Duxbury opens season with girls basketball victory over Cohasset

COHASSET Whenever the winter season begins it can be tough to warm up It did not take long whatsoever for Hailey Flynn The Duxbury girls basketball captain tallied a team-high points Friday night as the Dragons opened their season with an impressive - accomplishment against Cohasset on the road Coming into this year with this group I yearned to play fast and pressure a lot announced Duxbury coach Brian Keller I thought we did a great job overall Particular of our shot selection has to get a little bit cleaner but I m very happy with their effort This company will run through a wall if they had to It didn t start off so great for the Dragons - as they surrendered a - scoring run to begin the meeting However that was precisely when Flynn revealed her rhythm The senior tallied four points in the opening quarter Her teammate Ella Fitzpatrick corralled a rebound then beat the buzzer with a put-back as Duxbury took a - lead into the second stanza Then Flynn took the meeting over The captain struck for nine more points in the frame while the Dragons held the Skippers scoreless in the quarter to seize a - advantage at the half Duxbury's Regan Donovan scores next to Cohasset's Libby Morgan during a girls basketball battle Friday in Cohasset Mark Stockwell Boston Herald I think we really pride ourselves on our defense noted Duxbury junior Madeline MacKinnon Duxbury is known for holding teams to a low amount of points Having a scoreless quarter is huge for us That is something I think we re going to be the most of proud of from this championship When playing a squad as talented as Cohasset however the battle is never over The Skippers - regained momentum to begin the third quarter Union College commit Addy Andrews dropped four quick points in the opening two minutes trying to will her organization back into contention With left in the stanza Keller utilized a timeout for Duxbury after seeing his group s lead trimmed to nine points at - We took a breath MacKinnon revealed They came out with a lot of strength which we knew We knew the pressure was coming but we played our battle Then the Dragons returned to form Fitzpatrick stepped up for Duxbury with five points late in the third as the Dragons revealed themselves with a - lead entering the final frame Cohasset's Emme Cunning and Duxbury's Lilah MacQuarrie vie for a rebound Mark Stockwell Boston Herald I think something that s impossible to cover is the amount of guards that we have on this company stated Flynn Anybody can really bring the ball up which is something that is huge We re all confident in each other and in ourselves in bringing the ball up That was huge when they started pressing us From that moment on Duxbury was able to use its tantalizing defense to stave off any hopes of a comeback bid MacKinnon concluded her night with points and four rebounds for the Dragons Meanwhile junior Regan Donovan added seven points to go with boards in the supremacy Andrews finished with points and seven rebounds to lead Cohasset while Kate Greer tallied points for the Skippers We don t really rely on one single person Keller mentioned Anybody can all of a sudden take over for us We re a hard squad to cover because of that We don t really say OK you re my -point scorer and you re going to tally for us It s the fact that anybody can total at any time Flynn s a senior captain stepping up and taking control of the contest when it was starting to slip away a little bit