Crusaders win over Lady Spartans for basketball consolation title
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Girls’ Fifth Place
Sunshine Bible Academy 55
Wessington Springs 34
The Sunshine Bible Academy Crusaders jumped out early and prevented the Wessington Springs Lady Spartans from mounting any comeback, earning a 55-34 win over the Lady Spartans in the fifth-place game of the 281 Conference Tournament on Thursday afternoon.
Lindsey Wilken torched the nets for 23 points to lead the Crusaders, who also got 13 points from Susan Wilken, while Shariah Brockel led the SBA rebounders with nine boards.
Grace Gran led Wessington Springs in scoring with 19 points and Chloe Munsen claimed seven rebounds.
SBA, which improves to 5-5 with the win, will travel to take on Wolsey-Wessington on Tuesday, while Wessington Springs, now 3-7, will return to action Saturday when they take on Alcester-Hudson in Madison.
Sunshine Bible Academy 18 27 45 55
Wessington Springs 4 16 23 34
Sunshine Bible Academy (5-5): Cassidy Clark 3 1-2 7; Susan Wilken 3 7-8 13; Lindsey Wilken 11 0-0 23; Beth Konechne 3 2-2 8; Shariah Brockel 2 0-0 4. Totals: 22 10-12 55.
MIKE CARROLL/PLAINSMAN
Sunshine Bible Academy’s Lindsey Wilken puts up a shot over Sierra Swenson of Wessington Springs during consolation title game of the 281 Conference Girls’ Basketball Tournament on Thursday at Huron Arena.
Next, James Valley Christian’s Josalyn Wipf puts up a shot against Iroquois’ Kaitlyn Maas during the seventh-place game of the 281 Conference Girls’ Basketball Tournament on Thursday at Huron Arena.