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2016-17 Standard Democrat Girls Basketball Player of the Year: Chaylea Mosby, Dexter
Grade: Sophomore
Position: Guard
Height: 5-5
Best Game: Feb. 20, 2017, Dexter won 63-52 over Jackson: This was a night Mosby caught fire. She ripped Jackson on the road for 36 points -- one shy of her career-high -- behind a perfect 8 for 8 display from 3-point range. Her eight threes set a new school record for 3-pointers in a game.
About: Mosby became the first-ever sophomore to win the Bob Gray Award for the best girls basketball player in the SEMO Conference after an impressive second year for Dexter. She led a potent Lady Bearcat squad, who finished with a 23-9 record, with averages of 22 points, 4.4 rebounds and 2.6 assists. Dexter's sharp-shooter was 54 percent from the floor and hit 117 threes on the season during an all-state campaign. The Lady Bearcats clinched their seventh-straight Class 4, District 1 championship and rolled through the next two rounds. Mosby tallied 32 points and five steals during Dexter's quarterfinal victory, which propelled the Lady Bearcats to their fourth trip in school history to the state final four. Dexter went on to finish third during the MSHSAA Class 4 Show-Me Showdown where Mosby combined for 36 points in two games.
All-Standard Democrat Girls Basketball Teams
First Team
Leah Cauble, Soph., Oran
Krysten Garrison, Jr., Dexter
Tyeshia Mitchell, Sr., Sikeston
POY -- Chaylea Mosby, Soph., Dexter
Hannah Thurmon, Jr., Dexter
Second Team
Samantha Coffee, Fr., SCC
Ashanti Jones, Fr., Charleston
Jessie Long, Soph., Oran
Larysa McClellon, Sr., Sikeston
Connor Watkins, Jr., Charleston
The 2016-17 All-Standard Democrat basketball teams were chosen by the Standard Democrat sports department and from the following schools: Charleston, Dexter, East Prairie, Kelly, New Madrid County Central, Oran, Portageville, Richland, Risco, Scott County Central and Sikeston.