Jacquelyn Cline scored 15 points and the North Nodaway girls overcame 25 turnovers to beat Stewartsville/Osborn 42-34 Tuesday. The Mustangs lost 55-44 to Pattonsburg in the Christmas shootout at Trenton the next day.
North Nodaway had struggled to get out of the gates against South Holt, but they got off to a good start against the Wildcards. They fell behind 4-2, but then Lauren Herndon hit a 3-pointer, Jacquelyn Cline scored off a steal, and Saryn Brown got a putback to make it 9-4 at the 2:37 mark of the first quarter.
But the Wildcards, with their multiple looks on defense, turned things up and started getting the ball into their bigs, 6’1” Maddison Lundy and 5’11” Ashlee Kauth. By the end of the first quarter, the lead had disappeared in a flurry of turnovers and the orange shirts had moved ahead 12-9.
Lauren Herndon jumped a pass early in the second to put North Nodaway back in front 14-12, but then the turnovers mounted again, with North Nodaway committing seven more in the first four minutes of the second quarter and falling behind 16-14. Somehow, they remained part of the game as they managed to get enough trips to the line to hang around. Defensively, Kelsey Barcus and Angie Parker took charges to keep Stewartsville/Osborn off the board. Somehow, they were down only 19-16 at the half despite all the turnovers.
Lundy knocked one down for the Wildcards to put them up 21-18, but then Jacquelyn Cline got the Mustangs going with a putback. She hit Lauren Herndon for three, and then scooped it over the Stewartsville/Osborn skyscrapers and converted a three point play to make it 26-21 at the 2:12 mark.
But once again, the turnovers started to mount again and the orange shirts knocked down a baseline shot from Kauth and then Lundy got a steal off the press in the last 10 seconds of the third, and all of a sudden, it was 26-25 after three.
It didn’t get any better right away as the Wildcards regained the lead at 27-26 to start the fourth, but after Lundy missed two free throws that would have made it three, Saylor Brown went on one of her big scoring bursts for North Nodaway as she scored off a drive and then Saryn Brown threw a lob pass that somehow got through against the Stewartsville/Osborn skyscrapers and Saylor Brown drew a foul and hit both free throws. North Nodaway got another stop and Kelsi Barcus hit Jacquelyn Cline in the right corner for her second three to make it 33-27. Somehow, despite all the turnovers, North Nodaway was in position to ice the game away.
Ashlee Kauth kept her team in the game, twice pulling the Wildcards to within four. But then Saryn Brown came away with a defensive board and Jacquelyn Cline got behind the defense and drew a foul, hitting both free throws with 4:05 left. Saryn Brown added another free throw and threw a backdoor pass to Saylor that somehow got through to put the Mustangs up 40-32.
Lundy hit a free throw to answer, but the Mustangs were not in the bonus and were able to bleed the clock out as the Wildcards could not put North Nodaway on the line. Finally, after a long possession, Saylor Brown got to the rim and hit two free throws before Kauth got loose in the closing seconds for a meaningless basket.
Jacquelyn Cline had 15 for the Mustangs. Saylor Brown had 9, Saryn Brown and Lauren Herndon 8 each, and Ellaina Renfro 2.
Ellaina Renfro had 2 blocks. Saryn Brown and Lauren Herndon had 1 each.
Ellaina Renfro and Saylor Brown had 10 boards. Saryn Brown had 9, Jacquelyn Cline 8, and Lauren Herndon 2.
Saylor Brown had 4 assists. Jacquelyn Cline and Saryn Brown had 3, and Kelsey Barcus had 1.
Saylor Brown had 6 tips. Lauren Herndon and Saryn Brown had 3 each, and Jacquelyn Cline had 2.
Lauren Herndon had 6 steals. Saylor Brown had 4, Saryn Brown and Jacquelyn Cline 3 each, and Ellaina Renfro 1.
Despite the Wildcards’ big size advantage, North Nodaway once again kept them off the boards, only giving up 8 for the night. They saved themselves at the free throw line, where they were 15 for 22 for the night.
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