Mineral Area Stunned by Crowder; Coach Carrie Shephard Not Pleased With Defense

(Neosho, MO) The Crowder Roughriders used dribble drive penetrations to attack the basket and beat the Mineral Area Lady Cardinals 80-78.

A stellar first quarter by the Roughriders gave them just enough momentum for MAC to be chasing the rest of the game. Crowder left after one quarter 18-15 and used a 16-8 run to close out the stanza.

Mineral Area battled back in the second to even the game at halftime 35-35. But again Crowder handled the pressure in the third quarter outscoring MAC 23-20 and leading 58-55.

The fourth quarter saw the Lady Cardinals hold the scoring advantage 23-22 and hold a lead at times in the final quarter.

With 4:09 left in the final media timeout, MAC trailed 72-64 before clawing their way back to gain an advantage with a little over a minute left. But Crowder’s attack was too strong and they pulled away late as the teams traded buckets.

Kinley Norris missed a potential game winning three by inches. She finished the game with 12 points, Ashley Buragas led the Lady Cards with a season high 28 points.

Crowder was paced by Adyson Roberts with 18 points, Jakayla Bunch contributed 17 points from the bench, while Graca Barbosa collected 14 points.

Mineral Area (14-3, 0-1) had their 11-game win streak snapped and will host Moberly on Saturday.

Broadcast Schedule

Tuesday, April 1:
4:00p, Base: Arcadia Valley @ Fredericktown
5:50p, MLB: Los Angeles (A) @ St. Louis*
6:30p, NHL: Detroit @ St. Louis
Wednesday, April 2:
11:20a, MLB: Los Angeles (A) @ St. Louis*
4:00p, SB: Valle Catholic @ Potosi
Thursday, April 3:
4:00p, Base: Salem @ Potosi
6:30p, NHL: Pittsburgh @ St. Louis*
Friday, April 4:
12:15p, MLB: St. Louis @ Boston*
4:00p, Base: Jefferson @ Central
Saturday, April 5:
2:15p, MLB: St. Louis @ Boston*
5:30p, NHL: Colorado @ St. Louis
Sunday, April 6:
5:15p, MLB: St. Louis @ Boston*
Monday, April 7:
4:00p, SB: Potosi @ Central
4:45p, MLB: St. Louis @ Pittsburgh*
6:00p, NHL: St. Louis @ Winnipeg
Tuesday, April 8:
4:00p, Base: DeSoto @ Farmington
4:45p, MLB: St. Louis @ Pittsburgh*
Wednesday, April 9:
10:40a, MLB: St. Louis @ Pittsburgh*
4:00p, SB: West County @ Ste. Genevieve
8:30p, NHL: St. Louis @ Edmonton*
Thursday, April 10:
4:00p, Base: St. Pius @ Central
Friday, April 11:
4:00p, Base: Valle Catholic @ Central
6:20p, MLB: Philadelphia @ St. Louis*
Saturday, April 12:
12:20p, MLB: Philadelphia @ St. Louis*
8:30p, NHL: St. Louis @ Seattle*
Sunday, April 13:
12:20p, MLB: Philadelphia @ St. Louis*
Monday, April 14:
4:00p, SB: Central @ West County
5:50p, MLB: Houston @ St. Louis*
Tuesday, April 15:
4:00p, Base: Central @ Farmington
5:50p, MLB: Houston @ St. Louis*
6:30p, NHL: Utah @ St. Louis
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