HILLSBORO GIRLS 43, HOISINGTON 28 — Hillsboro outscored Hoisington 13-0 before halftime and coasted past the Cardinals 43-28 in Monday's Central Kansas League basketball game.
Hoisington's Tianna Lutters and Kelsi Maier each scored eight points. Addison Hanzlick hauled down nine rebounds. Brynn Tarlton had two assists. Kinley Wilkens and Hanzlick each had two steals. The Cardinals had 22 turnovers.
The Trojans (11-7, 4-2 CKL) converted 8 of 15 3-pointers. Ella Potucek scored 15 points with a trio of 3-pointers and Amyah Werth added 13 points. The Trojans started with a 9-0 scoring run and ended the half on a 13-0 run.
Hillsboro converted 3-pointers against a variety of Cardinal defense. The Cardinals played zone and man at the same time, straight man defense and a 1-3-1 zone.
"Hillsboro has a lot of players who could hit 3s. We switched defenses," said Hoisington coach Trina Lutters. "When Hillsboro was a run, they had good luck. They're hard to cover. We played zone, man and a mix of zone and man defense. Potucek's a good player."
Hoisington 8 4 7 9 — 28
Hillsboro 9 16 14 4 — 43
HOISINGTON (6-12, 1-5)—Lutters 3-5 (2-4) 0-0 8, Maier 3-8 2-2 8, Hanzlick 2-7 1-2 5, Bittel 1-5 (1-3) 0-0 3, Crawford 1-2 (0-1) 0-0 2, Tarlton 0-7 2-2 2, Wilkens 0-3 0-0 0, Totals 11-37 (3-8) 3-4 28
HILLSBORO (11-7, 4-2)—Potucek 6-13 (3-9) 0-0 15, Werth 4-13 (2-6) 3-3 13, Talia Yost 2-7 (1-1) 2-2 7, Addison Yost (2-6) 0-0 6, Klein 1-9 0-0 2, D'albini 0-3 (0-1) 0-0, Totals 15-51 (8-31) 5-5 43
HILLSBORO 57, HOISINGTON 40 — Hillsboro's red-hot Lincoln Wichert converted four 3-pointers and torched Hoisington for 26 points in a 57-40 Central Kansas League basketball victory over the Cardinals.
Hillsboro (12-6, 4-2 CKL) has won seven consecutive games. Addison Jost, Potucek and Daisy Klein each had three steals.
Rhen Galla scored 10 points and Marcus Ingram added eight points. Kamden Tarlton had three steals and two assists. Hoisington (9-9, 2-4 CKL) slips to No. 10 seed in the 3A Scott City substate.
Hoisington 9 12 7 12 — 40
Hillsboro 11 16 17 13 — 57
HOISINGTON (9-9, 2-4)—Galla 4-13 (2-6) 2-2 10, Ingram 3-5 (1-2) 0-0 8, Robinson 3-11 (0-3) 1-1 7, Mason Martin 2-11 (1-6) 1-2 6, Merlau 2-3 0-0 4, Tarlton 1-3 (0-1) 1-2 3, Thompson 0-3 0-0 0, Russell 0-2 (0-1) 0-0 0, Totals 15-52 (4-19) 6-8 40
HILLSBORO (12-6, 4-2)—Lincoln Wichert 9-16 (4-6) 4-4 26, Shahan 4-11 (1-7) 2-2 11, Dickson 2-3 (1-1) 1-1 6, Beavers 2-5 (0-1) 3-6 8, Weisbeck 1-1 0-0 2, Driggers 2-3 0-0 4, Dalke 0-1 0-0 0, Totals 20-41 (6-16) 11-14 57
Technical foul—Dickson, Hillsboro
CENTRAL KANSAS BOYS
Hesston 6-0 15-2
Haven 5-1 16-2
Pratt 4-2 13-5
Hillsboro 4-2 12-6
Hoisington 2-4 9-9
Smoky Valley 2-4 4-14
Halstead 2-5 7-11
Larned 1-4 6-11
Nickerson 0-6 2-16
2-14—Hoisington 60, Nickerson 35; Haven 68, Halstead 55; Hesston 64, Smoky Valley 19; Pratt 63, Larned 28; Hillsboro 46, Council Grove 40
2-17—Pratt 54, Haven 43; Hesston 48, Wichita Sunrise 40; Hillsboro 57, Hoisington 40; Smoky Valley 67, Halstead 44
2-20—Larned at Haven; Nickerson at Hesston
2-21—Hesston at Haven; Smoky Valley at Pratt; Nickerson at Hillsboro; Hoisington at Larned; McPherson Elyria at Halstead
CENTRAL KANSAS GIRLS
Hesston 6-0 17-0
Halstead 6-1 17-1
Hillsboro 4-2 11-7
Haven 4-2 13-5
Pratt 2-4 10-8
Smoky Valley 2-4 6-12
Larned 2-3 9-8
Hoisington 1-5 6-12
Nickerson 0-5 1-17
2-14—Hoisington 63, Nickerson 40; Halstead 51, Haven 34; Hesston 54, Smoky Valley 37; Larned 38, Pratt 31; Hillsboro 51, Council Grove 22
2-17—Haven 48, Pratt 45; Hesston 59, Wichita Sunrise 42; Hillsboro 43, Hoisington 28; Halstead 56, Smoky Valley 43
2-20—Larned at Haven; Nickerson at Hesston
2-21—Hesston at Haven; Smoky Valley at Pratt; Nickerson at Hillsboro; Hoisington at Larned; McPherson Elyria at Halstead
