CORINTH– Sydney Allen scored 22 points, including 10-13 from the free throw line to lead the Central Red Devils to a 50-35 win over Dexter in a class C girls basketball game played Monday night at Central high school.
The Red Devils jumped out to a 4-0 lead and never trailed. Central held an 8-2 lead after the first quarter. Allen came up big on the offensive side, but it was her defense that propelled her team to the key early season win.
Allen and sister Abi Allen switched off on Tigers freshman Peyton Grant. Dexter’s leading scorer (Grant) did put in 20 points (7-7 FT), but was held to six field goals.
“We know Dexter is big on defense,”Sydney Allen said. “So we knew it was big for us to go out there and big on defense as well.”
The Tigers went on a 5-2 run to start the second quarter and cut the deficit to 10-7. Central held a 21-11 lead with under one minute left in the first half. Sydney Allen went to the bench with her second foul and Dexter scored the final four points of the half to cut the deficit to 21-15 going into halftime.
Central (4-0) outscored Dexter 14-7 in the third quarter, the Red Devils secured the victory by going 9-12 from the free throw line in the fourth quarter, including Sydney Allen going 7-10. Emilee Cohen scored six of her 11 points in the final quarter and also grabbed three offensive rebounds in the final minutes.
Sydney Allen said, “she (Cohen) was strong, really helped us out.”
Cohen recorded 11 points and seven rebounds, Rachel Smith, Madi Speed, and Emily Smith added four points each, while Alyse Campbell put in three points, and Abi Allen chipped in two points. Sydney Allen had four assists and three blocks. The Red Devils out-rebounded Dexter 30-20. It was a key early season win for Central, who will travel to Bucksport on Wednesday.
“It is super important, because we don’t have a lot of heal points in our schedule,”Sydney Allen said, “That win was big for us.”
Avery Herrick recorded five points, five rebounds, and five steals, Kaitlyn Webber put in four points, Addyson Herrick made a three pointer, Cheyenne Beem had two points and six rebounds, Becca Batron added one point, six rebounds, and three steals. Grant had three steals. Dexter (3-1) will travel to PVHS on Wednesday.
The Central Red Devils warm up before their game with Dexter on Monday, December 18th, 2016.
