L-S girls use big second quarter to down Baxter

SULLY — The Lynnville-Sully girls basketball team broke open a tight game with a big second quarter, dominated on the boards and cruised past Baxter 62-38 during a non-conference game on Tuesday.

The Hawks won their home opener with a 16-5 advantage in the second and a 19-10 surplus in the third. L-S is now 4-0 against Baxter since 2017.

“We made steps in the right direction but still have things to improve over the break,” L-S head girls basketball coach Jerry Hulsing said. “We need to stop working so hard and start working smarter. It will go the more reps we get as I thought we did a better job in the second half.”

L-S led 13-11 after one quarter and outscored the Bolts 14-12 in the fourth. The Hawks turned the ball over 16 times but out-rebounded Baxter 49-21.

Kate Harthoorn led the Hawks with 17 points, six rebounds, five assists and six steals and Ava Brummel added 10 points, 13 rebounds and four assists. Harthoorn was 2-of-5 from 3-point range and Brummel made 4-of-5 from the free-throw line.

Breah Lowry scored a career-high 16 points and grabbed three rebounds, Isabelle Vos added a career-high nine points and eight rebounds and Brooke Harthoorn chipped in five points, five rebounds and two assists. Vos was 7-of-8 from the foul line.

Alaina Roberts tallied three points, four rebounds, two assists and four steals and Brilynn Tice collected five rebounds and two assists.

The Hawks (1-1) shot 35.2 percent from the floor, made 3-of-12 from 3 and connected on 21-of-27 from the charity stripe.

Baxter was led by Emie Tuhn’s 17 points. She also had five of the team’s six assists and five of Baxter’s 12 steals. Kamdyn Krampe had 10 points and five boards in her prep debut.

Kendall Brummel added four points, five rebounds and three steals, Hannah Huffaker tallied five points and three rebounds and Karlee Koehler and Myah Johnston each grabbed two rebounds.

The Bolts (0-1) shot 30.2 percent from the floor, hit 3-of-22 from 3 and connected on 9-of-14 from the foul line. Baxter committed 20 turnovers.