MORRIS -- Mary Rentz scored 12 of her team-high 17 points in the second half and Morris/Chokio-Alberta held off Yellow Medicine East 56-52 in a West Central South Conference girls basketball game on Saturday.
Morris/CA trailed most of the first half until Jenna Nelson drained a three-pointer right before the buzzer to give the Tigers a 26-24 lead.
Rentz's basket on a drive down the lane gave the Tigers a four-point lead with two minutes left and YME never got closer.
Nicole Gillespie added 14 points and Nelson finished with 13 points and eight rebounds for Morris/CA (3-1, 5-2).
Eight players scored between four and nine points for YME (3-3, 5-3), led by Angie Scheffler with nine. Aimee Johnson added eight points and six steals.
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Morris/CA 56, YME 52
YME (3-3, 5-3) 24 28 -- 52
Morris/CA (3-1, 5-2) 26 30 -- 56
YELLOW MEDICINE EAST - 17-44 FG (3-9 3-pt); 9-12 FT; 24 rebounds; 19 fouls ... Scoring: Steph Larson 6, Aimee Johnson 8, Emily Krogstad 6, Kylie Jans 4, Courtney Hinz 7, Lauren Trudel 6, Emily Baker 6, Angie Scheffler 9 ... 3-point shots: Larson 1, Krogstad 2 ... Rebound leaders: Baker 7 ... Assist leaders: Baker 4 ... Steal leaders: Johnson 6
MORRIS/CHOKIO-ALBERTA - 20-37 FG (2-8 3-pt); 14-27 FT; 20 rebounds; 12 fouls ... Scoring: Shadow Olson 3, Mary Rentz 17, Sarah Kuhn 2, Nicole Gillespie 14, Jenna Nelson 13, Kelsey Greenwaldt 2, Erin Schieler 5 ... 3-point shots: Nelson 2 ... Rebound leaders: Nelson 8 ... Assist leaders: Nelson 5, Rentz 4 ... Steal leaders: Gillespie 3, Kuhn 3
Camden Canby 64, KMS 50
Riley Nordgaard tossed in 24 points and Courtney Slaba added 15 as the Lancers (7-0, 10-1) remained unbeaten in the Camden South Conference.
Sam Dunn led KMS (4-3, 4-6) with 15 points. Ali Clark notched 10 points. Katelyn Lottman finished with nine points and seven rebounds.
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KMS (4-3, 4-6) 19 31 -- 50
Canby (7-0, 10-1) 35 29 -- 64
KERKHOVEN-MURDOCK-SUNBURG - 21-56 FG (1-8 3-pt); 7-11 FT; 26 rebounds; 19 fouls ... Scoring: Brooke Carlson 2, Melissa Just 3, Tracy Braaten 2, Sam Dunn 15, Ashley Carlson 4, Britta Diem 5, Katelyn Lottman 9, Ali Clark 10 ... 3-point shots: Diem 1 ... Rebound leader: Lottman 7 ... Assist leader: Diem 6 ... Steal leader: A.Carlson 4
CANBY - 24 FG (2 3-pt); 14-27 FT; 15 fouls ... Scoring: Courtney Slaba 15, Caitlin Slaba 2, Riley Nordgaard 24, Shelby Kontz 5, Ashley Johnson 2, Nicole Krause 2, Kaitlyn Oellien 9, Casie Baer 2, Elise Citrowske 3 ... 3-point shots: Courtney Slaba 2 ... Rebound, assist and steal leaders not available
