Girls' basketball: Minnewaska wins one, drops two

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Trailing by one at the half, the Minnewaska girls found a higher gear and muscled their way past Benson 62-36 Thursday night.

Benson held a 25-24 halftime lead, but the Lakers clamped down on the Braves’ offense, holding them to just 11 points in the second half.

Sydney Joos, who finished the night with 22 points and six rebounds, led the offensive effort as Minnewaska put up 38 second-half points in the win

Madison Phillips made two nice steals to go with her nine points in the win, and Paige Anderson led the rebounding with nine, adding four points.

The Lakers will host Morris tomorrow night, Thursday.

MINNEWASKA 62,

BENSON 36

BENSON 25 11 — 36

MINNEWASKA 24 38 — 62

BENSON – Krista Motzko 5, Alexa Nissen 10, Haley Moseng 1, Emma Peterson 11, Hannah Ricard 9. Field goals 14-45, 3-pt 4-19, Free throws 4-11, Rebounds 24, Fouls 14.

MINNEWASKA – Carley Stewart 6, Bayley Pooler 8, Bridget Opdahl 2, Emma Middendorf 2, Madison Phillips 9, Ariel Ostrander 4, Paige Anderson 4, Ashlyn Guggisberg 5, Sydney Joos 22. Field goals 25-55, 3-pt 4-9 (Pooler 2, Phillips 1, Guggisberg 1), Free throws 8-10, Rebounds 27 (Anderson 9, Joos 6), Fouls 13, Assists (Veronica Weisel 4), Steals (Phillips 2).

LAKERS FALL TO SAUK CENTRE, MONTEVIDEO

After winning two contests last week, the Minnewaska Laker girls saw the other side of the coin, falling to Sauk Centre and Montevideo on Monday and Tuesday.

Monday’s contest against Class AA’s No. 7 ranked Mainstreeters brought a scoring drought as Minnewaska had just 14 points at the break, and were held to nine points in the second half in a 54-25 loss.

Paige Anderson led the Lakers with nine points, while Macy Weller and Elizabeth Ellens had 12 and 11, respectively, for the Mainstreeters.

Tuesday, the Lakers took on Montevideo, falling 48-43 as Minnewaska saw its nine-point halftime lead disappear.

The Lakers, who led 26-17 at the half, couldn’t keep up the pace as the Thunder Hawks outscored them 21-17 in the second half as Ashley Hoehne scored 13 of her 15 points in that stanza.

The Lakers got 10 points from Veronica Weisel and 11 rebounds from Sydney Joos.

MONTEVIDEO 48, MINNEWASKA 43

MINNEWASKA 26 17 — 43

MONTEVIDEO 17 21 — 48

MINNEWASKA – Carley Stewart 3, Bayley Pooler 9, Bridget Opdahl 2, Madison Phillips 2, Ariel Ostrander 2, Paige Anderson 6, Veronica Weisel 10, Sydney Joos 9. Field goals 19-39, 3-pt 3-8 (Pooler 1, Weisel 2), free throws 2-8, Rebounds 30 (Joos 11), Fouls 18, Assists (Anderson 2, Phillips 2).

MONTEVIDEO – Chelsey Haas 8, Tori Kuhlmann 3, Jesse Jaenisch 5, Tia Diggings 9, Natalie Feldhake 8, Ashley Hoehne 15. Field goals 17-45, 3-pt 3-8, Free throws 11-30, Rebounds 38, Fouls 10.

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