By RICK PETERSON
TopSports.news
Washburn Rural girls basketball overcame a slow start with a 19-0 second quarter Tuesday night, going on to complete a three-game season sweep over Emporia with a 50-26 home Centennial League victory.
Freshman Brynn Anderson scored a game-high 19 points in Washburn Rural's 50-26 win over Emporia. [Photo by Doug Walker/Special to TSN]
Now 13-6 overall and 4-3 in the league, Washburn Rural clinched its 33rd straight winning season.
The Junior Blues committed seven turnovers in the opening seven minutes on the way to an 8-8 deadlock with the Spartans (7-13, 1-6) at the end of the first quarter, but Washburn Rural took control with its second-quarter shutout, opening up a commanding 27-8 advantage at the half.
Rural went on build a 40-16 lead by the end of the third stanza before forcing a running clock midway through the fourth.
"We were really not happy with the way we started because I didn't think we were focused in our talk before the game,'' Washburn Rural coach Kevin Bordewick said. "I thought we were too loosey-goosey and we just weren't zeroed in and I think it showed once that game started.
"We were just tossing that ball away, and you can't do that. Emporia is a good enough team that they'll make you pay for it and they did in the first quarter. But then we started getting a little bit more zeroed in on defense. I really thought our defense picked up and I thought we were kind of forcing them into some shots that they were a little iffy about shooting.''
Washburn Rural senior Hallie Walker had a double-double with 11 points and 11 rebounds in Tuesday's 50-26 Centennial League win over emporia. [Photo by Doug Walker/Special to TSN]
Freshman Kamryn Smith scored 10 points with three treys in Tuesday's 50-26 Washburn Rural win over Emporia. [Photo by Doug Walker/Special to TSN] 7's
Freshman Brynn Anderson led Washburn Rural with a game-high 19 points while senior Hallie Walker had a double-double with 11 points and 11 rebounds and freshman Kamryn Smith came off the bench to score 10 points, with three 3-pointers.
Junior Kaylee Witt led Emporia with 12 points and sophomore Maycee Davis added 10 points, but the Spartans only got a total of four points from the remainder of the team.
Tuesday's win was the first of three games on the week for the Junior Blues, who will play a non-league game at Seaman on Thursday and be on the road Friday for a Centennial League game at Hayden.
"We've got two really tough teams coming up,'' Bordewick said. "It's going to be a battle and I just said that our next opportunity is tomorrow at practice to work on some things and get better.''
WASHBURN RURAL GIRLS 50, EMPORIA 26
Emporia 8 0 8 10 -- 26
Washburn Rural 8 19 13 10 -- 50
Emporia (7-13, 1-6) – Aguirre 0-3 0-0 0, Hines 0-6 0-0 0, Wiltz 0-2 0-0 0, DeWitt 5-12 0-0 12, Davis 3-10 4-9 10, B'Hymer 0-1 0-0 0, Cunningham 0-0 0-0 0, Hess 2-2 0-0 4, Smith 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 10-37 4-9 26.
Washburn Rural (13-6, 4-3) – Rutherford 0-1 0-0 0, Hirschi 3-4 0-0 6, Walker 4-10 1-2 11, Anderson 6-11 5-5 19, Carlgren 1-7 0-0 2, Smith 3-9 1-2 10, Frost 0-1 0-0 0, Munson 1-3 0-0 0, Petersen 0-2 0-0 0, Goehring 0-0 0-0 0, Blake 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 18-48 7-9 50.
3-point goals – Emporia 2 (DeWitt 2), Washburn Rural 7 (Smith 3, Walker 2, Anderson 2). Total fouls – Emporia 15, Washburn Rural 11. Fouled out – Wiltz. Technical fouls -- none.
