Outside The County-Maconaquah
Results from Maconaquah for Friday, January 26th
Boys Varsity Basketball beats Lewis Cass Jr-Sr 81 – 59
The Braves won in front of a great crowd at home, over Cass to improve to 10-3 overall, and 4-1 in the TRC.
Coach Burrus Quotes: “The start of this game really helped us control the rest of the game. Our kids are really feeding off each other. I also feel the players are all finding roles on the team. The first quarter was really fun to watch. Everyone contributed to the start. A run takes two things. Good offense AND good defense. We tried early in the game to establish a quick pace to the quarter. Cass has been really good recently in half court type games. One of our main focuses for the game was to turn the game into a high posession game.
I really thought Zeiser played a great game. He was very active on defense and made some nice moves around the basket. He also scored 7 points in the first quarter. MJ Ellis gave really good minutes in the middle. He scored 7 points off the bench. AJ made a lot happen on defense out front. Him and Oakley Reeser, Fuddy Kile really put on good pressure the whole night. All of our team really worked hard on defense. It paid off. AJ still was able to score 16 points. His all around play has been phenominal this year. AJ has no weakness in basketball. He is fearless and makes our team go. AJ gets everything out of his ability. He plays very hard. And all the time!
The team did great helping Josiah Ball get some offense. Ball had 29 but the rest of the team really moved to help him score. Ball made some tough moves to score but got some good ball screens. We have one play where 3 guys screen at different times for Ball. That is team play. Ball hit the baseline shot off the 3 screens last night.
We have a big game tonight vs Brownsburg. They are a big 4A power in Indiana. It will be a big challenge. Our team is excited to make the trip. The game will be on 105.9. We appreciate all the support you have brought to the gym. Our team loves to play at home. We know our crowd, students will be right behind us. Last night was great. Thanks for being part of it.”
Ball 29pts 4reb 2ast 1bl 2st
Kelly 16pts 2reb 4ast 3st
Zeiser 13pts 3reb 2ast 2st
Ellis 7pts 2reb 2st
Reeser 6pts 2reb 2st
Kile 5pts 3reb 4ast 1st
Adams 3pts 1reb 1ast
Murry 2pts
Richards 1ast
Birner 1reb
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Girls Varsity Basketball falls to Lewis Cass Jr-Sr 42 – 29
The Lady Braves came up short on their last game of regular season against 2A #10 Lewis Cass 29-42. The Lady Braves finish the regular season 10-10 overall and 3-6 in the TRC heading into sectional play next week.
In the 1st quarter, the Lady Braves had some shots just come up a little short and had a hard time finishing against a bigger Cass team. But they battled and hit some shots from behind the arch to keep the score within a bucket at the end of the quarter, trailing 10-13.
In the 2nd quarter both team’s defenses really took away what the other team wanted to do, and the Lady Braves won that quarter 5-4, but still behind 15-17 at halftime.
In the 2nd half, Cass used their height and got the ball inside to spread the lead out and outscored the Lady Braves 25-14 in the 2nd half.
At the beginning of the game, Lauryn Merritt received a pass from teammate Bailey Carson to score 2 points. Lauryn has been out with an injury for the past two seasons.
The Lady Brave Basketball program honored their seniors and their parents before the start of the game.
Seniors were: Hallie Maiben, Shaelyn Powell, Bailey Carson, Miranda Stoll, Chloe Smyth, Sydney Barnes and Lauryn Merritt. Also honored were senior manager Dekodah Stonger and Exchange student Mathea Foerland.
Scoring for the Lady Braves:
Miranda Stoll: 10 points and two assist
Bailey Carson: 5 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assist
Addie Maiben: 4 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist
Sydney Barnes: 4 points and 6 rebounds
Delaney Betzner: 3 points
Lauryn Merritt: 2 points
Shaelyn Powell: 1 point
The Lady Braves play this Tuesday at 7:00 pm against Mississinewa in the sectional at Maconaquah High School.
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JV Lady Braves finish season 17-0 overall and 8-0 in the TRC
The JV Lady Braves started where they left off last night against Southwood. They Lady Braves beat a good Cass team tonight 52-30.
The 1st quarter The Lady Braves struggle a little from shooting but their defense was really good, holding Cass to 4 points in that quarter to take a 9-4 lead.
Then the shooting started to open things up. Delaney Betzner had 9 points in that quarter with Averie Maiben and Aubrey Stoll also hitting 3-point shots to take a 24-15 halftime lead.
After half, the Lady Braves came out and hit 5 (3-point shots in the 3rd quarter scoring 21 point in that quarter. Delaney Betzner hot 3 (3-point shots) in that quarter. Aubrey Stoll made two really nice steals at half court to help open up a 45-23 lead going into the 4th quarter.
In the 4th quarter, Gabby Griffis had 4 points and Delaney Betzner had 4 points. Mathea Foerland, Jadyn Percival and Emily Bryant all did a great job on defense and rebounding.
Scoring for the night went as following:
Delaney Betzner – 23 points (4 – 3-point shots)
Aubrey Stoll – 12 points (2 – 3-point shots)
Kasey Murry – 7 points (1- 3 point shot)
Averie Maiben – 6 points (2 – 3-point shots)
Gabby Griffis – 4 points.
The JV Lady Braves finish the season with a 39.7 ppg and only giving up 17.9 ppg.
Great job all the JV Lady Brave players and congratuations on finishing the season at 17-0 overall and the JV TRC champs going 8-0.
