogs prevailed on Tuesday night, defeating the Marceline Tigers on the road, 35-30.
After a tight first half, the Bulldogs put on a defensive clinic in the third quarter, not allowing a single point to the Tigers. The effort on the defensive end allowed Trenton to carry a 26-16 advantage into the final frame, but the host school made a run at that point. The Tigers all but erased the deficit, trailing just 33-30 with three minutes to go. But Trenton’s defense stepped up again when it needed to the most. Marceline did not score again and Trenton rode three shutout minutes to the finish line to win by the five-point margin.
“The girls worked together really well tonight,” Trenton coach Kameron Cool said. “It was a hard-fought win and I’m proud of how hard our girls worked to get it.”
Madi Moore led all scorers with 12 points and collected her first career double-double by pulling down 10 rebounds. Chandler Lynch followed with seven points, six assists, six rebounds and six steals and Teya Cooksey and Mallory Sole each added six points for the Bulldogs. Gracyn Rongey and Rebecca Urich rounded out the scoring with two points apiece.
The victory leveled Trenton’s record on the season at 2-2 overall.
Trenton will look to ride the momentum created with the victory tonight (Friday), but the task at hand will be large as Trenton goes on the road to face a 3-1 Chillicothe squad that holds victories over Hamilton, Platte County and Savannah on the season. Action in Chillicothe is scheduled to tip off at 6 o’clock.
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