The McLennan Highlassies extended their winning streak to 15 as they crushed the Cisco Wranglers 93-46. The 8th-ranked McLennan squad was hot from behind the arc, as the players combined to drain 12 3-pointers in the contest.
It was all McLennan from the start. The Highlassies controlled the opening tip and Miannah Little put McLennan on the board with a jumper less than 15 seconds into the contest. Chelsea Wooten followed with back-to-back 3-pointers, and Aniya Williams added a shot from the paint to make it a 10-0 Highlassie lead with 6:41 to go in the quarter. Cisco went scoreless for the first three and a half minutes of play and found the basket with a 3-pointer from Madison Williams to make it 10-3. Williams banked a shot off the glass and Wooten added another trey to give the Highlassies their largest lead of the period at 15-3 with just over five minutes to go. The Wranglers hit three from behind the arc in the period to keep the game close and trailed 24-13 after the first.
The Highlassies pulled away in the second. McLennan opened the quarter with buckets from Aysia Ward and Jaydyn Bullard. Kylee Norman added a bucket for Cisco before the Highlassies exploded with a 13-0 run to push the lead to 26, 41-15, with three minutes remaining before the half. McLennan led 43-19 with a minute to go. Wooten hit a pair of long balls, including the one at the buzzer, to put the Highlassies up 30 at the break, 49-19.
McLennan continued to dominate in the second half. The Highlassies opened the third quarter on a 10-0 run and outscored Cisco 27-9 to extend the lead to 48,76-28. The points continued to add up for McLennan in the fourth as the Highlassie bench picked up some valuable playing time.
Chelsea Wooten led McLennan with 21 points including six 3-pointers. Miannah Little added 15 and Saneea Bevley added 10.
Cisco: Madison Williams 4 1-14 12; Farah Shehab 1 0-0 2; Kylee Norman 2 2-3 7; Deja Hinson 4 0-4 9; Joana Folguera 5 0-1 10; Airron Gaydon 0 0-0 0; Marija Runic 2 0-2 6; Totals: 18 3-14 46.
McLennan: Alicia Mills 0 0-0 0; Aysia Ward 4 0-0 8; Chelsea Wooten 7 1-2 21; Miannah Little 5 5-6 15; Esther Kwagala 0 0-0 0; Kennedi Rowland 1 0-0 2; Saneea Bevley 3 2-2 10; Jaydyn Bullard 3 0-0 6; Niamh Heath 1 2-2 4; Bineta Diatta 0 1-2 1; Aniya Williams 4 0-1 8; Cynaye Bobbitt 3 0-0 9; Aaliyah Holmes 1 0-0 3; Bailee St. Romain 1 2-2 4; Capri Garrett 0 2-2 2; Totals: 33 15-19 93.
3-pointers: Cisco 7 (Williams 3, Runic 2, Norman 1, Hinson 1), McLennan 12 (Wooten 6, Bobbitt 3, Bevley 2, Holmes 1); Total fouls: Cisco 19, McLennan 14; Fouled out: Joana Folguera (Cisco); Marija Runic (Cisco); Halftime score: McLennan 49, Cisco 19; Record: McLennan 15-1 (3-0).
Next Up: McLennan travels to Plano Saturday to face the ninth-ranked Collin Cougars at 2 p.m.
