Area roundup: Hahn leads South Central girls to victory

By Editor | November 19, 2014 |

COWDEN — Abby Hahn put on a show in the season-opener.
A sophomore guard, Hahn scored a career-high 30 points in the first game of the season as the South Central Lady Cougars knocked off Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City, 44-35, on Monday night in girls basketball action.
"The girls played hard tonight to pick up a win in our first game of the year," South Central Coach Gary Kapper said. "We moved the ball pretty well and were patient in our offense for the most part. We just need to get more aggressive in attacking the basket when we can."
Hahn scored 17 points in the first half as the Lady Cougars took the lead right away. South Central led, 7-0, in the first period. By the end of the first quarter, the Cougars were up, 14-4. The Lady Hornets got back into the game with a 9-9 second quarter.
Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City outscored South Central, 22-21, in the second half, but the Cougars held on for the win.
"Defensively, we did OK, but we have things to work on to get better," Kapper said. "We were aggressive rebounding tonight. It's always good to get the first game over to see what we have to work on. We will work to improve."
Hahn made 10 field goals, with two three-pointers. She also hit eight of 10 foul shots for 30 points.
Keely Smith scored seven points for South Central, while Alannah Sigrist added five points and Sidney Wilkins added two points.
"Sidney did a good job of setting up and running our offense," Kapper said.
Jensyn Morrison scored 14 points to lead CHBC.
South Central (1-0) is at North Clay on Thursday at 6:15 p.m.

South Central 44, CHBC 35
SC 14 9 10 11 — 44
CH 4 9 13 9 — 35
South Central: Hahn 10 8-10 30, Lee 0 0-0 0, Slater 0 0-0 0, Smith 2 3-4 7, Wilkins 1 0-4 2, McCoy 0 0-3 0, Sigrist 1 3-4 5, Price 0 0-0 0. Totals 12 (2) 15-25 44. Three-pointers: Hahn 2. Fouls 18. Fouled out: None.
CHBC: Gates 2 0-1 4, Ward 2 2-2 8, S. Morrison 0 0-0 0, J. Morrison 5 5-6 14, Johnson 1 2-2 4, Oldham 2 1-3 5, Meek 2 1-3 5. Totals 10 (2) 9-14 35. Three-pointers: Ward 2. Fouls 17.

RAMSEY GIRLS FALL
SANDOVAL — Host Sandoval used a big second-half in a 63-44 win over Ramsey on Monday night in the 2014-15 girls basketball season-opener.
The first half was close, as Sandoval led, 27-25, at halftime. But the Lady Hawks outscored the visiting Lady Rams, 36-19, in the second half.
Skye Kimberlin scored 17 points to lead Ramsey, and Kayla Zimmerman added 15 points.

LADY BOMBERS DROP OPENER
BROWNSTOWN — Brownstown/St. Elmo never recovered from a poor start in a 62-46 loss to Mt. Olive on Tuesday night in the season-opener.
Mt. Olive raced out to a 17-3 lead in the first quarter and never looked back.
The Lady Bombers picked it up after the first quarter, but the big deficit was too much. After the first quarter, Mt. Olive only outscored BSE, 45-44.
Morgan Brown scored 13 points to lead the Bombers (0-1).

Mt. Olive 62, BSE 46
MO 17 12 16 17 — 62
BS 3 10 14 20 — 46
Brownstown/St. Elmo: Fitch 4, Viramontes 2, Bone 3, Pruett 2, Dana Shelton 2, Deana Shelton 4, Brown 13, Moore 4, Zasada 2, Baron 8, Howard 2.
Mt. Olive: C. Keruich 6, Huke 16, R. Keruich 2, Rooney 2, Niehaus 19, Murphy 14, Fields 3.