Girls’ basketball remains undefeated behind Danfort’s 24 points

Nathan Schiermeyer

Senior Niya Danfort led the girls team in scoring

December 13, 2018

Pattonville’s girls’ basketball has been on a roll this year dominating on the court at home and away. They just recently beat Fort Zumwalt North (5-1) 55-47 and will play Lutheran St. Charles (7-1) in the Fort Zumwalt North Invitational Tournament Championship on Saturday, Dec. 15, at 3 p.m.

The Pirates were led by senior guard Niya Danfort who scored a season-high 24 points. Kendall Battle notched in 14 points and Brooke Jenkins and Kaeli Benedict added 8 points each.

Fort Zumwalt North was down 29-18 at the end of the first half but were able to make a run in the 3rd quarter to cut the lead down to 8 points.

Dajah Robinson for the Panthers scored 17 points for the team-high and Jaden Stahl was able to knock down 3 shots and 6 free throws to add 12 points to their total.

It just wasn’t enough for the Panther girls to come back and win. The Panthers will play Fort Zumwalt East (5-2) on Dec. 15 for third place in the FZN Invitational Tournament.

The girls team has been phenomenal on the offensive side and defensive side not allowing a team to score over 50 points this season.

The Pirate girls (5-0) remain undefeated this season.

They conclude the Fort Zumwalt North Tournament on Saturday playing in the championship game and then participate in the MICDS Tournament (Dec. 17-28) and Westminster Girls Varsity New Year Tournament (Jan. 3-5).

Pattonville will finally play Hazelwood West on Jan. 9 before taking on Parkway North at home on Jan. 15.

Boxscore provided by STLhighschoolSPORTS.com

Teams 1 2 3 4 F
Fort Zumwalt North 7 8 18 14 47
Pattonville 15 14 12 14 55

Fort Zumwalt North offensive statistics

# Name Pts FG FG% 2FG 2F% 3FG 3F% FT FT%
12 Grace Bauer 0 0-0 .0 0-0 .0 0-0 .0 0-0 .0
13 Jessica Clausner 3 1-0 – 1-0 – 0-0 .0 1-1 100.0
15 Jordyn Grimes 4 2-0 – 2-0 – 0-0 .0 0-1 .0
3 Katie Grimes 7 2-0 – 1-0 – 1-0 – 2-4 50.0
4 Claudia Hoff 0 0-0 .0 0-0 .0 0-0 .0 0-0 .0
5 Makayla Meiser 4 1-0 – 1-0 – 0-0 .0 2-2 100.0
55 Jerrica Moody 0 0-0 .0 0-0 .0 0-0 .0 0-2 .0
10 Isabella Rezex 0 0-0 .0 0-0 .0 0-0 .0 0-0 .0
2 Dajah Robinson 17 6-0 – 5-0 – 1-0 – 4-12 33.3
25 Jaden Stahl 12 3-0 – 3-0 – 0-0 .0 6-12 50.0
Totals 47 15-0 – 13-0 – 2-0 – 15-34 44.1

Pattonville offensive statistics

# Name Pts FG FG% 2FG 2F% 3FG 3F% FT FT%
10 Kendall Battle 14 4-0 – 4-0 – 0-0 .0 6-10 60.0
5 Kaeli Benedict 8 3-0 – 2-0 – 1-0 – 1-5 20.0
2 Niya Danfort 24 7-0 – 6-0 – 1-0 – 9-14 64.3
13 Lacy Dixon 0 0-0 .0 0-0 .0 0-0 .0 0-0 .0
12 Charlize Heiligenstein 0 0-0 .0 0-0 .0 0-0 .0 0-0 .0
11 Brooke Jenkins 8 3-0 – 2-0 – 1-0 – 1-2 50.0
3 Kelsey Mack 0 0-0 .0 0-0 .0 0-0 .0 0-0 .0
33 Helen Nelson 1 0-0 .0 0-0 .0 0-0 .0 1-2 50.0
14 Diamond Richardson 0 0-0 .0 0-0 .0 0-0 .0 0-0 .0
Totals 55 17-0 – 14-0 – 3-0 – 18-33 54.5