By Staff

            MCPHERSON – Incoming transfer Jordan Sears made herself at home on Thursday as she recorded a double-double while leading the McPherson girls basketball team to a season opening six-point, 43-37 win at home over Dodge City.

            While the Lady Bullpups led by six, 20-14 at the end of the first two quarters, coming out of halftime the Lady Red Demons outscored McPherson in the third quarter to pull to within one point at 27-26 heading into the final quarter of play.

McPherson put a cushion on the board and hung on for the final six-point victory.

Jordan Sears, a transfer playing her first game as a Lady Bullpup, scored a double-double by leading the team in both scoring with 13 points and rebounding as she pulled down 12, including 10 on the defensive end as she dominated play under the basket.

Karter Alvord also hit for double digits in scoring with 10 while Alexis Dukes chipped in with eight.

The Lady Bullpups played true team offense as six players, led by Sears with five, dished out at least one assist as the team had 14 assists on 19 made shots.

            Next up for the Lady Bullpups will be a road trip south to battle Derby on Tuesday.

LADY BULLPUPS hosting Dodge City
SCORING: Dodge City > 9-5-12-11=37; LADY BULLPUPS > 13-7-7-16=43.

TEAM STATS:

Dodge City: FGs 15/44 (34%); 3-Pts 5/11 (46%); FT 0/15 (12%); RBs 28 (11/17); FLs 10; AST 9; TO 13; STLS 8; BLK SHOTS 0.

LADY BULLPUPS: FGs 19/43 (44%); 3-PTs 4/19 (21%); FT 1/5 (20%); RBs 34 (9/25); FLs 16; AST 14; TO 18; STLS 10; BLK SHOTS 3.

LADY BULLPUP INDIVIDUAL STAT LEADERS:

Scoring: Jordan Sears – 13; Karter Alvord – 10; Alexis Dukes – 8; Madi Moors – 6; Chloe Clevenger – 4; Alex Romero – 2.

3-Pointers: Moors – 3; Sears, Alvord – 1.      

Assists: Sears – 5; Clevenger – 3; Moors, Alvord – 2; Dukes, Reanna Eilrich – 1.

Rebounds: Sears – 12; Dukes – 6; Romero – 4; Clevenger, Alvord – 3; Moors, Eilrich, Jayla McLeod – 2.

Steals: Alvord – 4; Moors, Clevenger – 2; Dukes, Romero – 1.

Blocked Shots: Sears – 2, Clevenger – 1.

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