Ponca moves to 2-0 after taking down Wayne on the road
The Ponca Indians used a four-way scoring attack to propel themselves to a 54-37 win over the Wayne Blue Devils on Saturday night.
After the Blue Devils took a 6-0 lead out of the gate, the Indians got their scoring started with a 16-0 run to to lead 14-6 at the end of the quarter.
Wayne only managed to tally another six points in quarter two, while Ponca increased the lead to 10 at the break.
Ponca continued to lock down Wayne's offense and eventually pulled away, thanks to a strong fourth quarter from Morningside Basketball commit, Samantha Ehlers who had 15 of her 19 all in the second half.
Three other Indians reached double-digits, including Gracen Evans (12), Ellie McAfee (13) and Ashlyn Kingsbury (10).
Reagan McGuire led the way for the Blue Devils with 11. Senior post presence Brooklyn Kruse added 9, which leaves her just 20 points away from the Wayne basketball school record for points in a career.
Ponca improves to 2-0 and looks to use the strength of nine seniors to power through the season and find a way back to Lincoln in March.
Wayne slips to 1-1 and will look to regroup heading into its next game.