NESS CITY 50, ELL-SALINE 45

Ness City’s Jaycie Richardson scored 20 points and the Eagles converted seven of nine 3-pointers en route to a 50-45 fifth-place victory in Friday’s Barton Hilltop Basketball Classic.

Richardson made five of seven 3-pointers. Tiana Epperson added 19 points and 10 rebounds for Central Prairie League member Ness City (4-9).

Ell-Saline (5-8) was led by Kadi Relph with 28 points and five steals.

ES 14 6 11 14 – 45

NC 11 16 9 14 – 50

ELL-SALINE—Relph 11-16 4-7 28; Travis 1-4 0-0 2; Kochanowski 1-2 0-1 2; Omli 1-6 4-6 6; Griffin 2-7 0-0 4; Brin 0-2 0-0 0; Mendez 1-1 0-0 2; Totals 17-38 8-14 45.

NESS CITY—Richardson 6-11 3-4 20; Epperson 8-14 2-4 19; Clarke 4-7 0-0 9; Holecek 1-2 0-0 2; Guzman 0-2 0-0 0; Totals 19-36 5-8 50.

3-point goals—ES 3-13 (Relph 2-6, Mendez 1-1, Omli 0-2, Griffin 0-2), NC 7-9 (Richardson 5-7, Epperson 1-1, Clarke 1-1). Rebounds—ES 16 (Omli 6), NC 26 (Epperson 10). Assists—ES 12 (Griffin 5), NC 13 (Holecek 5). Steals—ES 9 (Relph 5), NC 11 (Clarke 4). TO—ES 16, NC 17.