MONTEVIDEO -- Hannah Wenaas had 17 points and Brook Moseng and Taylor Skoglund each pumped in 15 more to help Montevideo upend Ortonville 66-51 in the championship game of the Montevideo Invite Saturday.
In the third-place game, Hutchinson beat Central Minnesota Christian, 39-31.
Championship
Montevideo 66, Ortonville 51
The Thunder Hawks didn't pull away until there was about five minutes remaining.
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Wenaas knocked down three of Montevideo's five 3-pointers and also handed out six assists and pocketed three steals. Skoglund hooked 11 rebounds and Kara Nelson was credited with making nine assists.
Ortonville (2-3) 30 21 -- 51
Montevideo (4-3) 32 34 -- 66
ORTONVILLE - 20-58 FG (1-7 3 pt); 9-24 FT; rebounds not available; 15 fouls ... Scoring: Ashley Swenson 8, Morgan Simonitch 17, Megan Williams 2, Lindsay Blathe 1, Tiffany Giese 1, Tabathia Henrich 22 ... 3-point shots: Henrich 1 ... Rebound, assist and steal leaders not avilable
MONTEVIDEO - 24-56 FG (5-12 3 pt); 13-18 FT; 29 rebounds; 18 fouls ... Scoring: Kara Nelson 7, Hannah Wenaas 17, Carrie Johnson 2, Brooke Tastad 2, Brook Moseng 15, Rebeka Schwendemann 8, Taylor Skoglund 15 ... 3-point shots: Nelson 1, Wenaas 3, Moseng 1 ... Rebound leaders: Skoglund 11, Moseng 9 ... Assist leaders: Nelson 9, Wenaas 6 ... Steal leaders: Wenaas 3
Third place
Hutchinson 39, CMCS 31
Kari Mulder supplied 13 points for the Bluejays which lagged behind 20-15 at halftime. Brianna Wubben provided 10 points and six steals.
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Kaitlin Hjerpe of Hutchinson led all scorers with 24 points.
Hutchinson (4-3) 20 19 -- 39
CMCS (1-7) 15 16 -- 31
HUTCHINSON - 15 FG (0 3 pt); 9-18 FT; rebounds, not available; 12 fouls ... Scoring: Brittany Stamer 3, Laci Murtha 3, Kaitlin Hjerpe 24, Kate Byron 8, Maggie Bradley 1... 3-point shots: none ... Rebound, Assist, Steal leaders: not available
CENTRAL MINNESOTA CHRISTIAN SCHOOL - 14-42 FG (0-0 3 pt); 3-9 FT; 21 rebounds; 18 fouls ... Scoring: Jennifer Blom 2, Tara Frikke 2, Greta Evink 4, Kari Mulder 13, Brianna Wubben 10 ... 3-point shots: none ... Rebound leaders: Frikke 5, Mulder 5, Abby Tebben 5 ... Assist leaders: Blom 3, Tebben 3 ... Steal leaders: Wubben 6
