Fast start helps Baxter girls bolt past GMG

BAXTER — Karlee Koehler and Kaylyn Krampe scored career highs, Emie Tuhn inched closer to 1,000 career points, and the Baxter girls basketball team hammered GMG on Friday.

The Bolts snapped a two-game skid against the Wolverines thanks in part to a fast start during a 64-11 home win in the Iowa Star Conference South Division contest.

Baxter led 19-6 after one quarter and dominated the second 26-3. The Bolts outscored GMG 19-2 in the second half.

Koehler put in a career-best 19 points and added three rebounds, four assists and three steals. Tuhn added 18 points, six rebounds, eight assists and five steals. She now has 989 career points.

Krampe scored a career-best 13 points and chipped in three rebounds, two assists and two blocks, Kamdyn Krampe finished with six points, three rebounds, two assists and two blocks and Hannah Huffaker collected six points and five boards.

Kendall Brummel registered five rebounds, three assists and three steals and Avery Wonders had two rebounds and two assists.

The Bolts (4-2, 3-1 in the conference) shot 41.5 percent from the floor, made 10-of-27 from 3-point range and turned the ball over only five times.

Baxter improved to 10-5 against GMG (2-4, 1-2) since 2017. The Bolts have won 10 of the past 12 in the series.

BCLUW 48, Baxter 45

CONRAD — The Bolts shot better from the floor, made one more shot from long range and both teams committed 16 turnovers, but a tough shooting night from the free-throw line and a severe disadvantage on the glass hindered Baxter during a 48-45 road loss in Iowa Star Conference South Division on Tuesday.

Kamdyn Krampe, Tuhn and Koehler all scored in double figures, but the Bolts finished 7-of-21 from the foul line and got out-rebounded 53-29.

BCLUW led 13-11 after one quarter, but the game was tied at halftime. The Comets won the third 13-8 and held off the Bolts in the fourth. The hosts improved to 7-2 against Baxter since 2017.

Kamdyn Krampe led the Bolts with 16 points, six rebounds and three steals. Tuhn finished with 15 points, three rebounds and four assists. She was 5-of-6 from the foul line while the rest of team made only 2-of-15.

Koehler finished with 10 points, three rebounds and two blocks, Brummel added three points, nine rebounds and two steals and Kaylyn Krampe grabbed four rebounds. Myah Johnston pulled down two boards.

Baxter shot 32 percent from the floor and made 6-of-20 from 3. The Comets shot 23.7 percent from the floor, made 5-of-21 from 3 and buried 15-of-32 from the foul line.

BCLUW (4-2, 3-0) got 23 points and 23 rebounds from Grace Farnsworth and Klayre Gallentine added 12 points and five boards.