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Vikings 11-0 with three games remaining
Coach Pat Woods talks to his team during a timeout. DAVE FREDERICK PHOTOS
Dave Frederick February 17, 2021
The Cape girls’ basketball team ran its record to 11-0 Feb. 16, with a 65-21 win over visiting Smyrna.
Cape played its Crazy 8 uptempo offense in the second and third periods, outscoring the Eagles 45-7.
Cape was led in scoring by Morgan Mahoney with a double-double of 21 points and 10 rebounds. Ella Rishko contributed 11 points.
The Vikings have games left against Sussex Central, Dover and Milford, teams they beat earlier in the season by a combined score of 186-44.
Pat Woods offered candid comments from The Factory Wednesday morning after the game:
The Cape girls’ basketball team moved to 10-0 with a 60-34 win over Caesar Rodney Feb. 12. Morgan Mahoney led the Lady Vikings with 19 points, nine rebounds and two blocks. Mehkia Applewhite dropped in 16 points, including four three-pointers. She.
The Cape girls’ basketball team beat a fast and improving Sussex Tech Ravens squad 61-29 Feb. 5 in front of seven fans and two custodians. Cape was without frontline starter Morgan Mahoney, who sat out her second game with shin splints. “Morgan will.
January 15, 2021
Mehkia Applewhite
Mehkia is built like an inside rebounder, but it’s in the open court where defenders will be rebounding off her. Mehkia doesn’t slow down, more like mows down, giving Cape an end-to-end power player. Coach Pat Woods said, “Mehkia has grown so much in her ability to work through adversity and maintain a killer instinct on the court. She is such a dominant presence. She can do it all – play inside, outside, defend, rebound, shoot, handle it. We have seen her take over games before . and I am certain she will do it again.” Mehkia had 12 points in the 77-20 blitz of Sussex Tech in the season opener Jan. 12.