Girls Regional Basketball Results Saturday, February 13th
Kuemper At Cherokee- Class 3A Region 1
Cherokee 77
Kuemper 40
The final score doesn’t indicte how well Kuemper played on Saturday afternoon. Cherokee hit three early 3’s to jump ahead 11-0. Brooklyn Gifford hit the first of her 3-3’s in the game to get Kuemper on the board. Kuemper trailed 23-10 after the 1st quarter but hung right with the number 1 ranked team in the state for the 2nd and 3rd quarters. Cherokee won the 2nd quarter 25-20 and the 3rd quarter 12-7 as the Knights found themselves down 23 at the end of the 3rd. The game stayed mainly between 15-21 ponts most of the 2nd and 3rd quarters.
Kuemper did a nice job hanlding the man to man full court pressure and shot the ball well fron down town with Gifford and Catherine Mayhall each making 3-3’s and Kyndal Hilgenberg draining 1. Akuet Malek had a fantastic game with 7 points and 10 rebounds may have the state single season record for block shots. She needed 11 and unofficially had more than that but official stats won’t be released until later this weekend.
Cherokee was able to wear Kuemper down as the game went on and controlled the 4th quarter to get it to a continuous clock with around 4:00 remaining.
Catherine Mayhall was able to get off several runners during the game to go with her 3’s and finished with a team high 17 points. Brooklyn Gifford added 12 points, Akuet Malek had 7 points and 10 rebounds and Kora Thomsen and Frannie Glynn each had 5 rebounds.
Kuemper end the season 5-17.
Kuemper Stats
Akuet Malek 7 Points, 10 Rebounds
Catherine Mayhall 17 Points, 4 Rebounds, Steal
Kyndal Hilgenberg 3 Points, 4 Rebounds, Steal
Brooklyn Gifford 12 Points, 2 Rebounds, 2 Assists, Steal
Karly Baumhover 1 Steal
Kora Thomsen 1 Point, 5 Rebounds, Assist, Steal
Aboil Malek 1 Rebound
Kaci Peter 2 Rebounds
Frannie Glynn 5 Rebounds, Steal
Box Score 1 2 3 Final
Kuemper 10 30 37 40
Cherokee 23 48 60 77
East Sac at IKM-Manning
East Sac: 74
IKM-Manning: 69 (OT)
While it took overtime to get the job done, the East Sac Raiders were able to knock the IKM-Manning Wolves out of the playoffs Saturday. The Raiders and Wolves would struggle for a while to score, both tied at one point and four points. East Sac would start to turn on the jets as Maty Quirk would drain three three-pointers to give the Raiders the 14-9 lead. The Wolves, though, would start to implement their full court defense and start causing turnovers and getting in the heads of the Raiders. The Wolves would struggle to make many baskets in the second quarter, but so did East Sac. The Raiders would outscore the Wolves 9-6 in the second quarter and lead 23-15 at halftime.
Both teams would have a great showing in the third quarter, with the Wolves stepping up their defensive game and the Raiders finding open shots. The big factor for the Raiders in this quarter would be the free throws. They would go to the charity stripe six times and would go eight of 11. But, the Wolves start to get hot from behind the arc as Nicole Hansen and Alexa Ahrenholtz would both drain three pointers in a close third quarter. The Raiders would add two more points to their lead and take a 46-36 into the fourth quarter. Without question, the Wolves best quarter was in the fourth quarter. East Sac would struggle to land shots from behind the arc, whereas the Wolves would be able to nail four three-pointers. The Wolves and Raiders fought for a small lead before Ahrenholtz made the buzzer beating shot to bring the game to overtime tied at 63.
The Wolves would start the overtime period by rattling in a layup by Ahrenholtz to be up 65-63, but East Sac wasn’t done quite yet. The Raiders would be up by three late in overtime and almost gave up the ball to the Wolves. Maty Quirk would be the hero for East Sac as she drained the final two free throws to make it a five point contest with 0.7 seconds left. The East Sac Raiders survive and advance to Tuesday with a final score of 74-69.
Individually for the East Sac Raiders, Maty Quirk would have a fantastic night scoring with a final total of 27 points along with six rebounds, one assist, and four steals. Bree Boeckman was also a strong player for the Raiders, nabbing herself a double-double with 15 points, 12 rebounds, four assists, and one steal. For the IKM-Manning Wolves, Alexa Ahrenholtz ends the final game as a Wolf with a 30 point performance along with six rebounds, five assists, and seven steals. Ahrenholtz also broke 1,000 career points with her performance tonight. Bianca Cadwell also put on a great performance, ending the game with 12 points, seven rebounds, two assists, and one steal. The IKM-Manning Wolves finish the season with a record of 7-12 as the East Sac Raiders improve to 9-11.
The Raiders will move on to the quarterfinal round of regional playoffs and will face off against Nodaway Valley on Tuesday, February 16th.
East Sac Stats:
Mary Bontrager: 17 Points, 2 Rebounds, 3 Assists, 3 Steals
Meredith Brown: 6 Points, 6 Rebounds, 2 Assists, 3 Steals
Carly Fischer: 9 Points, 3 Rebounds,
Maty Quirk: 27 Points, 6 Rebounds, 1 Assist, 4 Steals
Bree Boeckman: 15 Points, 12 Rebounds, 4 Assists, 1 Steal
Kaytln Sagert: 1 Steal
Anna Mogensen: 1 Rebound
IKM-Manning Stats:
Morgen Hanson: 5 Points, 4 Rebounds, 1 Assist,
Alexa Ahrenholtz: 30 Points, 6 Rebounds, 5 Assists, 7 Steals
Nicole Hanson: 8 Points, 1 Rebound, 6 Steals
Taylor Ferneding: 3 Points, 3 Rebounds
Bianca Cadwell: 12 Points, 7 Rebounds, 2 Assists, 1 Steal
Macie Doyel: 5 Points, 3 Rebounds, 1 Assist,
Bailee Germer: 3 Points, 1 Rebound, 1 Assist, 1 Steal
Bre Muhlbauer: 3 Points, 6 Rebounds, 2 Assists
Box Score 1 2 3 4 Final (OT)
East-Sac 14 23 46 63 74
IKM-Manning 9 15 36 63 69
