The Benton girls’ basketball team had their 10-game win streak snapped Friday afternoon as they lost to Dexter 54-21 in the Class 4 semifinals.

The Cardinals fall to 20-9 and they’ll play for 3rd Place Saturday at 11:00 AM against Marshfield.  The Blue Jays lost to Incarnate Word in their semifinal, 59-33.

Benton hung in early as they trailed 6-5 halfway through the first quarter, but then the Bearcats took over.

Dexter scored the final six points of the first quarter and then led 29-9 at halftime.

It’s was a 31-4 run for Dexter befor the Cardinals got a three-pointer to fall from Mallory McAndrews, but Benton never got closer than 19 points of the rest of the game.

McAndrews, the Cards leading scorer, was to to 1-for-7 from the field and scored just three points.  Morgan Domann led Benton with nine points and five rebounds, while Deajah Bernard added five points and eight rebounds.

Benton’s 3rd Place game with Marshfield will air on 680 KFEQ and here on StJosephPost.com.