By Staff
MOUNDRIDGE – It hurts to play a close game and then lose in the end and that is exactly what happened to the Moundridge girls on Thursday in their Heart of America/Central Plains challenge when Kingman came to town and scored an overtime six-point, 54-48 win over the Lady Wildcats.
With the heartbreaking loss the Lady Wildcats enter the Christmas break with a 1-5 record. They will return to the competitive hardwood on Tuesday, January 3 when they play host to Oxford.
Moundridge led by two, 13-11 at the end of the first quarter and held a six-point, 27-21 advantage when the two teams went to the halftime break.
The Lady Wildcats came out cold in the third and scored just five points while Kingman put 15 on the board, giving the visitors their first leads of the game at 36-32 heading into the final quarter of play. Moundridge bounced back and the two teams ended up tied at 48-48 to go into overtime where Kingman scored six and the Lady Wildcats were unable to put any points on the board, giving the visitors the final six-point win.
Kaelyn Wedel led the Lady Wildcats in scoring with 11 while Addy Patrick and Macy Kaminkow just missed double digits with nine and eight points, respectively. Kaminkow did the heavy lifting in the paint by gathering 11 rebounds with Reese Schmidt chipping in with six.
MOUNDRIDGE LADY WILDCATS hosting Kingman
SCORING: LADY WILDCATS 13-14-5-16-0=48; Kingman 11-10-15-12-6=54.
TEAM STATS: LADY WILDCATS > FGs – 14/61, 3-PTs – 7/27, FTs – 11/18, AST – 5, REBs – 31, TO – 14, STLs – 9, BLKs – 3, FLs – 26; Kingman > FGs – 17/55, 3-PTs – 4/12, FTs – 16/33, AST – 1, REBs – 31, TO – 19, STLs – 10, BLKs – 1, FLs – 14.
LADY WILDCAT INDIVIDUAL STAT LEADERS:
Scoring: Kaeyln Wedel – 11; Addy Patrick – 9; Macy Kaminkow – 8; Reese Schmidt – 6; Kindall Elmore – 6; Aubree Durst – 3; Emily Durst – 3.
3-Pointers Made: Wedel – 3; Patrick, Elmore, A. Durst, E. Durst – 1.
Assists: Wedel, Kaminkow, Elmore, A. Durst, E. Durst – 1.
Rebounds: Kaminkow – 11; Schmidt – 6; A. Durst, Patrick – 3; Wedel, E. Durst – 2.
Steals: Wedel – 4; Kaminkow – 3; Elmore, A. Durst – 1.
Blocked Shots: Wedel, Schmidt, A. Durst – 1.
(The Staff covering McPherson County Activities can be reached by email at crossdovewriter@gmail.com)