Northeast Nodaway’s girls recovered from a two game losing streak and the loss of Makayla Adwell (knee) to beat Union Star 62-17 in a makeup game Friday. NEN had come off consecutive losses to Worth County (53-40) and a wild game in DeKalb, in which they fell behind 17-2 after one, lost Adwell in the second, still fought back to take a 30-28 lead in the third, but then fell behind again and lost 44-40.
The focus of the game was to figure out how to play without one of their main scorers and playmakers Friday. Luckily, they were able to get a breather against winless Union Star, which only broke the 20 point barrier three times this year and which scored three points in a game against Jefferson and four in games with East Atchison and North Harrison this year.
The Bluejays put this one away early as they got both of their post players going, stayed out of foul trouble, and kept the Trojans off the boards; they collected 40 boards and only allowed one offensive board. They were a little sloppy in the first quarter with the ball, throwing it away five times; however, they only threw it away four more times the rest of the game.
Madelynn Mattson scored 13 points in the first quarter and Gerry Runde 11 more as Union Star couldn’t get across the halfcourt line for the first 2+ minutes of the game and got three five seconds calls in the first five minutes. Paige West got 6 tips and 3 steals during the first period.
Runde got going, getting loose in transition after Blair Stoll got a steal and threw it to Paige West, who threw it to Runde. West struck again, tipping it twice, deflecting it to Cassy Redden, who threw it to Runde for another layup. Then, one of the Trojan players threw a strike to Runde, who put it in – a score that was missed by the Union Star scorekeeper. Paige West then got a steal and Cassy Redden threw it to Runde to make it 8-0.
Star finally crossed halfcourt and Mackenzie Wilcoxson’s bank shot broke the shutout, but then Runde threw backdoor to Mattson, went backdoor for a layup, and knocked one down from the high post off a pass from Blair Stoll to make it 14-2.
Mattson then got going for NEN, hitting a free throw, connecting from the left wing off a Runde drive, getting a putback and working the inside at will during the latter part of the period as NEN built up a 26-7 lead after one.
Madison Marriott did all she could for Union Star, getting 5 of her 10 points in the period, and trying to end her career for the Trojans on a more positive note. But NEN was able to substitute freely after Blair Stoll’s triple early in the second. Cassy Redden got on the board twice, Angela Standiford scored from inside, and Anne Schieber hit from the right wing and added a pullup at the buzzer to make it 39-9.
NEN continued to pull away in the third, getting balanced scoring as Mattson, Runde, and Stoll all had 5 points. Anna Schieber got to six points on the night with a shot from the wing, and West, Redden, and Runde were all getting open people the ball. Angela Standiford scored from inside and Tierney Privett got on the board for Northeast in the fourth.
Gerry Runde and Madelynn Mattson had 18 points each for Northeast. Blair Stoll had 8, Cassy Redden and Anne Schieber had 6 each, Angela Standiford had 4, and Tierney Privett had 2.
Blair Stoll and Madelynn Mattson each had a block.
Angela Standiford had 7 boards for NEN. Gerry Runde, Cassy Redden, and Madelynn Mattson had 6. Paige West had 5, Blair Stoll and Tierney Privett had 3 each, and Anne Schieber and Brittany Moran had 2 each.
Gerry Runde had 8 assists for Northeast. Cassy Redden had 6, Angela Standiford 4, Paige West 3, Madelynn Mattson and Blair Stoll 2 each, and Brittany Moran and Tierney Privett 1 each.
Paige West had 9 tips for Northeast. Cassy Redden had 6, Blair Stoll 4, Anne Schieber had 2, and Madelynn Mattson, Gerry Runde, Tierney Privett, Brittany Moran, and Angela Standiford each had 1.
Paige West and Gerry Runde had 5 steals. Blair Stoll had 4, Angela Standiford and Anne Schieber had 2, and Cassy Redden, Tierney Privett, and Madelynn Mattson had 1.
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