FREDERICKTOWN GIRLS SURVIVE NOTRE DAME'S 3-POINT BARRAGE 62-56

FREDERICKTOWN -- Notre Dame's girls connected for a school-record 11 3-point baskets Wednesday night against Fredericktown, but it still was not enough as the Lady Black Cats emerged with a 62-56 victory.

Melissa Maurer accounted for a record six 3-pointers as she finished with 18 points for Notre Dame (14-8). Randi Senciboy added four treys and 15 points while Tracy Blattel accounted for the other long-range basket. Amanda Lange also added 12 points.

Fredericktown, MAAA Conference co-champions, was led by its 6-foot-2 center Lindsey Merrill, who scored a game-high 20 points. She was also largely responsible for Notre Dame's 29 3-point attempts.

"They had the 6-2 girl inside, and at least for the first part of the game it kept us out of the middle," said Notre Dame coach Jerry Grim. "That's what was open to us and that's what we took."

Fredericktown opened a 19-10 lead by the close of the first quarter and led by as many as 15 points in the second quarter before taking a 31-21 lead into intermission. Fredericktown took a 47-34 lead into the fourth quarter and withstood a Notre Dame comeback attempt. The Lady Bulldogs closed the gap to three points with about a minute left, but weren't able to get any closer.

Kristen Tripp added 15 points for Fredericktown while Christy Unnerstall contributed 10 points.

Notre Dame visits Kelly tonight.

Chaffee 43, Dexter 41

CHAFFEE -- The Lady Red Devils accounted for a one-point deficit at the start of the fourth quarter and edged Dexter.

Brandi Foulk, Chaffee's lone double-figure scorer, netted 14 points as the Lady Red Devils overcame a 31-30 fourth-quarter deficit.

Chaffee, coming off an overtime victory over Portageville, improved to 9-11 on the season.

Scott City 85, Woodland 43

SCOTT CITY -- The Lady Rams wasted little time in ensuring their 16h win of the season, jumping out to a 25-point lead in the first quarter.

Sarah Emerson scored 28 points to lead four Lady Rams in double figures. Tara Sanford finished with 17; Amy O'Brien netted 15; and Jennifer Miller tallied 14.

Jada Trentham led Woodland with 17 points and Nikki Anderson added 11.

Scott City led 32-7 after the first quarter and had little problem in improving its record to 16-5.

"I've been concerned with our defense and in the first quarter I thought we played pretty good defense," said Scott City coach Randy White. "We got a little sloppy as the game went on."

Scott City returns to action tonight at Oran.

St. Vincent 52, Valle 28

STE. GENEVIEVE -- St. Vincent picked up momentum after a slow start and cruised to victory.

Becky Lorenz netted 17 points for St. Vincent (6-15), which found itself trailing 10-6 after one quarter. The Squaws then outscored Valle 46-18 over the final three quarters.

St. Vincent returns to action today at Fredericktown.