ELLINWOOD GIRLS 48, MACKSVILLE 41

MACKSVILLE – Ellinwood’s Maddy Ward dominated inside with 22 points and splendid defense to spark the Eagles past pesky Macksville 48-41 in Friday’s Central Prairie League basketball game.

Mya Maxwell converted four 3-pointers and scored 17 points for Ellinwood (6-4, 2-2). Ward and Maxwell combined for 21 first-half points.

Macksville (2-8, 1-3) was paced by BrayLynn Anschutz with 19 points and a solid floor game. Super sub Brooke Smith and Jennifer Ortiz each scored seven points.  

Ellinwood 7 15 14 12 – 48

Macksville 6 12 13 10 – 41

ELLINWOOD (6-4, 2-2)—Ward 9-16 4-6 22, Maxwell 6-24 1-2 17, Petz 1-4 2-4 4, Dimitt 1-3 0-0 2, Henderson 1-1 0-0 2, McReynolds 0-4 1-2 1, Klepper 0-4 0-3 0, Totals 18-56 8-17 48

MACKSVILLE (2-8, 1-3)—Anshutz 8-20 3-4 19, Ortiz 3-4 1-3 7, Smith 3-3 1-2 7, Wright 2-6 0-2 4, Mendez 1-6 0-0 2, Russell 1-12 0-0 2, Galan 0-8 0-0 0, Kuckelman 0-3 0-0 0, Totals 18-52 5-11 41

3-pointers—E 4-13 (Maxwell 4-12, Petz 0-1), M 0-13 (Mendez 0-2, Wright 0-3, Galan 0-3, Russell 0-5)

MACKSVILLE 50, ELLINWOOD 39

MACKSVILLE – The underdog Ellinwood Eagles played their best basketball of the season shooting 73 percent while building a 6-point first-half lead.

Macksville outscored the Eagles 25-8 after trailing for a 50-39 Central Prairie League basketball victory. The Mustangs scored 15 consecutive points for a 38-27 lead.

Kody Mead led Macksville (7-3, 2-2) with 23 points off excellent Mustang passing. Kaleb Lickiss added eight points and several assists.

Ellinwood (3-7, 1-3) was paced by David Hammeke and Luke Wondra with 12 points apiece. The Eagles converted 11 of 15 field goals for a 19-13 lead.

Ellinwood 16 11 2 10 – 39

Macksville 13 14 13 10 – 50

ELLINWOOD (3-7, 1-3)—Hammeke 4-10 4-9 12, Wondra 6-8 0-0 12, Carr 3-6 0-0 6, Niles 2-2 0-0 5, Doll 1-9 0-0 2, McFarren 1-2 0-1 2, Klepper 0-1 0-0 0, Totals 17-38 4-10 39

MACKSVILLE (7-3, 2-2)—Mead 9-17 5-5 23, Lickiss 4-11 0-0 8, Waters 4-10 0-0 8, Acosta 2-2 0-0 6, Frink 2-3 0-0 5, Blaske 0-1 0-0 0, Miller 0-6 0-0 0, Totals 21-50 5-5 50

3-pointers—E 1-9 (Niles 1-1, McFarren 0-1, Klepper 0-1, Carr 0-2, Doll 0-4), M 3-9 (Acosta 2-2, Frink 1-2, Lickiss 0-1, Miller 0-4)