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Ellinwood's Lane earns first victory
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ELLINWOOD 63, MEDICINE LODGE 55

GREENSBURG –  Ellinwood boys basketball coach Jaron Lane celebrated his first varsity victory with a 63-55 win over Medicine Lodge in the Kiowa County Basketball Tournament.

Landon Simpson scored 18 of his 25 points after halftime while Mason Moore scored 19 first-half points. The Eagles (1-1) built a 34-21 lead right before halftime. Medicine Lodge's Keveon Ruiz (13), Carter Cunningham (13), A.J. Nittler (12) and Kye Gerdes (11) scored in double figures.

Ellinwood 19 19 9 16 – 63

Medicine Lodge 15 11 16 13 – 55

ELLINWOOD (1-1)—Simpson 9 4-4 25, Moore 7 0-4 19, Heinz 1 4-6 6, Brack 2 1-1 6, Bowyer 1 0-0 2, Coleman 1 0-2 2, Lewis 1 0-0 2, Gibson 0 1-2 1, Totals 22 10-19 63.

MEDICINE LODGE (1-1)—Ruiz 5 3-4 13, Cunningham 5 3-5 13, Nittler 6 0-3 12, Gerdes 3 2-2 11, Randels 3 0-0 6, Totals 22 8-14 55.

3-pointers—E 9 (Moore 5, Simpson 3, Brack 1); ML 3 (Gerdes 3)

MEDICINE LODGE GIRLS 51, ELLINWOOD 21

GREENSBURG –  Medicine Lodge’s Karsyn Jacobson scored 18 points and Adyan Bryan added 14 points for a 51-21 basketball over Ellinwood at the Kiowa County Basketball Tournament. The Indians gave the Eagles problems with their full-court pressure, which created easy scoring opportunities.

Ellinwood (0-2) was paced by Bennett Jacobs with six points apiece.

Ellinwood 3 8 1 9 – 21

Medicine Lodge 13 12 16 10 – 51

ELLINWOOD (0-2)—Jacobs 2 0-0 6, Widener 2 0-0 4, Reese Stickney 1 3-4 5, Ricker 2 0-0 4, Addi Stickney 1 0-0 2, Totals 8 3-4 21.

MEDICINE LODGE (2-0)—Jacobson 5 0-0 14, Bryan 3 4-5 10, Cunningham 3 0-0 6, Alojacin 2 0-0 4, Miltner 2 0-0 4, Gerdes 2 0-0 4, Shinliver 1 0-2 3, Edwards 1 0-0 2, Stivers 0 1-2 1, Theis 1 1-2 3, Totals 20 6-11 51.

3-pointers—E 2 (Jacobs 2); ML 4 (Jacobson 3, Shinliver 1).