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Madison's Malacie Bybee protects the ball from Chase County's Kylee Scott Tuesday afternoon at White Auditorium.
There might have been only one person at White Auditorium who didn’t realize how well Shelby Buster was playing Tuesday afternoon at the Lyon County League Tournament.
And that was Shelby Buster herself.
During a 12-minute first-half stretch, Buster scored 16 straight points for fourth-seeded Madison, helping her team to a 50-30 victory over No. 5 seed Chase County.
“I didn’t even know I did that,” Buster said with a laugh.
After Morgan Stout put in two free throws to start the scoring, Buster followed with six field goals and four free throws, giving Madison an 18-11 lead with 2:07 left in the first half.
“She carried us,” Madison coach Glen Stout said. “We got them in to her, and she put them down.”
Madison was able to extend its advantage with defense.
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Madison’s Shelby Buster goes up for a shot over Chase County’s Ashley Cahoone Tuesday afternoon at White Auditorium. Buster scored 23 points to lead Madison past Chase County, 50-30.
After handling the ball well in the first quarter, Chase County turned it over nine times in the second quarter against the full-court press.
Madison allowed just five points in the second frame and held CCHS scoreless over the final 3 minutes of the half to take a 21-11 halftime lead.
“We moved our feet extremely well, which is what we had to do against them,” Stout said. “They’ve got two really quick guards, and our girls came ready to play.”
Madison pulled away with an 11-2 run in the third quarter before Buster re-emerged in the fourth.
The 5-foot-11 sophomore had three lay-ups in the first 4 minutes of the fourth period, helping Madison to its largest lead at 44-22.
“I think it’s just our guards looking (for us),” Buster said. “It’s a key — you have to have the outside look in and make sure they’re seeing the whole court.”
Meanwhile, Chase County suffered from a poor shooting day.
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Madison’s Chelcie Schankie, left, tries to pass around Chase County’s Kylee Scott Tuesday afternoon at White Auditorium.
CCHS finished just 10-of-49 from the floor (20 percent).
“You could have put two baskets up there and let us take our pick,” CCHS coach Gene Windle said. “ ... It’s not the way we wanted to open the tournament. We’ve been playing better than that.”
Chase County also ended with 25 turnovers.
Buster finished with 23 points on 9-for-17 shooting. She also had a team-high nine rebounds.
Morgan Stout added 12 points.
Madison still was far from perfect on the offensive end, making 21 of its 55 attempts (38 percent).
“It just didn’t seem like we could hit those two-foot shots,” Glen Stout said.
Aubrey Watts led all Chase County scorers with eight points, while Heather Duncan contributed six.
Despite being undersized inside, CCHS won the rebounding battle, 38-33.
“We always play hard,” Windle said. “We just didn’t finish tonight.”
With the victory, Madison advanced to play No. 1-seeded Olpe at 7 p.m. on Friday.
MHS fell in its first matchup with the Lady Eagles, 66-41, at Olpe in December.
“I’m really ready for it,” Buster said. “At the beginning of the season, I think we were not ready. Now, I’m really ready to play them.”
Chase County will take on ninth-seeded Harford at 7 p.m. on Thursday.
Madison 50, Chase County 30
Chase County 6 5 4 15 — 30
Madison 11 10 11 18 — 50
Chase County — Maci Wells 0-1 2-3 2, Kylee Scott 0-3 0-4 0, Aubrey Watts 4-12 0-0 8, Ashley Cahoone 1-7 0-2 3, Sequoia Shull 2-8 0-0 5, Robin Grokett 1-10 1-2 3, Ashley Carr 0-1 0-0 0, Taylor Rains 0-1 0-0 0, Brenna Riley 1-4 1-2 3, Heather Duncan 1-2 4-6 6, Chelsea Wilson 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 10-49 8-19 30.
Madison — Morgan Stout 5-15 2-3 12, Molly Ballard 0-2 0-0 0, Shelby Buster 9-17 5-8 23, Malacie Bybee 0-1 0-0 0, Tera Titus 2-5 0-0 4, Jennifer Finch 1-3 0-0 2, Bethany Whitehurst 0-1 0-0 0, Chelcie Schankie 2-6 1-2 5, Abby Kile 0-1 0-0 0, Misty Waggoner 1-2 0-0 2, Victoria Dean 1-1 0-0 2, Danielle Bond 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 21-55 8-13 50.
3-point goals — Chase County 2-15 (Shull 1-2, Cahoone 1-3, Riley 0-1, Watts 0-4, Grokett 0-5), Madison 0-6 (Stout 0-4, Bybee 0-1, Schankie 0-1). Rebounds — Chase County 38 (Scott 7), Madison 33 (Buster 9). Turnovers — Chase County 25, Madison 18. Total fouls — Chase County 10, Madison 20. Fouled out — Madison: Titus, Whitehurst.
Lyndon 49, Burlingame 25
Second-seeded Lyndon posted a shutout in the first quarter on its way to an easy 24-point victory over the No. 7 seed, Burlingame.
The Lady Tigers opened the game on a 19-0 run — led by 11 points from Stephanie Goetz — and didn’t allow a field goal until Burlingame’s Danielle Greenwood hit a jumper 1 minute into the second quarter.
Lyndon extended its advantage to 29-6 at the break before substituting liberally in the second half.
Goetz led all scorers with 17 points, while Kayla Schmidt added double figures with 10.
Miranda Fagan paced Burlingame with seven points. Danielle Greenwood, Meghan Atchison and Shelby Creviston contributed six points each to round out the Lady Bearcats’ scoring.
Lyndon advances to face third-seeded Lebo at 4 p.m. Friday, while Burlingame will take on No. 6 seed Waverly at 4 p.m. on Thursday.
Lyndon 49, Burlingame 25
Burlingame 0 6 10 9 — 25
Lyndon 19 10 6 14 — 49
Burlingame — Tabitha Lester 0, Danielle Greenwood 6, Meghan Atchison 6, Shelby Creviston 0, Gretchen Vandevord 0, Miranda Fagan 7, Shelby Love 6, Shelby Cayton 0. Totals 10 3-4 25.
Lyndon — Cara Bolz 6, Hannah Dalrymple 0, Ashley Persinger 2, Chelsea Schmitz 6, Kayla Schmidt 10, Stephanie Goetz 17, Krista Banzhaf 4, Janae Schmidt 0, Andrea Hoke 4, Kylee Fine 0. Totals 21 3-7 49.
Halftime — Lyndon 29-6. Total fouls — Burlingame 7, Lyndon 9. Fouled out — None.
Olpe 46, Hartford 16
Hartford figured if you can’t beat the Olpe Lady Eagles, you might as well try to keep them from scoring.
After falling behind early, the ninth-seeded Lady Jaguars went into a stall offense in the second half, passing the ball around the perimeter to keep the top-seeded Lady Eagles from getting the ball.
Still, Olpe went on to win the game, 46-16.
The Lady Eagles received balanced scoring in the first quarter, getting six points from Megan Woods and five each from Kathryn Flott and Katie Moyer to take a 20-6 lead.
Woods added seven more points in the second quarter, leading Olpe on an 11-2 run that made it 31-8 at half.
The scoring slowed considerably in the second half after Hartford played keep-away on offense. The Lady Eagles won the third quarter, 7-4, and the fourth quarter, 8-4.
Woods finished with a game-high 15 points, while Moyer added 12.
Samantha Wilkerson, Paige Hamman and Carmen Clark paced Hartford with four points each.
Olpe will play Madison at 7 p.m. on Friday, while Hartford will take on Chase County at 7 p.m. on Thursday.
Olpe 46, Hartford 16
Hartford 6 2 4 4 — 16
Olpe 20 11 7 8 — 46
Hartford — Jessica Wilson 0, Megan Rohde 0, Kellie Farr 2, Samantha Wilkerson 4, Paige Hamman 4, Amy Bolen 0, Carmen Clark 4, Cheyenne Veatch 0, Kim Darbro 0, Ashley Preeo 2. Totals 5 6-6 16.
Olpe — Courtney Kuhlmann 0, Jill Cole 0, Kylie Haag 0, Brooke Schmidt 0, Katie Moyer 12, Angela Bartley 2, Brianne Davis 0, Kathryn Flott 9, Erica Brinkman 8, Nicole Wendling 0, Tanna Bell 0, Megan Woods 15. Totals 20 4-6 46.
Halftime — Olpe 31-8. Total fouls — Hartford 11, Olpe 4. Fouled out — Hartford: Hamman.
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