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MURDOCK -- Hancock had its toughest battle so far this season, but the Owls weathered the storm and remained unbeaten as they edged Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg 48-46 in a non-conference girls basketball game Thursday.
Hancock (11-0) jumped out to an early lead, never let KMS pull ahead and owned a double-digit lead in the second half. KMS (4-3) fought back and had a chance to tie or win the game in the closing seconds, but a mid-range shot that would have tied the game at 48-48 rimmed out.
Kendra Schmidgall had 15 points and Aria Walstad dished out seven points to ignite the Hancock offense.
Katelyn Lottman with 11 points and Tracy Braaten with another 10 paced the Fighting Saints. Lottman also grabbed 11 rebounds.
Hancock 48, KMS 46
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Hancock (11-0) 32 16 -- 48
KMS (4-3) 22 24 -- 46
HANCOCK - 17-55 FG (3-14 3-pt); 11-12 FT; 21 rebounds; 16 fouls ... Scoring: Shae Brown 8, Aria Walstad 7, Kendra Schmidgall 15, Abby Ascheman 6, Courtney Greiner 6, Illissa Koehl 6 ... 3-point shots: Walstad 2, Schmidgall 1 ... Rebound leaders: Greiner 6 ... Assist leaders: Walstad 7 ... Steal leaders: Walstad 3, Schmidgall 3, Greiner 3
KERKHOVEN-MURDOCK-SUNBURG - 18-52 FG (0-5 3-pt); 10-17 FT; 37 rebounds; 13 fouls ... Scoring: Brooke Carlson 4, Tracy Braaten 10, Samantha Dunn 7, Ashley Carlson 8, Katelyn Lottman 11, Ellen Johnson 6 ... 3-point shots: none ... Rebound leaders: Lottman 11, Dunn 9, Braaten 9 ... Assist leaders: Dunn 3, Lottman 3 ... Steal leaders: A. Carlson 3
Tomahawk
BLHS 64, GFW 32
The Mustangs (5-1, 9-2) doubled up Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop (1-6, 2-9) as all 10 players that saw action for Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart scored at least two points. Nine of the 10 made at least one field goal.
Karlee Ilgen led the balanced attack for BLHS with 16 points while Lynsey Runke followed with 10. Runke also made six steals.
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GFW (1-6, 2-9) 16 16 -- 32
BLHS (5-1, 9-2) 28 36 -- 64
gibbon-fairfax-winthrop - 11-54 FG (4-16 3-pt); 6-13 FT; 18 rebounds; 18 fouls ... Individual statistics not available
buffalo lake-hector-stewart - 24-70 FG (0-3 3-pt); 16-24 FT; 42 rebounds; 15 fouls ... Scoring: Abby Zuhlsdorf 6, Ashley Kiecker 5, Courtney Kramer 8, Indi Worden 2, Jessie Kalenberg 3, Karlee Ilgen 16, Lynsey Runke 10, Larrissa Karl 2, Remi Werner 8, Tori Swanson 4 ... 3-point shots: none ... Rebound leaders: Zuhlsdorf 9, Kiecker 6, Kalenberg 6, Ilgen 6, Runke 5 ... Assist leaders: Kalenberg 5 ... Steal leaders: Runke 6
