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The Pilot Grove girls basketball team was due for a close game to go its way. So last night while hosting St. Paul’s Lutheran, the Lady Tigers dialed up two-point lead at the half and then held off a fourth quarter rally by the Lady Saints for a 51-50 victory.
As for the Pilot Grove boys, they had the misfortunes of running into a good St. Pauls team and as a result fell at home by a score of 58-32.
The Pilot Grove girls, improving to 10-8 on the season, actually trailed St. Paul’s Lutheran of Concordia 13-12 after one before rallying back with a 12-9 scoring edge in the second quarter to go up by two at 24-22. Meanwhile, after both teams put up nine points in the third quarter, St. Pauls came back and outscored the Lady Tigers 19-18 in the final period to cut the lead to one.
Pilot Grove coach Landon Daniel said the girls went into the game knowing that St. Pauls liked to shoot and that if they wanted to compete and come out with a win they were going to have to shoot and work the ball inside.
“It was a back and forth matchup all night and it seemed like every time one team put a run on, the other would match it with one of their own,” Daniel said. “Hailey Bader stepped up and really focused on being a presence inside and then we had two bench players in Kellie Dillner and Randi Kellerman that stepped in and gave our team added defense and hit 12 points between the two of them. A great game to be a part of and it being only our third home game all year made it that much sweeter of a victory. We need to take this momentum and build on it as we start CCAA conference games on Friday against Higbee and then Otterville next Tuesday.”
Hailey Bader had the game-high for Pilot Grove with 21 points along with eight rebounds, one assist and one steal.
Kerigan Wessing finished the game with nine points, six rebounds, two steals, one assist and one blocked shot, while Randi Kellerman added eight points and six rebounds, McKenzi Schuster with six points, one assist and one steal, Kellie Dillner with four points, four rebounds, three assists and one blocked shot, Melissa Schlotzhauer with three points, two rebounds, two assists and two steals, Kori Marshall with two rebounds and one steal, McKalie Lorenz with two rebounds and Lauren Vollrath with one rebound.
The Pilot Grove girls basketball team was due for a close game to go its way. So last night while hosting St. Paul’s Lutheran, the Lady Tigers dialed up two-point lead at the half and then held off a fourth quarter rally by the Lady Saints for a 51-50 victory.
As for the Pilot Grove boys, they had the misfortunes of running into a good St. Pauls team and as a result fell at home by a score of 58-32.
The Pilot Grove girls, improving to 10-8 on the season, actually trailed St. Paul’s Lutheran of Concordia 13-12 after one before rallying back with a 12-9 scoring edge in the second quarter to go up by two at 24-22. Meanwhile, after both teams put up nine points in the third quarter, St. Pauls came back and outscored the Lady Tigers 19-18 in the final period to cut the lead to one.
Pilot Grove coach Landon Daniel said the girls went into the game knowing that St. Pauls liked to shoot and that if they wanted to compete and come out with a win they were going to have to shoot and work the ball inside.
“It was a back and forth matchup all night and it seemed like every time one team put a run on, the other would match it with one of their own,” Daniel said. “Hailey Bader stepped up and really focused on being a presence inside and then we had two bench players in Kellie Dillner and Randi Kellerman that stepped in and gave our team added defense and hit 12 points between the two of them. A great game to be a part of and it being only our third home game all year made it that much sweeter of a victory. We need to take this momentum and build on it as we start CCAA conference games on Friday against Higbee and then Otterville next Tuesday.”
Hailey Bader had the game-high for Pilot Grove with 21 points along with eight rebounds, one assist and one steal.
Kerigan Wessing finished the game with nine points, six rebounds, two steals, one assist and one blocked shot, while Randi Kellerman added eight points and six rebounds, McKenzi Schuster with six points, one assist and one steal, Kellie Dillner with four points, four rebounds, three assists and one blocked shot, Melissa Schlotzhauer with three points, two rebounds, two assists and two steals, Kori Marshall with two rebounds and one steal, McKalie Lorenz with two rebounds and Lauren Vollrath with one rebound.
For St. Pauls, Devon Heins had 15 and Nicole Mueller 10. Chelsea Nebel chipped in nine.
As for the Pilot Grove boys basketball, who dropped to 9-9 on the season, they trailed St. Pauls 17-7 after one, 36-15 at the half and 42-23 after three quarters of play. Meanwhile, in the final period, the Saints outscored Pilot Grove 16-9 to win the game by 26.
Pilot Grove coach Rick Grunden said St. Pauls always has a lot of weapons. “Their weapons, combined with a poor night shooting, didn’t make for a very successful game on our end,” Grunden said. “We did a fair job of working the ball to get a decent shot, but in the end we had so many shots that just would not fall. I know my boys felt frustrated by that and our own frustration took us out of the game even more. We will work between now and then to prepare for a pesky team in Higbee on Friday.”
Sam Schmidt had 12 points and Isaiah Roepe 11 for St. Pauls.
For Pilot Grove, Jake Leverton and Colton Glenn each had nine points while Dylan Twenter contributed five, Kendall Kraus four, Keaton Vollrath three and Trevor Day two.
