St. Francis defense stifles Summerland
EWING - The vaunted Humphrey St. Francis pressure defense victimized another girls basketball team on Thursday.
The Flyers forced 15 turnovers in the first half alone, stifling Summerland in a 65-22 win.
The Bobcats actually led after the first quarter, but St. Francis turned it on beginning in the second quarter, outscoring Summerland 40-8 over the middle two quarters - a stretch in which the Bobcats shot just 3-for-11.
St. Francis had come into Thursday night's contest forcing 28.7 turnovers per game. The Class D2 defending champs improved to 5-1 on the year, while handing Summerland their second loss of the season.
GAME SUMMARY
ST. FRANCIS (5-1) - 8 19 21 17 - 65
SUMMERLAND (4-2) - 10 3 5 4 - 22
TEAM STATS
ST. FRANCIS
- FG: 25/54 (46.3%)
- 3P: 5/14 (35.7%)
- FT: 10/13 (76.9%)
SUMMERLAND
- FG: 8/29 (27.6%)
- 3P: 2/10 (20%)
- FT: 4/9 (44.4%)
INDIVIDUAL STATS
ST. FRANCIS
- Kaylee Stricklin: 24 pts, 8 rebs
- Makenna Wietfeld: 8 pts, 3 rebs
- Hannah Baumgart: 8 pts, 2 rebs
- Jalyssa Hastreiter: 7 pts, 2 rebs
- Shelby Gilsdorf: 5 pts
- Kylee Wessel: 4 pts, 4 rebs
- Leah Kosch: 3 pts, 1 reb
- Makenna Wietfeld: 2 pts, 1 reb
- Karly Kessler: 2 pts
SUMMERLAND
- Hadley Cheatum: 8 pts, 4 rebs
- Ady Mlnarik: 7 pts, 2 rebs
- Emily Nordby: 5 pts, 1 reb
- Lydia Robertson: 2 pts, 2 rebs
