PRATT — A 29-15 lead after the first half was all St. John-Hudson High School’s girls’ basketball team needed to beat Maize South 43-30 in a semifinal game of the Pratt Girls’ Tournament of Champions on Friday night.
Morgan Osborne scored 20 points for her second-straight 20-plus game. She finished with seven rebounds and four assists, leading the Lady Tigers (12-0) in both categories.
Jamie Waters added 11 points for St. John, which is ranked No. 3 in Class 1A Division-I in the latest Kansas Basketball Coaches Association poll.
HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL
Pratt Girls’ Tournament of Champions
GIRLS
Friday
At Pratt
St. John 43, Maize South 30
ST. JOHN (12-0)
Tia Smith 0-2 0-0 0, Jessica Hanson 0-1 0-0 0, Morgan Osborne 6-15 7-7 20, Jamie Waters 3-10 3-4 11, Tara Christie 0-2 2-2 2, Maddy Lippoldt 0-2 0-0 0, Alexis Witt 3-4 0-0 6, Teresa Christie 2-5 0-1 4. Totals 14-41 12-14 43.
MAIZE SOUTH
Kubik 0-1 0-0 0, Poynter 3-9 1-2 7, Suchan 7-17 1-3 16, Brockel 0-3 0-1 0, Evans 1-4 0-0 2, Mannis 1-3 2-2 5, Nestor 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 12-38 4-8 30.
St. John 15 14 8 6 — 43
Maize South 11 4 8 7 — 30
Three-point goals — St. John 3-11 (Waters 2-4, Osborne 1-4, Smith 0-2, Lippoldt 0-1); Maize South 2-8 (Suchan 1-2, Mannis 1-3, Evans 0-2, Nestor 0-1). Total fouls — Maize South 15, St. John 13. Fouled out — None.
Macksville 36,
Cunningham 33
PRATT — Macksville led 20-17 at halftime.
Cunningham rallied to take a 30-29 lead into the final quarter, but the Lady Mustangs (3-8) regained the lead for the win in a consolation bracket game of the 54 Girls’ Basketball Classic.
Karissa Langlois scored five of her team-leading 11 points in the final eight minutes.
Macksville forward Tara Bunker matched Langlois with 11 points.
54 Girls’ Classic
GIRLS
At Pratt
Macksville 36, Cunningham 33
MACKSVILLE (3-8)
Kristina Murphy 0 2-2 2, Tara Bunker 4 3-8 11, Karissa Langlois 4 1-6 11, Kiley Freeman 1 0-0 2, Selena Galan 0 2-2 2, Clara Cross 0 1-3 1, Mindy Wood 3 1-2 7. Totals 12 10-23 36
CUNNINGHAM
Kerschen 2 7-12 11, Panek 0 0-0 0, Stapleton 1 0-2 2, Ricke 3 2-2 9, Ricke 1 3-6 5, Hanson 2 2-3 6. Totals 9 14-25 33.
Macksville 10 10 9 7 — 36
Cunningham 5 12 13 3 — 33
Three-point goals — Macksville 2 (Langlois 2); Cunningham 1 (Ricke). Totals fouls — Macksville 20, Cunningham 19. Fouled out — Macksville (Murphy, Galan); Cunningham (None).
BOYS
Macksville 57, Pratt 48
MACKSVILLE — On the back of Macksville’s Adolfo Ibarra’s double-double, the Mustangs rallied for a victory.
Trailing 41-38 after three quarters, Ibarra scored eight of his 23 points in the final eight minutes. He finished with 10 rebounds for Macksville (8-4).
Jordan Welch finished in double figures with 13 points.
BOYS
At Macksville
Macksville 57, Pratt 48
PRATT
Smith 4 0-0 12, Dean 4 1-2 12, Kurz 1 0-0 2, Mayberry 1 3-4 5, Dobbs 2 0-0 4, Hageman 3 0-0 6, Kahmeyer 2 0-0 4, Bartel 1 1-1 3. Totals 18 5-7 48.
MACKSVILLE (8-4)
Tanner Tranbarger 2 3-4 8, Hugo Flores 1 3-3 5, Adolfo Ibarra 9 5-10 23, Clayton Wood 1 0-0 2, Jordan Welch 5 2-2 13, Simon Miller 3 0-0 6, Billey Burnett 0 0-0 0. Totals 21 13-19 57.
Pratt 10 9 22 7 — 48
Macksville 14 8 16 19 — 57
Three-point goals — Pratt 7 (Smith 4, Dean 3); Macksville 2 (Tranbarger, Welch). Total fouls — Pratt 16, Macksville 14. Fouled out — None.
— Kevin Price
