Northeast Nodaway’s girls held off a frantic Albany rally 41-35 Tuesday as Madelynn Mattson had 12 points to lead a balanced attack and Paige West had 13 boards. The Bluejays overcame a 15-8 first quarter deficit with a 12-2 second quarter that put them in the lead for good at halftime. They led by as much as nine in the third, then had to hold off Albany’s frantic attempts to rally. They held on despite turning the ball over 21 times and giving up 25 offensive boards to the green shirts.
The first quarter started off evenly, with NEN trailing 9-8 after Paige West jumped a pass and went in for a layup with 1:33 left. But then Sierra Anthony hit two free throws and then Gabby Newman, who had 23 points, added two more after being fouled on a three point attempt. Albany got a steal off their press and Newman added a pullup to make it 15-8. Newman had 12 of Albany’s 15 points in the period.
But then Paige West took over the second quarter and got them right back in the game with her energy and effort, collecting six boards in the span of three minutes and seven in the period and finding the open person at will, adding three assists. Blair Stoll got loose on a fast break against Albany’s box press on a transition look fueled by West and Newman sat for a while with two fouls, killing Albany’s momentum. Paige came in from the weak side when nobody was watching and added a putback. Then, Paige flew from the top of the circle on defense to grab a defensive board 18 feet away underneath the basket; that let to West hitting MaKayla Adwell on the wing for a triple that tied it at 15. Blair Stoll got another three-pointer after Adwell skipped one to her to make it 18-15. Emily Poppa’s drive cut it to 18-17 for the Warriors, but West hit Madelynn Mattson at the buzzer to make it 20-17 at the break.
Northeast did a much better job taking care of the ball in the second and third quarters, when they outscored Albany; they had only four turnovers during that stretch. In the first and fourth quarter, Northeast turned it over 17 times, which fueled Newman and the Warriors. Newman scored all 23 of her points in the first and fourth quarters.
Madelynn Mattson took over the third quarter, scoring six straight points to put the Bluejays up 26-19. Gerry Runde added a drive to get into the scoring column to give NEN its biggest lead of the night at 28-19. Riley Houts hit a 3-pointer, countered by another West putback to make it 30-22 after three.
But then Newman threatened to take over, hitting a 3-pointer and stripping a blue shirt and getting a free throw to make it 30-26. Runde countered with a badly-needed 3-pointer, but Newman answered to make it 33-29. Madelynn Mattson got loose against the press and got a pass from Runde and Adwell added a free throw, but Newman countered with a steal to make it 36-31.
The score stayed there as Northeast was able to take some valuable time off the clock. But then the pace turned frantic as NEN couldn’t take care of the ball against Albany’s pressure and Albany was hurrying their shots, handing the ball right back to the Bluejays. Newman finally broke through despite box and one pressure on her, scoring over a screen from 17 feet out to make it one possession at 36-33. But then Makayla Adwell threw a strike to Blair Stoll backdoor, and Stoll completed a three point play to make it 39-33. Newman tried to drive the left baseline, but lost it out of bounds and Albany had to start fouling, putting Paige West on the line. West hit both free throws to make it 41-33 with 42 seconds left.
Albany was franticly throwing up shots at the basket and getting multiple chances until Houts’ putback made it 41-35. Northeast lost it on a five seconds call, and Albany had a chance to make it one possession, but threw it away. Albany stole the ball back, but missed two frantic tries and Northeast had the ball with six seconds. Northeast got another five seconds call, but Albany missed two tries at the end.
Gerry Runde and Madelynn Mattson had 3 blocks, while Blair Stoll had 2.
Madelynn Mattson had 12 points. MaKayla Adwell, Paige West, and Blair Stoll all had 8, while Gerry Runde had 5.
Paige West had 13 boards for Northeast. Blair Stoll and Gerry Runde had 6 each, MaKayla Adwell and Madelynn Mattson had 4 each, and Anne Schieber and Cassy Redden had 1 each.
MaKayla Adwell had 5 assists for NEN. Paige West had 4, Gerry Runde 3, and Blair Stoll 1.
Paige West had 6 tips for the Bluejays. MaKayla Adwell had 4, Blair Stoll 3, and Cassy Redden and Gerry Runde 1.
Paige West had 5 steals for NEN. MaKayla Adwell, Blair Stoll, and Gerry Runde had 2, while Madelynn Mattson had 1.
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