rd win of the season and 2
nd in a row. Catherine Mayhall exploded for 31 points hitting 5 three points and was deadly with runners in the lane. Kyndal Hilgenberg came up big with 13 points as the Knights played without second leading scorer Brooklyn Gifford.
Red Oak built an early 8-2 and 12-6 lead before Catherine Mayhall hit back to back 3’s to close out the 1
st quarter tying the game at 12. The Knights grabbed their first lead early in the 2
nd quarter only to see Red Oak answer and go up 16-14. The Tigers extended the lead to 26-19 before Mayhall and Kyndal Hilgenberg put them up for good. Mayhall drained a 3 to put them up 31-29 and them Hilgenberg knocked down a wing 3 to make it 34-29 and Kuemper would never trail again. Chloe DeVries wasn’t going to let Red Oak go down easy as she hit a pair of 3’s and the Tigers tied the game at 37 at the end of the 3
Kuemper won for the 12
th time in the last 14 meetings with East Sac County but it wasn’t easy on Saturday afternoon. The Knights used two runs, the second coming late in the 3
rd quarter to open up a tight game and held on for the win.
Kuemper went on a 15-4 run in the 1
st half to build their largest lead of the game as 23-10 midway through the 2
nd quarter but East Sac wasn’t going away. The Raiders clamped down defensively and got a couple shots to fall starting with a jumper by Mary Bontrager. The Raiders got a 3 from Lauren Litterer and Maty Quirk who hadn’t scored in the 1
Kuemper fought hard against the Class 1A 7
th ranked Spartans and showed there is no quit in this group of young ladies. The Knights trailed 11-4 midway through the 1
st quarter but answered that with a 12-0 run to go up 16-11. The Spartans responded and tied the game at 16 at the end of the 1
st quarter. After a Kuemper 3 to start the 2
nd quarter Exira-EHK took control with a 16-0 run to lead 32-19. The game was delayed for a while in the 2
nd quarter with the Spartans up 29-19 as an official had a medical situation. The Spartans led 40-26 at half and built it to 51-29 early in the 3