The MACA girls picked up steam to gain victory in Sting country of Yellow Medicine East.
The teams arrived at the halfway mark with the score tied 40-40. The
critical stretch immediately followed. Coach Dale Henrich's Tigers took charge
to start the second half. The Tigers went on an 8-0 run.
MACA would outscore the Sting 40-20 in the second half. So, the final was
80-60 with MACA getting its fifth win of the season. MACA came out of the night
at 5-5 in won-lost.
The win over YME was on Thursday (1/9) at the YME court.
MACA looks quite good in conference, owning a 4-1 record entering the
weekend. YME is below .500 in its fortunes thus far.
Five three-pointers fueled the MACA winning cause. Becca Holland sank two
of those and finished with a team-best 18 points. Beth Holland was right behind
with her 17 points and she sank one long-ranger. Nicole Strobel and Lauren
Reimers each made a 3-pointer.
The Tigers had 33 total field goals and were nine of 19 at the freethrow
line.
The Holland sisters were joined on the double figures scoring list by
Reimers (15) and Lacee Maanum (10). Strobel was a hair's breadth from double
figures with her nine points. Kayla Pring scored six points, Rebekah Aanerud
three and Kaitlin Vogel two.
Becca Holland and Maanum each collected five rebounds while Reimers had
four. Strobel dished out five assists to lead there. Becca Holland had nine
steals, followed by Reimers and Beth Holland each with four.
Yellow Medicine East made two 3-pointers thanks to Jordan Hinz and Alexis
Peters. Chyanne Sand led the YME scoring with 18 points. Sand had five
steals.
Boys hoops: Monte 68, Tigers 44
The Tigers' bubble burst on Friday (1/10), here, as Montevideo showed the
upper hand. The MACA boys were brought back down to earth by the Thunder Hawks.
The Tigers had won three straight. They lost 68-44 Friday. Montevideo came out
of the night at 8-4 in overall, 5-1 in conference.
The Thunder Hawks made their big push in the second half. Morris Area
Chokio Alberta actually led at halftime, 29-28. Monte must have drawn up some
adjustments for the second half. They came out with the clear upper hand and
outscored the orange and black crew, 40-15.
The tone was set at the start of second half play, as Montevideo made a
couple 3-pointers. Jordan Thompson had the hot hand for Monte. Jordan made five
total 3's among the team total eight. Monte was eight of 17 in 3-pointers and 28
of 47 in total field goals.
Troy Diggins made two 3-pointers and Jimmy Haff one. Thompson and Diggins
each scored 21 points to pace Monte. Dazhown Coleman had four assists and eight
steals to lead in those categories. Spencer Hildahl was the top Monte rebounder
with four.
The Tigers were sharp in three-point shooting, making five of nine. Noah
Grove was sharp with his four 3-point makes. Eric Staebler had the other '3'.
Staebler's 14 rebounds put him atop that list, and his two steals led also.
Grove dished out four assists.
The Tigers were 15 of 39 in total field goals and nine of 13 in freethrows.
Grove's 3-pointers lifted him to the top of MACA's scoring with 19 points.
Staebler put in 16 points.
Jordan Arbach scored three points followed by these Tigers with two each:
Trent Wulf, Riley Biesterfeld and C.J. Nagel.
The MACA boys enter this week with a 3-9 overall record, 1-5
conference.
- Brian Williams - morris mn minnesota - bwilly73@yahoo.com
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