Aggressive defense was the name of the game Wednesday night at Lancaster Gym, and Dixon was able to navigate it better than Kaneland in a 35-16 nonconference victory.

The Duchesses (8-0) scored the first 21 points over the opening 10:41, then held the Knights (5-3) scoreless again in the third quarter with smothering pressure defense.

“We definitely came out strong,” senior Morgan Hargrave said. “Our last game [a 41-23 win at Oswego on Monday] was a rough one, so coming out and being locked in from the start in that first quarter was what we wanted. I think we did a good job shutting them down on defense, which was our goal.”

“We had a plan, and we’ve been practicing a lot with it,” junior Ahmyrie McGowan added. “Their best player [Grace Brunscheen] is out, so we adjusted to that, a

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