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COLLINSVILLE — Friday’s game against Skiatook registered on an emotional level for one simple reason. “It’s personal because it’s Skiatook,” Mallory Vaughn said. As a senior, Vaughn has one last chance to avenge the early exit her basketball team sufferend at Skiatook’s hands in the spring of 2016. She and the Lady Cardinals continued marching in the right direction Friday. They won 44-15, holding on to their No. 1 state ranking and improving their overall record to 10-1. Vaughn scored 22 points, brought down 18 rebounds, and blocked four shots. All but four of her points came in a determined, strong-willed effort in the first half. Skiatook’s defenders were giving her singular pressure, and they were getting in a little foul trouble for it. “I know all these girls’ first and last names,” Vaughn said. “I grew up playing against them, so it’s kinda like, ‘Are we still doing this?’ But it’s how they want to play, so I’ll play my game.” Skiatook used a man defense to hold Vaughn’s teammates scoreless in the first quarter. The Lady Bulldogs led 11-9 after the first eight minutes before Collinsville adjusted the game plan. “As it went on, we realized we could get backdoor cuts,” Vaughn said. “Our guards work so hard, so we could get the ball down to the post, too.” Collinsville led 22-16 at half and 31-19 after the third quarter. They have been dominant all season – winning by 19 points per game on average – but do they expect to blow everyone out? “Yeah,” senior point guard Darci Chester replied. That expectation is real. “Felt like we got every rebound,” coach Susie Vaughn said. “We had lots of opportunities to score and we could have blown the game way out.” Skiatook’s Kendall Schulte scored 13 points to lead her team, and five others combined for the remaining 12. The boys won by their largest margin yet, defeated Skiatook 72-37. Seth Boomer scored 23 points to lead all players, and Colton Vickers and Cooper Fenderson each had 11 in support. The Cardinals built a 15-point lead in four minutes thanks to tight man defense and a break-neck pace across the court. “We don’t have the size on some people, we like to play fast and get points,” Dillon Tredway said. “Defense turns into offense for us, so we like to get in transition.” The win was a relief just in time for a challenging game against undefeated Claremore. Before Friday, the Cardinals were losers of two straight games, for Fort Gibson and in overtime to Tahlequah, and a blowout win against Skiatook helped lay the base for a long-anticipated game plan needed to contest the Zebras.

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COLLINSVILLE BLASTS SKIATOOK

CHRISTIAN FAVALORA

Tulsa World | 1/15/2017

PHOTO CREDIT: Skiatook Athletics