WARDSVILLE, Mo. The Fatima Lady Comets might not have put together one of their best shooting performances of the season.

Photo by Kris Wilson

Lauren Viessman of Blair Oaks tries to shoot against the defense of Fatimas Annie Bock (24) during Saturday's game in Wardsville.

But they more than made up for it with their pressure defense and rebounding.

I was very pleased with those two aspects of the game, for sure, Fatima coach Dustin Hays said Saturday after the Lady Comets rolled to a 54-23 win against Blair Oaks. Were still a work in progress offensively.

Fatima (10-1) was 20-of-52 from the field, but forced 24 turnovers and out-rebounded Blair Oaks (4-4) 33-26 17-12 on the offensive glass.

Fatima is a good team, Blair Oaks coach Leroy Bernskoetter said. Theyre 10-1 for a reason. They scrap, theyre aggressive, theyre just a good team.

Morgan Brandt scored a game-high 12 points to lead Fatima, while Annie Bock added nine and Leah Kesel finished with eight for the Comets, who limited the Lady Falcons to a 8-of-35 performance from the field.

Defensively, we were talking about getting pressure up top, but also sprinting back, Hays said. We got a lot of turnovers on the other side of the floor when we sprinted back and got into position.

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Defense, rebounding lead Fatima girls past Blair Oaks