Mahomet-Seymour girls’ basketball posts three early-week wins
By FRED KRONER
Mahomet-Seymour’s girls’ basketball team capped an unique scheduling twist by winning three games in three days to start the week.
The Bulldogs started the streak at home on Monday, handling Champaign Central 57-54 in overtime.
A day later, M-S won its makeup home game against Effingham 58-48. On Wednesday, the Bulldogs took to the road and posted a 60-41 triumph at Taylorville.
Against Central, Savannah Orgeron hit 14 points and was the team’s top scorer for the first time this season. Cayla Koerner added 12 points.
Makayla Rosenbery and Nichole Taylor each totaled eight points. Taylor had team-high totals of 16 rebounds and eight assists.
Koerner collected seven steals and four rebounds. Ashley Wheeler grabbed six rebounds and Durbin Thomas managed three assists.
Against Effingham, Thomas tossed in a career-high 16 points, marking the first time this season that the freshman led the team in scoring. Orgeron, also a freshman, netted 13 points. Scoring seven points apiece were Koerner, Taylor and Wheeler.
Wheeler grabbed seven rebounds and Taylor had five rebounds. Koerner produced matching totals for assists and steals, with five apiece.
Thomas ended with five steals and Orgeron handled four rebounds.
To complete the three-wins-in-three-days streak, M-S had its third scoring leader of the week.
Koerner tallied 12 points in the road win at Taylorville.
Thomas added nine points, Orgeron had eight points and Ashley Campbell collected seven points.
M-S made all 17 of the points scored in the first quarter and led by 21 points at intermission, 34-13.
Taylor’s 11-rebound performance marked the 14th time in 19 games she led the team in rebounding as well as the ninth time she reached double digits in rebounds for a game.
Koerner contributed seven steals and four assists. Thomas added four rebounds and three steals.
Effingham led 17-16 after one quarter, but the Bulldogs grabbed a 33-25 lead at halftime.
M-S is 12-7 overall and 3-4 in Apollo Conference contests.
The Bulldogs return to action on Monday at home against Mount Zion, an opponent they lost to previously by one point.
