C5 #2 West Plains 29 - C6 #3 KPoo 48 (FINAL)

[ChaoticFanatic]

Should be a good one tonight. With West Plains being the only undefeated team left in the conference, this is their opportunity to just about guarantee an outright conference title and with a loss it would more than likely be a three-way conference title between West Plains, Kickapoo, And Rolla.

I won’t be able to watch the live stream that game time this time, I’ll be listening on the radio and will provide updates when I can, for those who are interested.

 

[ChaoticFanatic]

Lawson for West Plains is out with an injury.
that’s going to hurt the starting five as well as depth.

she scored 20 against Rolla the other night, and I would say other than Judd, she is their best defensive player.

 

[ChaoticFanatic]

Judd starts off the scoring underneath with six minutes to go in the first quarter
2-0 WP

 

[ChaoticFanatic]

Kickapoo leads 6-2 with 230 left in the first quarter

 

[ChaoticFanatic]

6-6 tied up with 130 left in 1st

 

[ChaoticFanatic]

8-6 Kickapoo at the end of the first quarter

 

[ChaoticFanatic]

10-9 WP with 4 min left in 2nd Q

 

[ChaoticFanatic]

I’m a little behind.

 

[ChaoticFanatic]

The broadcasters are so uninformed.
they keep saying, “it blows my mind how easily Rolla beat Kickapoo”
They have no idea that 2-3 starters for Kickapoo were out that game, including Fontleroy

 

[ChaoticFanatic]

Kickapoo finally showed up the final 3 min of the first half.
West Plains has been a second half team in some of these more contested games so hopefully they get it together.

 

[ChaoticFanatic]

Dixon starts off scoring in 2nd half on the fastbreak.
21-17 Kickapoo

next possession, Joyner from 6 feet for the bucket.

21-19 Poo leads

 

[ChaoticFanatic]

Fontleroy underneath.

Judd hits 2 FTs.
23-21 Poo.

Judd only has 4 points.

 

[ChaoticFanatic]

Fontleroy from 3

26-21 Kpoo

Judd answers at the other end.
26-23

 

[ChaoticFanatic]

Williams on the fast break underneath and brings the Z to within 1
26-25

 

[ChaoticFanatic]

Back to back buckets underneath for the Poo.

Judd answers with one of her own.

30-27 Poo

 

[ChaoticFanatic]

Dixon makes both 1/2 FTs.

30-28 Poo

 

[ChaoticFanatic]

Kickapoo leads 32-28 headed into the 4th.

 

[ChaoticFanatic]

Fontleroy missed first FT, misses both.
34-28 Poo with 7 min left in game

 

[ChaoticFanatic]

Poo on the fastbreak and take the biggest lead of the game.
36-28 with 6:31 left in the game

 

[ChaoticFanatic]

Fontleroy misses her first FT.
misses the 2nd one again.
shes 0-4 from the line.
still 36-28 Poo with 5:45 left.

Judd misses on the fast break.

WP isn’t even trying to rebound. No ones crashing the boards.

 

[ChaoticFanatic]

Fontleroy with a 10-footer.
38-28

she’s got 19 points for the Lady Chiefs
Fontleroy underneath. Make that 21

40-28 Kickapoo leads.

 

[ChaoticFanatic]

Kickapoo shooting 1&1 with 4 min to go. That should about do it.
Goldsby knocks down both FTs.
42-28 Poo

 

[ChaoticFanatic]

None of WP shots are falling. And they won’t rebound on the offensive glass.

 

[ChaoticFanatic]

Goldsby makes both her FTs
48-28 Poo.

 

[AC100]

Is Fontleroy guarding Judd? Probably the only girl in SWMO who could lock her up.

 

[ChaoticFanatic]

48-29.
WPs only points in the 4th Q was a FT.
Kickapoo came to play and WP had their troubles throughout the game and definitely played their worst 4th Q of the year.

Judd & Joyner only had 8 a piece.
that doesn’t happen often

Kickapoo moves to 19-3
WP drops to 18-4

there is now a 3-way tie for 1st Place in the OC between WP, Poo & Rolla and unless something crazy happens, I don’t see that changing. They’ve all already played each other.

 

[ChaoticFanatic]

Is Fontleroy guarding Judd? Probably the only girl in SWMO who could lock her up.

she was on her a lot of the time, yes.
I was way more impressed with Fontleroy offense than her defense.

At least half of Judd’s misses were on the fast break.
WP didn’t work the boards on the offensive end and very rarely even had a shot at second chance points.

Kickapoo played the better game tonight, there’s no question about that.

and good grief, I didn’t realize how much length they had.
6’2, 5’9, 5’10, 5’11 & I think another 5’10 in their top 6-7 players

 

[AC100]

I didn't realize this but Ozark beat Kickapoo a few weeks ago.

 

[ChaoticFanatic]

I didn't realize this but Ozark beat Kickapoo a few weeks ago.

I think I remember seeing that.
I wonder if Kickapoo still had the injury bug at that time.

 

[AC100]

It wasn't during the same week that the starters missed those games. Ozark has improved a lot in the past month.

 

[ChaoticFanatic]

Interesting. Every team has an off night, so maybe that was Kickapoos. Who knows.

WP definitely missed having Lawson on the defensive end tonight. She always provides a spark and is responsible for forcing a lot of turnovers every game, but it wouldn’t have mattered with how they played in the 4th Q.

as the end of the regular season draws near, this might be just the kick in the pants they needed.
better to lose to a good team now, than later.