ACGC pounds Monte
GROVE CITY -- Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City took advantage of a lopsided first half and beat Montevideo 63-28 in a West Central South Conference game on Monday.
The Falcons (7-3, 12-10) led 34-8 at the half, which was marked by repeated Montevideo errors and Falcons' takeaways. At one point, Sydney Larson con-verted 3 consecutive steals to breakaway layups.
Larson paced the Falcons with 16 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists and 5 steals.
Erica Melbie added 14 points, 6 rebounds and hit all four of the Falcons' 3-pointers.
Katie Knisley had 10 points and 8 rebounds for ACGC.
Tia Diggins led Montevi-deo (4-7, 7-14) with 8 points and 6 rebounds.
ACGC 63, Montevideo 28
Montevideo (4-7, 7-14) 8 20 -- 28
ACGC (7-3, 12-10) 34 29 -- 63
MONTEVIDEO - 11-40 FG (2-17 3-pt); 4-9 FT; 28 rebounds; 16 fouls ... Scoring: Catherine Haugen 3, Tia Diggins 8, Alyssa Doty 2, Kendyl Anderson 4, Ashley Hoehne 5, Chelsey Hass 2, Natalie Seldhake 3, Tori Kuhlmann 1 ... 3-point shots: Haugen 1, Diggins 1 ... Rebound leaders: Diggins 6, Hoehne 5 ... Assist leaders: Anderson 3 ... Steal leaders: Diggins 3
ATWATER-COSMOS-GROVE CITY - 26-56 FG (4-12 3-pt); 7-15 FT; 34 re-bounds; 10 fouls ... Scoring: Bailey Klinghagen 2, Erica Melbie 14, Katie Knisley 10, Sydney Larson 16, Chelsea Jans 11, Jessica Gilbert 8, Marina Suzuki 2 ... 3-point shots: Melbie 4 ... Rebound leaders: Knisley 8, Larson 7, Melbie 6 ... Assist leaders: Larson 3 ... Steal leaders: Larson 5
