Mahomet-Seymour Conference wins show team’s improvement

By Fred Kroner

Since the second half of the Apollo Conference girls’ basketball schedule has started, there has been one consistent element for Mahomet-Seymour’s team.

The opponents the Bulldogs lost to during the first round, they have beaten in the rematch. The team M-S had defeated earlier, it lost to the second time.

The loss took place on Thursday (Feb. 25) at Effingham, 48-42. When the teams played in Mahomet, the Bulldogs pulled off an 11-point win.

In the Thursday game, Savannah Orgeron tallied 13 points and Nichole Taylor bucketed 10 points. Durbin Thomas added nine points.

The teams were tied, 9-9, after one quarter, but Effingham created a 28-17 halftime lead. Even though the Bulldogs held the scoring lead in the second half, they were unable to complete the comeback.

Taylor handled a team-high six rebounds. Orgeron and Thomas each had five rebounds.

On Saturday (Feb. 27) against Lincoln, a team M-S lost to by 10 points nine days earlier, the Bulldogs opened up a 13-9 first-quarter lead and went on to secure a 60-47 victory.

Hitting 16 of 19 free throws was a key as was Orgeron’s 12-point third-quarter scoring outburst.

Cayla Koerner led M-S against the Railsplitters with 16 points. Orgeron and Thomas each had 14 points.

Thomas drained a season-high four three-point shots. Taylor added eight points and Emma Clements’ six-point performance included 4-of-4 accuracy from the free throw line.

Orgeron cleared nine rebounds and Taylor had eight. Koerner had matching totals of five rebounds and five steals. Clements grabbed four rebounds. Taylor and Abigail Bunting each blocked two shots.

M-S (6-4) returns to action on Monday (March 1) at home against Mount Zion. When the teams played previously, M-S won by 12 points.