Girls basketball: Cards skin Spuds

WILLMAR — The Willmar girls basketball team’s Anne Dunham, Courtney Magnuson and Heather Horning combined to score 52 points and the Cardinals defeated Moorhead 75-64 on Saturday at Willmar High School.
The game was the first of a Willmar-Moorhead girls and boys doubleheader.
Dunham finished with 22 points and 14 rebounds, both team highs, and Magnuson had 18 points and 10 boards. Horning scored 10 points and added 5 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 of Willmar’s 7 blocked shots.
The Cardinals shot a solid 48 percent from the floor and doubled-up the Spuds on the boards with a 52-26 rebounding advantage.
Kassy Linbo and Kalley Fosso both scored 5 points and Linbo led the Cardinals with 5 assists.
The Spuds (6-14) were led by Hailey Wixo with 22 points.
The Cardinals play next at Central Lakes Conference rival Alexandria on Tuesday.
Willmar 75, Moorhead 64
Moorhead (6-14) 29 35 — 64
Willmar (11-11) 38 37 — 75
MOORHEAD – 24-64 FG; (4-7 3 pt FG); 12-16 FT; 26 rebounds; 26 fouls … Scoring: Hailey Wixo 22, Kelli Tonn 14, Cassidy Rahman 3, Hali Stephenson 2, Emily Uglem 10, Melissa Groth 6, Kayla Dalquist 7 … 3-point shots: Wixo 1, Tonn 2, Rahman 1
WILLMAR – 25-52 FG (5-11 3-pt FG); 20-35 FT; 52 rebounds; 14 fouls … Scoring: Courtney Magnuson 18, Megan Rudnick 3, Kassy Linbo 5, McKenzie Hastad 1, Heather Horning 12, Anne Dunham 22, Kalley Fosso 5, Caroline Bell 4, Leah Ruter 5 … 3-point shots: Magnuson 1, Linbo 1, Horning 1, Dunham 1, Fosso 1 … Rebound leaders: Dunham 14, Magnuson 10, Fosso 7, Hastad 6, Horning 5 … Assist leaders: Linbo 5, Horning 3 … Steals leaders: Fosso 3, Rudnick 2