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

Friday, April 25:
6:20p, MLB: Milwaukee @ St. Louis*
Saturday, April 26:
12:20p, MLB: Milwaukee @ St. Louis*
Sunday, April 27:
11:30a, NHL, Rnd 1 Game 4: Winnipeg @ St. Louis
12:20p, MLB: Milwaukee @ St. Louis*
Monday, April 28:
4:00p, Base: Festus @ North County
4:45p, MLB: St. Louis @ Cincinnati*
Tuesday, April 29:
4:00p, Base: Fredericktown @ Ste. Genevieve
4:45p, MLB: St. Louis @ Cincinnati*
Wednesday, April 30:
4:00p, Base: Farmington @ Valle Catholic
4:45p, MLB: St. Louis @ Cincinnati*
TBD, NHL, Rnd 1 Game 5: St. Louis @ Winnipeg
Thursday, May 1:
10:45a, MLB: St. Louis @ Cincinnati*
4:00p, Base: Ste. Genevieve @ Valle Catholic
Friday, May 2:
4:00p, Base: Festus @ Farmington
6:20p, MLB: New York (N) @ St. Louis*
TBD, NHL, Rnd 1 Game 6: Winnipeg @ St. Louis
Saturday, May 3:
12:20p, MLB: New York (N) @ St. Louis*
Sunday, May 4:
12:20p, MLB: New York (N) @ St. Louis*
TBD, NHL, Rnd 1 Game 7: St. Louis @ Winnipeg
Monday, May 5:
5:50p, MLB: Pittsburgh @ St. Louis*
TBD, Base: MAAA Conference Tournament
Tuesday, May 6:
5:50p, MLB: Pittsburgh @ St. Louis*
TBD, Base: MAAA Conference Tournament
Wednesday, May 7:
11:20a, MLB: Pittsburgh @ St. Louis*
TBD, Base: MAAA Conference Tournament
Thursday, May 8:
TBD, Base: MAAA Conference Tournament
Friday, May 9:
4:50p, MLB: St. Louis @ Washington*
TBD, Base: MAAA Conference Tournament
Saturday, May 10:
2:10p, MLB: St. Louis @ Washington*
TBD, Base: MAAA Conference Tournament
Sunday, May 11:
11:40a, MLB: St. Louis @ Washington*
Monday, May 12:
4:50p, MLB: St. Louis @ Philadelphia*
Tuesday, May 13:
4:50p, MLB: St. Louis @ Philadelphia*
Wednesday, May 14:
11:10a, MLB: St. Louis @ Philadelphia*
Friday, May 16:
5:45p, MLB: St. Louis @ Kansas City*
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