The opening round of the playoffs went off without a hitch for the Ladycats as center Kinley Elms put up 23 points to lift Aledo to a 76-40 win in bi-district over the Wyatt Lady Chaparrals on Monday, Feb. 12 at Saginaw High School.
Coming into the game as the No. 2 seed out of District 5-5A, Aledo (28-9) asserted their dominance early in the contest over the No. 3 seed from 6-5A. Firing on all cylinders at both ends of the floor, the Ladycats racked up a 23-point lead before the end of the first quarter. The Lady Chaparrals (17-12) managed just three points in the first eight minutes of play, finding themselves on the business end of a 26-3 score heading into the second quarter.
In the second quarter Aledo continued to dominate the action. The Ladycats outpaced Wyatt 17-11 to take a 43-14 lead into the half.
With play resuming in the third quarter, the Lady Chaparrals had their best quarter of the game as Aledo coasted on the promise of their insurmountable lead. Wyatt managed to flip the production from the second quarter, so that they were on the plus side of a 17-11 deficit.
But the Ladycats slammed the door shut on Wyatt in the fourth quarter. Returning to their aggressive form, Aledo went on a 22-9 run in the final stanza to nearly double up the Lady Chaparrals’ scoring total for the game. The 36-point blowout brought the season to a close for Wyatt while securing the Ladycats a rendezvous with Mansfield Timberview, the No. 1 team in the state in Class 5A, in the area round on Thursday, Feb. 15 at 6:30 p.m. in Cleburne.
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