The Tigers had three players make 3-point shots in their January 4 win over Breckenridge. The game's final score was 60-57, here. The orange and black was up 39-31 at halftime.
Riley Decker connected three times from beyond the 3-point stripe. She topped our scoring list with 23 points. The always reliable Maddie Carrington made two 3's and totaled 13 points. The other Tiger connecting for a '3' was Liz Dietz. Malory Anderson was No. 3 on our scoring list with 12 points. Jenna Howden contributed four points.
Dietz with her three points was followed by Jordann Baier (2), Carly Wohlers (2) and Alexis Pew (1). Anderson led in rebounds with nine followed by Carrington, Dietz and Wohlers each with six. Carrington was crisp with her passing with six assists, and Dietz had three. Anderson stole the ball five times.
For Breckenridge, Sophie Aigner was the only double figures scorer with eleven points. Abby Steckler put in nine points and Claire Conzemius eight. Sierra Hansey and Chase Yaggie each had seven. Ashtyn Kaehler and Carley Vizenor each put in four for the Cowgirls. Nina Jirek scored three followed by Carley Fredericksen and Lauren Johnson each with two. Hansey, Jirek and Steckler each made one 3-pointer.
Our January 4 win was our seventh of the season.
In the "old days," Breckenridge was the prime rival for MAHS basketball in the old District 21.
Litchfield 60, Tigers 55 (OT)
The Tigers took the Dragons of Litchfield into overtime on January 2, here. Unfortunately the extension did not go well for our Tigers. The Dragons outscored the Tigers 10-5 in the OT, to come out on top in the 60-55 final. It was Litch's eighth win of the season. Halftime was basically stalemated with MACA up by one, 25-24.
Maddie Carrington was dead-on with her long-range shooting eye as she so often is. She made four 3-pointers and was complemented by Riley Decker who made one. Carrington scored 19 points but it was Malory Anderson, post player, who led with 21. Decker's point total was seven. Here's a shout out to Jordann Baier, my occasional (and reliable) morning waitress at DeToy's Restaurant, who scored four points. Carly Wohlers came through with four points.
Anderson led in rebounds with six. She also achieved six assists to lead in that department. And in steals, Anderson was tops there too with four.
The winning Dragons had Laney Huhner lead in scoring with 15 points. They had two other double figures scorers: Sydney McCann with 13 points and Neriah Lara with eleven. Maddy Shoultz scored seven points and Natalie Hansen had six. Janessa Olson added four points to Litch's mix, and Kamri Driver and Katelyn Cruze each scored two.
Three-pointers were a source of momentum for the Dragons. Lara connected three times from three-point range while McCann made two long-rangers. Huhner and Shoultz each one one success from 3-point land.
Trivia: If memory serves me correctly and I think it does, Litchfield was the first-ever opponent for Tiger basketball at the 1968 gym when it was unveiled in grand fashion. We had graduated from the old elementary auditorium (actually the high school for many years) where the gym was like what we saw in the movie "Hoosiers." BTW did Gene Hackman ever really get the girl?
Boys: Breckenridge 54, Tigers 47
The cotton pickin' Willmar newspaper keeps referring to us as "Morris/CA." Who are they to impose their judgment? It's "MACA" or Morris Area Chokio Alberta. Insert slashes or hyphens as you wish. Anyway, our MACA boys basketball Tigers were on the short end of a 54-47 final against the Cowboys of Breckenridge on January 4, here.
It brings back memories for me, from when Breck often got the upper hand over the Tigers in "District 21" post-season play. That doggone green!
Noah Christensen did a lot of damage for the green, coming at the Tigers with 23 points. Derek Dahlgren was a nemesis for the Tigers too with his total of 16 points. Breck's scoring list also included Max Johnson (4), Justin Marsh (4), Dawson Pedersen (3), Jace Lenoue (2) and Caden McGough (2).
OK, on to the Tigers. We had three from our ranks in double figures scoring: Camden Arndt (13), Jaret Johnson (12) and Jackson Loge (10). Connor Koebernick scored nine points and Tate Nelson added three. Johnson had two 3-pointers and Koebernick had one. Arndt and Johnson each had nine rebounds and Loge had seven. Arndt led in assists with six. Johnson and Arndt each had two assists.
- Brian Williams - morris mn minnesota - bwilly73@yahoo.com
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