MURRAY -- At home on Jan. 20, the Lady Mustangs fell 47-26 to the Mount Ayr Lady Raiderettes, who held them to low scoring throughout the game, with just seven points in the first quarter, one in the second, 12 in the third and six in the fourth.
Leah Frederick scored 11 of the girls’ 26 points. Maliya Berry and Keirsten Klein put up five each, Aylah Miller three and Mallory Page two. With 10 of 32 successful field goals, Murray had a 31.2% field goal success rate. Karina Romero logged 10 total rebounds - three offensive and seven defensive, and Berry had a high five steals.
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(FG FT PTS) Totals – 10 6-14 26. Maliya Berry 2 1-3 5, Mallory Page 1 0-0 2, Leah Frederick 5 1-2 11, Keirsten Klein 1 3-7 5, Aylah Miller 1 1-2 3. 3-point goals – 0. Rebounds – 27 (Berry 2, Page 2, Frederick 4, Klein 6, Karina Romero 10, Addie Eckels 3). Assists – 7 (Berry 3, Frederick 1, Klein 2, Romero 1). Steals – 15 (Berry 5, Page 1, Frederick 1, Klein 4, Miller 4). Blocks – 3 (Berry 2, Page 1). Turnovers – 39. Team fouls – 17. Fouled out – 0.
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(FG FT PTS) Totals – 17 12-16 47. Jaylee Shaffer 2 1-2 5, Dannie Stewart 4 6-6 15, Breya Nickle 6 2-4 14, Izzy Gilbertson 5 3-4 13. 3-point goals – 1 (Stewart). Rebounds – 28 (Shaffer 2, Stewart 4, Nickel 8, Jaxy Knight 5, Gilbertson 7, Abby Larson 1, MaKel Jones 1). Assists – 13 (Shaffer 1, Stewart 4, Nickel 3, Knight 1, Gilbertson 4). Steals – 25 (Shaffer 3, Stewart 9, Nickel 5, Knight 2, Gilbertson 3, Jones 3). Blocks – 9 (Shaffer 2, Stewart 1, Nickel 3, Gilbertson 3). Turnovers – 17. Team fouls – 18. Fouled out – 0.
MURRAY -- The Murray girls hosted a conference match-up Jan. 21 against the Orient-Macksburg Lady Bulldogs, winning 47-40. Murray controlled the lead going into halftime 21-16, for Orient-Macksburg to stay just a few points behind throughout the rest of the game.
Klein scored 14 points in the game, followed by Berry at 12. Miller had nine points, Frederick seven and Page five. Page had the game’s single three-point shot. Berry and Klein tied in rebounds with 13 each, and Klein had the high assists with five. Both Page and Miller had five steals.
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(FG FT PTS) Totals – 18 10-16 47. Berry 6 0-2 12, Page 2 0-0 5, Frederick 2 3-4 7, Klein 5 4-4 14, Miller 3 3-6 9. 3-point goals – 1 (Page). Rebounds – 41 (Berry 13, Page 3, Frederick 4, Klein 13, Romero 2, Miller 6). Assists – 13 (Berry 1, Page 1, Frederick 3, Klein 5, Miller 3). Steals – 18 (Berry 4, Page 5, Frederick 3, Klein 1, Miller 5). Blocks – 0. Turnovers – 19. Team fouls – 11. Fouled out – 0.
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Individual stats not available at press time.
MURRAY -- Murray finished their week with a win at home for Senior Night against Moulton-Udell 58-28.
Frederick scored 21 points in the game, including four, three-point shots. Miller had 14 points, Page nine, Klein six, Kinga Kukus four and two each from Kenzi Mongar and Romero; Page also had one, 3-point shot. The Lady Mustangs had a 44.4% field goat shot percentage, and a 62.5% percentage from the free throw line.
Romero logged nine total rebounds - three offensive and six defensive, and six each came from Klein and Miller. Miller had four steals, and Page had four assists.
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(FG FT PTS) Totals – 24 5-8 58. Miller 6 2-4 14, Kinga Kukus 2 0-0 4, Page 3 2-2 9, Frederick 8 1-2 21, Kenzi Mongar 1 0-0 2, Klein 3 0-0 6, Romero 1 0-0 2. 3-point goals – 5 (Page 1, Frederick 4). Rebounds – 38 (Miller 6, Kukus 4, Page 3, Frederick 1, Mongar 4, Klein 6, Gracie Mathes 5, Romero 9). Assists – 14 (Miller 3, Kukus 2, Page 4, Frederick 1, Mongar 3, Romero 1). Steals – 17 (Miller 4, Kukus 1, Page 3, Frederick 3, Mongar 1, Klein 1, Mathes 2, Romero 2). Blocks – 1 (Klein). Turnovers – 20. Team fouls – 12. Fouled out – 0.
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(FG FT PTS) Totals – 12 2-3 28. Miah Burgher 3 2-3 8, Rachel Ogden 3 0-0 7, Sariah Johnson 1 0-0 2, Madison Barber 3 0-0 7, Claire Swarts 2 0-0 4. 3-point goals – 2 (Ogden 1, Barber 1). Rebounds – 18 (Burgher 3, Ashlyn Lasley 3, Ogden 2, Johnson 1, Barber 4, Delaney Kaster 1, Swarts 1, Gracie McCoy 3). Assists – 11 (Burgher 2, Lasley 2, Ogden 2, Johnson 1, Barber 2, Swarts 1, McCoy 1). Steals – 12 (Burgher 4, Ogden 4, Barber 4). Blocks – 9 (Ogden 2, Barber 1, Swarts 6). Turnovers – 25. Team fouls – 7. Fouled out – 0.