Girls Basketball Results Tuesday, November 24th
Kuemper At Newell Fonda
Newell Fonda 80
Kuemper 40
A young Kuemper Knights squad began their 2020-2021 season with a loss but came away with ways to improve. The Knights were neck-in-neck with the defending 1A state champion Newell Fonda Mustangs in the beginning, at one point trailing 10-9. Those nine points scored by Seniors Sarah Steffes and Brooklyn Gifford, and Sophomore Catherine Mayhall, each draining a three pointer. This would be the closest Kuemper would get to Newell Fonda’s lead. Behind Newell Fonda’s Maggie Walker, who scored 10 points in the first quarter, the Mustangs led 25-11 and kept the scoring hot all night.
The Knights spread out their scoring among their starters in the first half. Steffes and Gifford posted six points each while Sophomore Catherine Mayhall scored five points and Sophomore Akuet Malek, Senior Kyndal Hilgenberg, and Junior Karly Baumhover each banked in two points. The Knights trailed 50-23 going into the second half and tried to keep up with the Mustangs aggressive playstyle.
The Knights showed great ball handling and passing at times behind Mayhall who ended her night with 14 points and seven rebounds. Defensively, Malek used her length to her advantage and posted eight rebounds, and seven blocks. Gifford, Steffes, and Mayhall scored the final 17 points for the Knights in the second half. While not slowing down their game on both sides of the ball, the Mustangs were too much to handle as the Knights lose their season opener 80-40.
The Knights will rebound next week to face the Carroll Tigers on Tuesday, December 1st.
Kuemper Stats:
Akuet Malek: 2 Points, 8 Rebounds, Assist, Steal
Catherine Mayhall: 14 Points, 7 Rebounds, 5 Assists
Kyndal Hilgenberg: 2 Points, 2 Rebounds, 3 Assists
Brooklyn Gifford: 8 Points, 4 Rebounds, 3 Assists, 4 Steals
Sarah Steffes: 12 Points, 4 Rebounds, Assist
Karly Baumhover: 2 Points, 2 Rebounds
Kora Thomsen: 3 Rebounds, Assist
Aboil Malek: 2 Steals
Box Score 1 2 3 Final
Kuemper 11 23 33 40
Newell Fonda 25 50 68 80
Storm Lake At South Central Calhoun
South Central Calhoun 92
Storm Lake 22
South Central Calhoun opened the season with an impressive win over Storm Lake. The Titans controlled the game from the opening tipoff as they raced out to a 29-6 lead after the 1st quarter. The Titans moved the ball well on offense, making the extra pass which led to several easy baskets. They finished the night with 19 assists on 37 made baskets. Brady Dicks entered his first year at the helm and was pleased with the way his team pushed the ball. Their defensive pressure created 26 steals, allowing them to get out and run. Coach Dicks was pleased with their defensive effort.
Things didn’t slow down for them in the 2nd quarter as they scored 25 points to lead 54-12 at the half. South Central Calhoun did a nice job hanging on to the basketball with just 10 turnovers. They shot 48.7% from the field but only hit 6 of 24 from three point range. Early foul trouble and rebounding were areas coach felt could see improvement after the opening night. The Titans grabbed just 34 rebounds with 16 of those on the offensive end.
Kylee Schleisman led a balanced offensive attack with five girls in double figures and nine girls scoring. Schleisman finished with 19 points, Emma Anderson added 17 points, Riley Batta had 13, Sally Musselman 12 and Sophie McKinney finished with 11 points. Sayer Steig and Brielle Korleski added 7 points each. Korleski had a team high 7 rebounds while Schleiman and Batta each had 6. Borleski led them with 5 assists with Schleisman and Anderson each finishing with 4. Schleisman had a team high 6 steals, Ashley Hanks added 4 and Batta, Korleski and McKinney each had 3.
The Titans are back in action on Monday night as they host Audubon on KIKD 106.7.
South Central Calhoun Stats
Riley Batta 13 Points, 6 Rebounds, Assist, 3 Steals
Sayer Steig 7 Points, 4 Rebounds, Assist, 2 Steals
Kylee Schleisman 19 Points, 6 Rebounds, 4 Assists, 6 Steals
Brielle Korleski 7 Points, 7 Rebounds, 5 Assists, 3 Steals
Emma Anderson 17 Points, Rebound, 4 Assists, 2 Steals
Sophie McKinney 11 Points, 3 Rebounds, Assist, 3 Steals, Block
Addisyn Korleski 2 Points, 3 Rebounds, 2 Steals
Sally Musselman 12 Points, 2 Rebounds, Steal
Ashley Hanks 4 Points, 2 Rebounds, 3 Assists, 4 Steals
Box Score 1 2 3 Final
Storm Lake 6 12 20 22
SCC 29 54 73 92
