OLANDER GETS DOUBLE-DOUBLE

By William

LANGDON – The Little River girls basketball team played four quarters of consistent basketball on their way to scoring a 20-point, 52-32 win over host Fairfield in the Fairfield Girls Basketball Invitational on Thursday, giving them a trip to the tournament championship game on Friday.

Now 8-3 for the season, the Lady Redskins will play Central Christian on Friday evening for the tournament championship.

Little River went up 15-4 by the end of the first quarter before pushing their lead out to 19 at 29-10 going into the halftime break, then outscoring the Lady Falcons 23-13 in the final two periods to earn the 20-point victory.

Aubrey Olander had a huge game by getting a double-double with 20 points and pulling down 11 rebounds, whole also getting four steals on defense and blocking a shot.

Lily Boghfman also had a solid outing as she reached double digits with 14 points while also grabbing seven rebounds, dishing out a pair of assists then getting a pair each of steals and blocked shots on defense.

In his post-game reflections, Lady Redskin Head Coach Brent Clark said, “We won our semi-final game with Fairfield. Again, I think our offense is starting to gel.”

LITTLE RIVER vs. Fairfield

SCORING:     1          2          3          4          FINAL

LITTLE RIVER 15      14       12       11       52

Fairfield         4          6          5          7          32

LITTLE RIVER TEAM STATS: FG = 19-50; 3PT = 2-7; FT = 12-22; AST = 14; RBS = 28; TO = 20; STLS = 15; BLKS = 3; FLS = 10.

LITTLE RIVER LADY REDSKINS STAT LEADERS:

SCORING: Aubrey Olander = 20; Lily Boughfman – 14; Alaina Eck – 7; MeKenzie Renken – 6; Amaya Sneath – 2; Mea Debaere – 2; Ashley Stephenson – 1.

3–POINTERS MADE: Alaina Eck, MeKenzie Renken – 1.

ASSISTS: Lily Boughfman, Alaina Eck, Mea Debaere, Ashley Stephenson – 2; Aubrey Olander, Kate Ellwood – 1.

REBOUNDS: Aubrey Olander – 11; Lily Boughfman – 7; MeKenzie Renken – 4; Ashley Stephenson – 2; Alaina Eck, Amaya Sneath, Mea Debaere, Kate Ellwood – 1.

STEALS: Aubrey Olander – 4; Alaina Eck, Mea Debaere – 3; Lily Boughfman – 2; Amaya Sneath, Ashley Stephenson, Victoria Norez – 1.

BLOCKED SHOTS: Lily Boughfman – 2; Aubrey Olander – 1.

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