Area basketball

WESSINGTON SPRINGS — The Wessington Springs Spartans defeated Iroquois 58-37 on Thursday in a 281 Conference matchup.

A complete boxscore from the game was unavailable at press time.



Girls

Hitchcock-Tulare 58, Wolsey-Wessington 25

WOLSEY — Hitchcock-Tulare pulled away in the second half for a 58-25 victory against Wolsey-Wessington on Tuesday.

Molly Koester had a game-high 21 points and 13 rebounds for the Lady Patriots, who improved to 8-12. Taylor Knippling added 19 points and had team-high totals with nine assists and nine steals.

Meagan Eggleston led the Lady Warbirds (4-13) with seven points. Brittany Bergquist, Sidney Carey and Cydnee Davis added four points each.

Bergquist also had nine rebounds for Wolsey-Wessington.



Hitchcock-Tulare 8 17 34 58

Wolsey-Wessington 7 13 21 25

Hitchcock-Tulare (8-12): Molly Koester 7 7-14 21; Taylor Knippling 9 1-3 19; Heather Barrie 4 0-0 8; LaMour Binger 1 0-0 2; Paige Binger 1 0-0 2; Shaylyn Steinheuser 2 0-0 4; Chelsy Schultz 1 0-0 2. Totals: 25 8-17 58.

Wolsey-Wessington (4-13): Meagan Eggleston 2 3-4 7; Brittany Bergquist 2 0-0 4; Bailey Zerfoss 1 0-0 3; Sidney Carey 1 2-2 4; Cydnee Davis 2 0-0 4; Megan Robinson 1 1-1 3. Totals: 9 6-7 25.

Rebounds: HT 33 (Koester 13); WW na (Bergquist 9). 3-point goals: HT 0; WW 1 (Zerfoss 1). Turnovers: HT 17; WW na. Assists: HT 15 (Knippling 9); WW na. Steals: HT 22 (Knippling 9); WW na. Fouls: HT 11; WW 14 (Bergquist, out).

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