- Kokett
BRANDON-EVANSVILLE 65, ORTONVILLE
Megan Kokett’s career night led the Brandon-Evansville girls to a 65-55 win over Ortonville on Monday night as the Chargers won their sixth straight game.
Kokett didn’t miss from inside the arc. She finished with 27 points, paced by 7-of-7 shooting from two. The junior also hit three triples and got herself a lot of easy buckets in transition after finishing with nine of her team’s 17 steals.
“She had a good night,” head coach Dick Simpson said.
It was a season high in points for any Chargers player this winter. Kokett’s triple at the end of the first half gave her team a 40-27 lead. Ortonville battled back within single digits in the second half, but Brandon-Evansville was able to make enough free throws down the stretch to hold on.
Megan Friedrich had a nice night of her own with 17 points and nine rebounds. Emma Friedrich added six points and 12 rebounds as well.
The Chargers shot just 37 percent overall, but got to the free throw line 24 times. They connected on 16 of those, led by Mariah Hansen, who went 6-for-6 from the stripe.
Brandon-Evansville had to put its six-game winning streak to the test against the top team in the Little Eight Conference last night, Thursday. Parkers Prairie was in Brandon with a 13-0 record before the Chargers go on the road to face an 8-2 Underwood team next Tuesday.
GAME STATISTICS
ORTONVILLE 27 28 – 55
B-E 40 25 – 65
TOTALS – B-E – FG – 22-59; FT – 16-24; Rebounds – 32; Steals – 17; Assists – 10; Turnovers – 19; Ortonville – FG – 21-68; FT – 9-20; Rebounds – 36; Turnovers – 16
B-E – Kokett – 27 points, 9 steals; Carlie Steffenson – 3 points; M. Friedrich – 17 points, 9 rebounds; Carrigan Okerlund – 2 points; Elizabeth Vinson – 4 points, 3 assists; Mariah Hansen – 6 points; E. Friedrich – 6 points, 12 rebounds
ORTONVILLE SCORING – Brenna Giese – 14; Jenae Schneider – 2; Amanda Goergen – 7; Mackenzie Gustafson – 1; Morgan Messmer – 10; Camille Scholberg – 19; Cassie Sorenson – 2
BOLD 70, MINNEWASKA 45
Laker girls fall to BOLD Warriors
Minnewaska couldn’t stop BOLD’s Carly Sigurdson, who poured in 29 points for the Warriors in their 70-45 win over the Lakers Tuesday night.
Sydney Joos and Mady Phillips had 18 and 10 points respectively for Minnewaska, but couldn’t counter the added scoring of Warriors Baylie Kubesh (12) and Maggie Nagel (11).
Joos also had 13 rebounds for a double-double.
Minnewaska, 3-9, will be at Paynesville tonight, Friday, and will be at Eden Valley-Watkins on Tuesday.
BOLD 70, MINNEWASKA 45
BOLD 35 35 — 70
MINNEWASKA 18 27 —45
BOLD – Baylie Kubesh 12, Ashley Schmitz 4,Taylor Eblen 6, Mariyah Stimpel 2, Carly Sigurdson 29, Mal Steffel 6, Maggie Nagel 11. Field goals 27, 3-pt 3, Free throws 13-23, Fouls 19.
MINNEWASKA – Carley Stewart 2, Bayley Pooler 4, Bridget Opdahl 1, Emma Middendorf 2, Mady Phillips 10, Ariel Ostrander 2, Paige Anderson 1, Ashlyn Guggisberg 2, Veronica Weisel 3, Sydney Joos 19. Field goals 16-49, 3-pt 2-7 (Phillips 2), Rebounds 29 (Joos 13, Stewart 7), Assists 12 (Weisel 5, Stewart 4, Guggisberg 3), Steals 4 (Stewart 2).
KNIGHT GIRLS SPLIT
The West Central Area girls split their last two games, falling to Morris 62-42 on Monday before taking care of St. John’s Prep 50-42 on Tuesday.
Holly Van Kempen had a double-double against the Johnnies to help her team overcome a 29-25 deficit at the break. She finished with 13 points and 13 rebounds. Tiana Christenson added 10 points, five rebounds and four steals and Christina Kruize finished with nine points and four rebounds.
“This game was a nice win for us and a big conference game,” head coach Beth Hanson said. “We started out very slow. We were letting them set the pace of the game and could not get an offense together. The second half was better. We started seeing grey areas in their press and found each other on our passes. There were improvements made in the second half, yet we still have things we can improve on.”
It was the second half that proved to be the Knights’ undoing against Morris. West Central Area trailed by just one at the break, but the Tigers outscored the Knights 33-12 after halftime.
“We didn’t come out of the locker room,” Hanson said. “We threw the ball away and ended up with 30 turnovers, many unforced. It is very hard to win games and compete when we take away our own opportunities to score.”
GAME STATISTICS
WCA 50, St. John’s Prep 42
WCA – Van Kempen – 13 points, 13 rebounds; Christenson – 10 points, 5 rebounds, 4 steals; Kruize – 9 points, 4 rebounds; Kylee Fernholz – 7 points, 4 assists; Kelsey Hammer – 4 points, 4 assists; Doranna Blascyk – 3 points, 4 rebounds; McKenzie Hunter – 2 points; Jordan Anderson – 2 points
Morris 62, WCA 42
WCA – Van Kempen – 12 points; Kruize – 10 points; Christenson – 8 points; Fernholz – 4 points; Hunter – 4 points; Abby Van Kempen – 4 points
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