BSE Edges South Central, Neoga Wins In Girls Basketball

FARINA -- Brownstown/St. Elmo edged South Central 59-50 in girls high school basketball action Monday evening.

BSE leaped out to a 19-7 opening quarter lead but South Central came back to pull within 28-19 at halftime. BSE held a 43-29 lead going into the final quarter. The Cougars then had a 21-16 run only to fall short.

"We played well in spurts tonight," said South Central Coach Gary Kapper. "We just have to learn how to handle the pressure of game situations better. That will come with playing. Their press made us panic when we did not have to. We are capable of playing against one, but we just have to recognize who is open, make some pass fakes and get rid of the ball quicker. Our halfcourt offense was not bad, but we wanted to force thngns some tonight. We will continue to work on improving."

 BSE was led by Brown with 21 points and Moore with 12. South Central was led by Abby Hahn with 17. The Cougars drop to 1-1 in the National Trail Conference, 2-1 overall.

At Farina

BROWNSTOWN/ST. ELMO (59)

Fitch 4-0 -- 9, Bone 3-2 -- 8, Johnson 0-0 -- 0, Shelton 4-0 -- 8, Brown 8-4 -- 21, Moore 5-1 -- 12, Grames 0-0 -- 0, Zasada 0-0 -- 0, Reynolds 0-0 -- 0, Baron 0-1 -- 1,  Howard 0-0 -- 0. TOTALS 24 FG, 8 FT.

SOUTH CENTRAL (50)

Hahn 5-6 -- 17, Smith 6-0 -- 13, Lee 1-0 -- 2, Slater 2-0 -- 4, Wilkins 2-2 -- 6, McCoy 1-0 -- 2, Sigrist 3-0 -- 6. TOTALS 20 FG, 8  FT.

Brownstown/St. Elmo             19      9    15    16    --    59

South Central                             7    12    10    21    --    50

3-point FG -- Brownstown/St. Elmo 3 (Fitch 1, Brown 1, Moore 1), South Central 2 (Hahn 1, Smith 1).

At Neoga

Neoga handed Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg a 74-67 loss Monday evening.

WSS held a 22-20 opening quarter lead but Neoga came back to lead 38-27 at halftime then had a 27-12 third quarter run. WSS mounted a comeback bid with an 18-9 final period surge only to fall short.

EC Thies tallied 20 for the winners while Jaycie Roy scored 18 points and had eight rebounds and Kacie Hotze 11 points and nine rebounds. Maddi Morrison pulled down 12 rebounds. The Indians improve to 7-2.

WSS was led by Schlechte with 35 points and Tabbert with 19.

At Neoga

WINDSOR/STEW-STRAS (67)

Probst 0-0 -- 0, Schlechte 14-7 -- 35, Schuler 3-1 -- 7, Tabbert 7-4 -- 19, Davis 3-0 -- 4, Trussell 1-0 -- 2. TOTALS 27 FG, 12 FT.

NEOGA (74)

Roderick 0-0 -- 0, Thies 8-2 -- 20, Hotze 5-1 -- 11, Potter 1-0 -- 2, Roy 9-0 -- 18, Banning 5-3 -- 13, Ewing 0-0 -- 0, Morrison 3-0 -- 6, Dryden 2-0 -- 4. TOTALS 33 FG, 6  FT.

Windsor/Stew-Stras            22    15    12    18    --     67

Neoga                                    20    18    27      9    --    74

3-point FG -- Windsor/Stew-Stras 1 (Tabbert 1), Neoga 2 (Thies 2).

OTHER SCORES:

Flora 54, Mount Carmel 36

Chris 33, Arcola 27

Shelbyville 37, South Fork 34

Mount Zion 50, Sullivan 37