Coach Marion Bush’s Bainbridge Middle School eighth grade Lady Cats dropped a 40-17 decision to Thomasville’s McIntyre Middle School eighth grade Lady Bulldogs Monday at the Decatur County Memorial Coliseum.

The Lady Cats led 9-5 at the end of the first quarter. But the Lady Bulldogs outscored them 13-0 in the second quarter to take an 18-9 halftime lead.

Lashonda Williams led the Lady Bulldogs in scoring with 9 points. She was followed by India Parris with 5 points, Ashara Fudge with 2 and Nyla Register with 1. Coach Bush said she thought her players hustled and played hard the entire game but just could not put any kind of consistent scoring run together.

“Several of our shots just rimmed out,” she said. “We have been having spurts of improvement but we need to continue to work hard on our rebounding and defense.”

“I appreciate Bainbridge High School Lady Cats head basketball coach Kelvin Cochran coming to our games and working with our players during his physical education class working with our players during his physical education class.”

The eighth grade Lady Cats will conclude their season today when they host Cairo’s Washington Middle School eighth grade Tigers at 4:30 p.m.