Nocona
The Nocona Lady Indians stayed undefeated in district with a big, statement win on the road at Windthorst.
The Lady Indians beat the Lady Trojans 51-27 in a game between the two dominant unbeaten teams in district so far.
Nocona came in as the favorite, ranked sixth in the state in 2A in the most recent Texas Association of Basketball Coaches poll. All of its three district wins had been by 31, 59 and 67 points so far.
Windthorst did not come into district play ranked in any polls this season, but the Lady Trojans have been dominant as well, with wins by 38, 50 and 61 points.
If anyone in district was going to make the Lady Indians sweat or think about pulling an upset for the ages, it would be Windthorst at home.
The first quarter was pretty competitive, as Nocona led only 13-7. This set up a trend where the Lady Indians offense never seemed to fully break out and make shots they are used to making, especially when Windthorst switched to a zone for the final three quarters.
But Nocona’s defense more than made up for it as the Lady Trojans were never able to get anything going as well. The Lady Indians limited Windthorst to single-digit quarter totals for the whole game.
Nocona led 27-15 at halftime.
The third quarter saw the Lady Indians get out in transition more than they had all game and seemingly put the game out of reach from early on. While the quarter totals were not much different from the first half, Nocona’s lead did continue to grow and grow as the game went along.
The Lady Indians won 51-27.
Meg Meekins led the team with 15 points and eight assists. Skyler Smith finished with a double-double, scoring 13 points and grabbing 12 rebounds.
Jolie Rose came off the bench and scored 11 points while making three 3-pointers.

Saint Jo vs Bellevue
The Saint Jo Lady Panthers won at home against Bellevue to stay undefeated in district play.
The Lady Panthers won 62-40 as they pulled ahead in the third quarter after a close first half.
Saint Jo came into the second round of district play undefeated at 5-0 and sitting in first place and coming off a dominant win against Prairie Valley.
The Lady Eagles were 2-3 after the first round, beating a Midway team the previous week in one-sided fashion.
The first game between the teams a month previous was close and the first half proved to be more of that on Tuesday.
It was fast paced, physical, full-court press style defenses from both teams who were looking to score in transition off of turnovers.
Saint Jo led only by one basket 29-26 at halftime.
It was the Lady Panthers that made the key changes at halftime to pull ahead. Saint Jo cleaned up its turnovers and made personal adjustments. After 15 turnovers in the first half, the Lady Panthers only had four in the crucial third quarter.
That allowed Saint Jo to outscored Bellevue 22-2 in the third quarter alone. What was a one-score game turned into a route, even with the Lady Eagles recovering to score a respectful 12 points in the four quarter.
The Lady Panthers won 62-40.

Missing scores
Bowie girls had a bye game earlier in the week. Gold-Burg girls have canceled its season for having too few players.

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