The Waverly girls got 18 points from Whitney Good and another 16 points from Megan Steward as the Lady Bulldogs defeated the Lebo Lady Wolves on Thursday, 61-48, in Class 1A Regional action.
Steward did most of her damage in the first half, scoring 10 points before the break — including eight points in a 24-point quarter for Waverly — to help the Lady Bulldogs take a 35-25 lead into halftime.
As for Good, she scored all of her points in the second half, which included a perfect 10-for-10 showing from the free-throw line in the fourth quarter.
The efforts of Good and Steward, along with teammate Amy Schmidt’s 10 points, were enough to overcome a 19-point performance by Lebo’s Nickole Presley. Presley made four 3-pointers on her way to game-high scoring honors.
WAVERLY girls 61, LEBO 48
Waverly 11 24 8 18 — 61
Lebo 12 13 9 14 — 48
Waverly — Good 18, Schmidt 10, Steward 16, Wilson 9, Hoag 3, Johnson 5.
Lebo — Robke 8, L. Schlesener 5, Presley 19, Tastove 5, Frye 3, Laflin 6, C. Schlesener 2.
Halftime — Waverly 35-25. Total fouls — Waverly 18, Lebo 19. Fouled out — Lebo: Marks.
SCC girls 41, MdCV 22
The Southern Coffey County girls used defense to dominate Thursday night, as the Lady Titans pulled away late in a 41-22 victory.
After ending the first quarter tied at 6, SCC pitched a shutout in the second quarter, going on a 7-0 run to take a 13-6 advantage into break.
“I was pretty pleased with our defense,” SCC coach Jeff True said. “We were able to force quite a few turnovers with our press that helped us to hold our lead.”
SCC led just 19-13 after three quarters before unleashing its offense in the fourth. The Lady Titans hit 10 of 13 free throws in the final period, more than doubling its previous scoring output with 22 points.
Kristen Garland paced SCC, posting nine points, seven steals and six rebounds. Shelby Birk added eight points, while Hannah Brooks and LaNesha Harvey contributed 10 rebounds each.
SCC’s Casie Combs and Ashley Yeager were both held out with injuries.
Jessica Schmidt had a team-high nine points for MdCV.
The Lady Titans (17-4) will play Waverly at 6 p.m. Saturday in the regional championship game.
SCC girls 41, MdCV 22
MdCV 6 0 7 9 — 22
SCC 6 7 6 22 — 41
MdCV — Schmidt 9, Clark 5, Russell 4, J. Rice 2, Visitacion 2.
SCC (17-4) — Garland 9, Birk 8, Ohl 7, Kraft 6, Brooks 6, Harvey 5.
Halftime — SCC 13-6. Total fouls — MdCV 21, SCC 12. Fouled out — None.
Madison girls 49,
Hutch. Central Christian 43
Bridget Mitchell’s 17 points led Madison to a 49-43 victory in the semifinals of the Olpe 1A regional.
The Lady Bulldogs jumped out to a 12-8 first-quarter lead and held on for a 23-20 halftime advantage.
Madison outscored HCC 26-23 in the second half to secure the victory.
Shelby Buster added 12 points for the Lady Bulldogs, while fellow freshman Morgan Stout contributed 11.
Laura and Megan Patrick paced HCC with 11 point each.
Madison (14-7) will play No. 1-ranked Olpe at 6 p.m. Saturday for the regional championship.
MADISON girls 49, HCC 43
Madison 12 11 11 15 — 49
HCC 8 12 10 13 — 43
Madison (14-7) — Bridget Mitchell 17, Shelby Buster 12, Morgan Stout 11, Jessica Hudson 5, Molly Ballard 4.
HCC — Laura Patrick 11, Megan Patrick 11, Leigh Ann Echols 10, Allison Krehbiel, Nicole Crouse 2.
Halftime — Madison 23-20.
Eureka girls 40,
Chase County 23
Chase County never could get its offense rolling in a 40-23 loss to Eureka on Thursday.
The Lady Bulldogs scored just 15 points through the first three quarters, falling in a 27-15 hole before the final period.
Maci Wells had a team-high six points for Chase County, while Marie Hunt added five.
Jana Valentine led Eureka with 14 points.
EUREKA girls 40, CHASE COUNTY 23
CC 6 3 6 8 — 23
Eureka 13 9 5 13 — 40
CC — Wells 6, Hunt 5, Cahoone 4, Whitney 4, Archer 2, Puma 2.
Eureka — Jana Valentine 14, Kathleen McKenzie 12, Kalyn Valentine 7, Brianne Evenson 4, Leslie Collinge 2, Lisa Gritz 1.
Halftime — Eureka 22-9.