Pictured is Danielle Lillie
As winter continues to settle in, so do the Mansfield Sr Lady Tigers. The Lady Tigers started off their season with impressive wins against Southside, Future School of Fort Smith, and The New School of Fayetteville. Mixed into that grouping though were also losses to Booneville, Lamar, and Paris. But as the cold weather sinks in, Mansfield is getting hot. RED HOT. After a 58-38 win over rival Hackett on Monday night, the Lady Tigers have put together a 6 game winning streak. The Lady Tigers are now 9-3 on the season and 4-0 in conference.
During last night’s performance, senior, Makayla Strutton, earned a triple-double with 25 points, 11 rebounds, and 10 steals. Strutton was struttin’ all game as the feat also earned her a place in the Mansfield Lady Tiger record book by setting a new school record for steals in a game. Strutton also earned 10 deflections and 7 assists. Also throwing points on the board was Danielle Lillie who racked up 19. Lillie kept the nets smoking as she made some sweet swish music by sinking 3’s throughout the evening. Powerhouse Seven Sanderson rounded up 6 points as the 7th Wonder of the World owned the boards. Natalie Allison sunk 4 points while Chloe Creekmore and Skylynn Harris ended the game with 2 each. Mansfield’s 20 point win can highly be attributed to having 35 total rebounds and 18 steals in the game as well.
Rebounding better than a tennis ball off a cypress tree was Harris with 7, Allison and Creekmore with 4 apiece, Sanderson and Brooke Wright with 3 each, Kiara Thomas with 2, and Lillie with 1. And with steals so fast they could beat a sneeze through a screen door was Lillie with 5, Harris with 2, and Wright with 1. The Lady Tigers’ aggressive nature was helpful in the win, but Mansfield’s lack of control with that aggression created fouls which made the game much closer than it could have been.
With no games on the schedule for the rest of 2020, Mansfield will aim to polish their claws with some solid practice before heading into the New Year. They’ll face Ozark Catholic Academy of Springdale on Tuesday, January 5th at home in hopes of kicking off 2021 with a bang.
