Panther girls can’t get closer to Kuemper

Creston girls used the third quarter to try and make up for the hole they were in the first quarter, but it wasn’t enough Friday as Kuemper beat the Panthers 54-42.

Kuemper started the game with a a 7-0 lead not even three minutes in. Creston’s Brynn Tussey finally put her team on the scoreboard with 4:30 left to trail 8-2. Tussey’s shot wasn’t enough to shift the momentum as Kuemper continued its offense and built an 18-5 lead at the end of the quarter.

Trailing 33-15 at halftime, Creston almost returned the favor in the third quarter. The Panthers scored the first nine points of the quarter to get the deficit to nine. A Kuemper basket ended Creston’s run. The Panthers responded with a smooth reverse layup by Ella Turner to keep the difference under 10. Turner’s two free throws later in the quarter made it a 40-33 lead for Kuemper.

“They came out and punched us in the mouth in the first half,” said Creston coach Tony Neubauer. “Our biggest thing was were 1-10 free throws and missed a bunch of bunnies. That’s our achilles heel,” he said about missing the high percentage shots.

“We got it down to seven a couple of times. How do you learn to respond? We have to able to settle down and get some good looks and scores. We get eight or six of those free throws and a couple more shots, it’s a different game.”

Kuemper kept its lead in the second quarter off of three consecutive 3-point shots made by Kylie Simons.

“She was scary good in the first half,” Neubauer said. “It’s basketball, it’s a game of runs. I was happy with the third. Our goal was to cut it in half and that is exactly what we did. But we didn’t have the energy to get it all back.”

Kadley Bailey led Creston with 16 points from 5-10 shooting, 2-3 at the 3-point line and was 4-6 at the free throw line. Braylee Pokorny scored seven form 3-6 shooting and 1-2 free throws. Turner finished with six points.

Turner had a team high 11 rebounds. Hollynn Rieck had a team high six assists.

As a team, Creston was 15-51 shooting and was 2-9 at the 3-point line. Creston made 10-18 free throws.

Simons led Kuemper with 17 points. Elsa Tiefenhalter scored 11 from 2-8 shooting and 2-7 from the 3-point line. Alivia Schenkelberg had 10 rebounds.

Shenandoah

A strong start by both teams set the pace for Shenandoah’s 67-52 win over visiting Creston Jan. 21.

Both teams combine for 44 first quarter points with Shenandoah up 26-18 at the end of the quarter. Both teams cooled off in the second quarter and matched each other as both the Fillies and Panthers scored 12. Shenandoah went into halftime with a 38-30 lead.

Creston wasn’t able to get any closer to Shenandoah the second half.

Kadley Bailey led Creston with 18 points from 7-15 shooting, one 3-point shot and 3-6 at the free throw line. Bailey broke the single-season steals school record with her 74th of the season. Last year, Bailey’s 73 tied the record with Doryn Paup, and Amanda Parker.

Ella Turner finished with 11 points from 4-10 shooting and 3-5 at the free throw line. Tussey had nine points. She and Turner each had 10 rebounds.

Rieck had a team high six assists.

As a team, Creston was 22-63 shooting, 2-12 at the 3-point line and was 6-13 from the free throw line.

Shenandoah (14-2) was led by Lynnae Green with 27 points. She was 13-22 shooting and made one of four free throws. Kalyn Scamman finished with 18 points and Chloe Denton had 14. Green had a double-double with a team high 20 rebounds. Denton had six assists.

Creston (5-10) hosted Atlantic Monday and play tonight at Glenwood.

STATS

CRESTON (42) — Totals — (FG FT PTS) 15 10-18 42. Kadley Bailey 5 4-6 16, Hollynn Rieck 2 1-2 5, Ella Turner 1 4-6 6, Adyson Morrison 1 0-0 2, Ava Adamson 0 0-0 0 Brynn Tussey 3 0-0 6, Braylee Pokorny 3 1-2 7, Jensan Tussey 0 0-2 0. FG shooting — 15-51 (29 percent). 3-point goals 2 — (Bailey 2). Rebounds — 29 (Bailey 5, Rieck 4, B. Tussey 4, Pokorny 2, Turner 11, J. Tussey 3). Assists — 10 (Rieck 6, Turner 4). Turnovers —9. Team fouls — 8. Fouled out — None.

KUEMPER (54) — Totals — (FG FT PTS) 19 8-11 54. Kaylie Simons 6 1-2 17, Elsa Tiefenthaler 2 5-6 11, Karsyn Overmohle 3 0-0 8, Charlotte Hackfort 1 0-0 2, Alivia Schenkelberg 3 1-2 7, Cierra Pudenz, 1 0-0 2, Kolbi Peter 0 0-0 0, Morgan Masching 3 1-1 7, Addy Anthofer 0 0-0 0 FG shooting — 19-52 (36.5 percent). 3-point goals 8 — (Simons 4, Tiefenthaler 2, Overmohle 2). Rebounds — 36 (Simons 6, Tiefenthaler 4, Overmohle 6, Hackfort 1, Schenkelberg 10, Pudenz 3, Anthofer 6). Assists — 12 (Tiefenthaler 3, Overmohle 3, Hackfort 1, Schenkelberg 10, Pudenz 3, Antohfer 6). Steals — 7 (Simons 1, Tiefenthaler 3, Overhmohle 1, Pudenz 1, Masching 1). Turnovers — 16. Team fouls — 17. Fouled out — None.

SHENANDOAH

CRESTON (52) — Totals — (FG FT PTS) 22 6-23 52. Kadley Bailey 7, 3-6 18, Hollynn Rieck 3, 0-0 6, Ella Turner 4 3-5 11, Adyson Morrison 3 0-1, 6, Brynn Tussey 4 0-0 9, Braylee Pokorny 0 0-0 0, Jensan Tussey 1 0-1 2. FG shooting — 22-63 (34 percent). 3-point goals 2 — (Bailey, B. Tussey). Rebounds — 35 (Bailey 6, Rieck 4, Turner 10, Morrison 3, B. Tussey, 10, Pokorny 2). Assists — 12 (Rieck 3, Turner 2, Morrison 2, B. Tussey 1, Pokorny 1). Steals — 8 (Bailey 3, Rieck 3, B. Tussey 2). Turnovers — 7. Team fouls — 11. Fouled out — None.

SHENANDOAH (67) — Totals (FG FT PTS) 27 6-11 67. Chloe Denton 5 0-0 14, Alexis Schebaum 3, 2-3 8, Kayln Scamman 6 3-4 18, Kylie Foutch 0 0-0 0, Lynnae Green 13 1-4 27, Abbagale Dumier 0 0-0 0, Callie Bebout 0 0-0 0, Addison Estes 0 0-0 0. FG Shooting — 27-56 (48 percent). 3-point goals 7 (Denton 4, Scamman 3). Rebounds — 40 (Denton 2, Schebaum 3, Scamman 4, Foutch 3, Green 20, Dumler 2, Estes 2). Assists — 16 (Denton 6, Schebaum 4, Scamman 2, Foutch 2, Dumler 2). Steals — 7 (Denton 2, Schebaum 2, Scamman 3. Turnovers — 10. Team fouls — 12. Fouled out — None.