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By Todd Fertig
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The Silver Lake boys basketball team went into the holiday break riding high off a 62-54 victory over rival Rossville Tuesday night.
The Eagles received a charge from junior Jared Johnson, who came out firing, hitting four 3-point buckets in the first quarter. The Eagles built a seven-point advantage in the first period and maintained a lead throughout.
Silver Lake's Jared Johnson scored 22 points with four 3-pointers in the Eagles 62-54 win over Rossville. [Photo by Rex Wolf/TSN]
“I felt like everything was going in. It just felt amazing,” Johnson said. “I think that really built our confidence and we just built off of that.”
“We expected (Rossville) to either pressure-man us or go zone,” Silver Lake coach Shannon Kruger said. “So, if they went zone, we told him to let it fly because he can shoot it. He was making them tonight.”
Silver Lake's Elijah Lopez drives to the hoop in Tuesday's 62-54 win over Rossville. [Photo by Rex Wolf/TSN]
Johnson led the Eagles with 22 points. Silver Lake also got 14 points each from Elijah Lopez and Brody Deiter.
As always, a victory over Rossville felt special to the Eagles.
“It was really fun,” Johnson said. “We had a great crowd out there. Our student section was getting into it. You can’t really describe how great it feels.”
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A matchup of two of the top girls basketball teams in Class 3A went the way of host Silver Lake Tuesday. The top-ranked Eagles knocked off fourth-ranked Rossville 65-52 in the final game before the holiday break.
Senior MaKenzie McDanield (10) scored a game-high 20 points as top-ranked Silver Lake stayed unbeaten with a 65-52 win over Rossville on Tuesday. [Photo by Rex Wolf/TSN]
A sluggish second quarter put the Bulldawgs behind by 11 and they were unable to make up the deficit.
“Rossville’s a great (challenge) for us for a number of reasons,” said Silver Lake coach Kyle Porter. “First off, they are a super athletic team. They play incredibly hard, and they play in a way that is unique in terms of who we have faced so far. They are an up-tempo team. They do a great job of pressing using their length to disrupt you. You have to play with poise and not get caught up in the up-and-down game that they want to play.
“In the first quarter we fed into that a little bit, but we did a really good job, especially in the second quarter, of settling down and taking the shots we wanted to take in the half court. In the second and third quarter, you saw the lead extend because of that.”
Sophomore Kailyn Hanni drives to the basket in Tuesday's 65-52 Silver Lake win over Rossville. [Photo by Rex Wolf/TSN]
Kaylee Deiter scored 13 points as Silver Lake improved to 5-0 with a 65-52 win over Rossville. [Photo by Rex Wolf/TSN]
Twenty points from senior MaKenzie McDaniel – 13 of which came in the first half – led the Eagles, who also got 16 points from Kailyn Hanni and 13 from Kaylee Deiter.
“This was a game we’ve been anticipating for forever,” McDaniel said. “It’s always a high-energy, big game. We make a bucket list at the beginning of the season, and beating Rossville is always very important to us.
“It’s nice to go into break with this big win.”
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By RICK PETERSON
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Washburn University's women put a bow on the 2023 portion of their season Tuesday afternoon, running away in the second half with a 75-56 win over Northeastern State at Lee Arena.
WU coach Lora Westling said Tuesday was a great way to head into the holiday break.
"That was the first thing I told my girls, 'Thank you for getting a win while I'm in this ridiculous (Christmas) sweater,' '' Westling said. "I think it's a combination of the work they've been putting in.
"These girls deserve going into break with a little bit of joy and a little bit of confidence because they've certainly been putting in the work.''
Washburn's NIbari Nwidadah (32) is congratulated by her teammates after scoring and drawing a foul in Tuesday's 75-56 MIAA win over Northeastern State. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
Washburn coach Lora Westling, decked out in a Christmas sweater, coaches her Ichabods during Tuesday's 75-56 MIAA win over Northeastern State. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
Washburn, 8-3 overall and 3-2 in the MIAA, and Northeastern State were deadlocked at 17 at the end of the first quarter and 34-all at halftime before the Ichabods took control with a 20-9 third quarter and cruised the rest of the way.
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Freshman Jack Bachelor scored 11 points in a span of 1 minute, 52 seconds in the first half to give Washburn an early lead and the Ichabods never looked back, rolling to an 84-48 MIAA win over Northeastern State Tuesday at Lee Arena.
Freshman Jack Bachelor (14) scored a career-high 24 points in Washburn's 84-48 MIAA romp past Northeastern State Tuesday at Lee Arena. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
Bachelor hit a 3-pointer to give Washburn a 7-0 lead at the 16:56 mark of the first half and added two more treys and a two-point basket to put the Ichabods up 15-8 at the 15:04 mark and WU went on to go wire-to-wire for the win, improving to 7-4 overall and 3-2 in the MIAA.
Bachelor scored a career-high 24 points and said the hot start was a big boost.
"It definitely helps,'' Bachelor said. "It gets your confidence up and just helps with the flow of the game because now they kind of have to respect the shots and then the drive's open and it opens up things for my teammates.
"It just gets the team's confidence going, so that was really good.''
Bachelor got his second start Tuesday after coming off the bench his first nine games, but said it doesn't matter to him whether he starts or not.
"It really doesn't affect me at all,'' Bachelor said. "I just try and do what's best for the team and just try to come in and give the energy that the team needs and just give what I can.''
The RiverHawks (4-6, 0-5) cut the Washburn lead to five at 17-12, but WU answered with a 24-5 run over the next 9:06 of the half to push its lead to 41-17 with 4:36 to play in the opening half.
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The Washburn Ichabods will play their final game of the 2023 calendar season as they will host Northeastern State at 4 p.m. Tuesday at Lee Arena.
Sophomore Sam Ungashick scored a total of 50 points in Washburn's last two games. [File photo/TSN]
Ichabod junior Andrew Orr is averaging 13.2 points while shooting 94.1 percent from the free throw line. [File photo/TSN]
Washburn (6-4 overall, 2-2 in the MIAA) topped Missouri Western 83-77 on Saturday in St. Joseph.
The RiverHawks are 4-5 overall and 0-4 in the MIAA after falling at Rogers State 80-72 last Wednesday.
Northeastern State has lost its last four games since a 72-70 win over Ozarks on Nov. 20.
Tuesday's meeting will be the 22nd in the all-time series, which the Ichabods lead 11-10 after a 66-56 win Jan. 28 in Topeka.
Sophomore Sam Ungashick leads the Ichabods with a 17.3 scoring average in his first season at Washburn while averaging 3.9 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 1.5 steals per game.
