Tough defense key for MSJHS girls’ basketball
By FRED KRONER
fred@mahometnews.com
Twelve players scored baskets for the Mahomet-Seymour seventh-grade girls’ basketball team on Tuesday, helping the Bulldogs win their fifth game in a row.
Talia Francom and Reese Didier were the top M-S scorers with six points apiece in a 39-7 win at Urbana.
The Bulldogs have allowed 11 points in their last two games.
Didier is the seventh squad member to lead or share the team-lead in scoring thus far this season.
The seventh-graders have a 10-2 season record.
The eighth-graders had their winning streak snapped at four games, suffering a 41-32 loss at Urbana.
Claire Seal became the team’s first 20-point scorer this season, hitting that mark while raising her total to 47 points during the past three games.
The eighth-graders are 8-4 entering a game tonight at Champaign Edison.