Goddard girls 47, Maize South 28
The basics: Goddard’s lock-down defense and hot shooting paved the way for the Lions in a win at AV-CTL Division II foe Maize South. The Lions made seven of nine field goals in the first quarter and jumped out to a 16-2 lead.
Key stretch: Maize South cut the margin to 21-16 at halftime, but the Lions took control in the third quarter, taking a commanding 36-20 lead into the final quarter, which was too much for the host Maize South to overcome.
Standouts: Goddard was led by Madison Smith with 11 points, including eight in the first quarter. Jessica Gardiner added 10 points for the Lions. Maize South was led by Jaelynn McLaurian with 10 points.
What they said: “I thought we played well, we just didn’t score baskets the way we needed to, but that was fine,” Goddard coach Kevin Hackerott said. I thought the first quarter we defended super well, I thought offensively we played our style, kind of grinded on them and made some shots. I thought our girls responded well from our loss on Tuesday. Our ultimate girl from now on is to win every game and get that number one seed when Sub-State rolls around.”
What it means: Goddard (12-3) bounced back from Tuesday’s loss to AV-CTL Division II leader Andover Central. The Lions hold their ground in second place abd will play at third-place Valley Center next Tuesday. Maize South (9-5) dropped its second straight and will look to break the streak on Tuesday at Andale.
Goddard | 16 | 5 | 15 | 11 | — | 47 |
Home | 2 | 14 | 4 | 8 | — | 28 |
Goddard: Smith 11, Hackerott 3, Fuchs 6, Gardiner 10, Wilhelm 7, Schwab 9.
Home: Johnson 3, Myers 2, Peeples 5, Mortensen 8, McLaurian 10.
Sean Boston
This story was originally published February 5, 2016 at 10:31 PM with the headline "Goddard girls 47, Maize South 28."