By RICK PETERSON
TopSports.news
The only real highlight for Kansas City-Southeast Mo. in Tuesday night's non-league basketball game at Highland Park came when the Knights hit a free throw to trail by just a 2-1 margin two minutes into the game.
But things got progressively worse for the Scots from that point on, with Highland Park taking control with a 38-0 run on the way to a 68-9 win.
Highland Park sophomore Amelia Ramsey scored 27 points and grabbed 24 rebounds in the Scots' 68-9 non-league win over KC-Southeast Tuesday night. [File photo/TSN]
And although the game was a runaway after Highland Park opened up commanding leads of 19-1 at the end of the first quarter and 43-2 at the half, coach Robert Brown said his team took a lot of positives away from the game, including the 1-1 Scots' first win of the season.
"We'll take a win,'' Brown said. "We'll always take wins all day.''
Highland Park standout Amelia Ramsey, a 6-foot sophomore, had a monster night with 27 points and 24 rebounds while three other Scots reached double figures and 11 players saw action.
"We're trying to learn how to win the right way, focus on what we need to work on and stay disciplined,'' Brown said. "And even when we got a big lead we wanted to just keep working on what we need to work on.
"We wanted to give Amelia some touches, touches that she needs, and we're a young team so we're still learning how to play with each other.''
The Scots ended the first quarter with 17 straight points and then scored 21 straight points to begin the second quarter while holding the Knights to just two free throws in the first half.
Southeast (2-5) finally got its first field goal with 2:28 left in the third quarter on a 3-pointer by freshman Krishan Myrick, but by then Highland Park had opened up a 58-2 lead.
Highland Park led 59-7 at the end of the third quarter and a running clock was used throughout the fourth quarter.
Sophomore Tahtionna Broils added 13 points for the Scots while sophomore Mariah Parker-Brown had 12 points with three 3-pointers and junior Angelique Gown-Britt had 11 points.
Sophomore Armoni Harris led Southeast with four points.
Highland Park will open Meadowlark Conference play on Friday at KC-Wyandotte.
HIGHLAND PARK GIRLS 68, KC-SOUTHEAST 9
KC-Southeast 1 1 5 2 -- 9
Highland Park 19 24 16 9 -- 68
KC-Southeast (2-5) -- Friday 0-3 1-3 1, Myrick 1-10 0-2 3, Brown 0-16 1-2 1, Arthur 0-2 0-0 0, Harris 2-5 0-0 4, Ready 0-0 0-0 0, Slayden 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 3-37 3-7 9.
Highland Park (1-1) -- Parker-Brown 4-14 1-4 12, Gown-Britt 3-9 5-6 11, White 0-3 1-2 1, Ramsey 11-24 3-5 27, Broils 6-13 1-4 13, Hernandez 1-6 2-4 6, Rice 0-1 0-0 0, Johnson 0-0 0-0 0, Heironimus 0-0 0-0 0, Chandler 0-0 0-0 0, Atkins 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 25-70 13-27 68.
3-point goals -- KC-Southeast 1 (Myrick), Highland Park 5 (Parker-Brown 3, Ramsey 2). Total fouls -- KC-Southeast 21, Highland Park 7. Fouled out – Brown.
