HOISINGTON 59, HILLSBORO 52 — Hoisington's Mason Martin showed his basketball savvy. Martin delivered a behind-the-back pass that led to two points and scored a layup after glancing the basketball off the back of Hillsboro's Braden Loewen on an inbounds play during a 59-52 Central Kansas League basketball victory over the Trojans.

After Hillsboro's Braxton Hiebert converted back-to-back 3-pointers for a 41-40 score, Marcus Ingram and Martin combined for 14 fourth-quarter points 

Martin scored 22 points with four 3-pointers. Ingram scored 12 points and Brody Pfannenstiel added 11 points, four in the fourth quarter.

"We relied on our seniors," said Hoisington coach Kyle Haxton. "Hillsboro is a balanced team that's fallen short. They're young, but talented."

The Cardinals failed to defend hot-shooting Koehn Janzen, who scored 23 points. Hiebert scored 13 points for Hillsboro (2-17, 1-6 CKL). 

"We gave up eight 3-pointers. Hillsboro shot the ball incredibly well," Haxton said. "Some of it's good shooting, some of it's errant defensive tactics."

Hillsboro 13 11 10 18 — 52

Hoisington 18 15 8 18 — 59

HILLSBORO (2-17, 1-6)—Janzen 9 (4) 1-1 23; Hiebert (4) 1-2 13; Amshutz 4 2-3 10; Thiessen 1 0-0 2; Jaeten Loewen 1 0-0 2; Braden Loewen 1 0-0 2; Totals 20 (8) 4-6 52

HOISINGTON (12-9, 4-2)—Martin 9 (4) 0-0 22; Ingram 2 8-13 12; Pfannenstiel 5 1-3 11; Carson Mason 1 0-0 2; Crawford 4 1-1 9; Merlau 1 1-2 3; Totals 22 (4) 11-19 59

HILLSBORO GIRLS 54, HOISINGTON 30 — Hillsboro's red-hot Ella Potucek and Amyah Werth combined for 21 first-quarter points to spark the Trojans past Hoisington 54-30 in Tuesday's Central Kansas league basketball game.

Potucek scored 20 points and Werth 14 as they combined for six 3-pointers. The Trojans outscored the Cardinals 24-6 on 3-pointers.

The Trojans spread the court perfectly, passed the basketball sharply and converted open shots all night. The Trojans' quickness and full-court pressure forced 23 Cardinal turnovers.   

Kelsi Maier scored seven points and Kinley Wilkens six for the Cardinals (11-8, 3-3), who meet Larned (16-6) and Halstead (19-0). 

"We struggled getting our half-court offense going," said Hoisington coach Trina Lutters. ""It's not an easy road. Hillsboro is a state-ranked team."

The Cardinals missed guard Tianna Lutters.

"We're fighting through a time of adversity," Lutters said. "We missed Tianna because she helps with our ballhandling and defense."

Hillsboro 21 14 13 16 — 54

Hoisington 11 4 6 9 — 30

HILLSBORO (15-4, 6-1)—Potucek 7 (4) 2-2 20; Werth 5 (2) 2-2 14; Addison Jost 3 (2) 2-2 10; Talia Jost 3 0-0 6; Klein 2 0-0 4; Totals 17 (8) 6-6 54

HOISINGTON (11-8, 3-3)—Maier 2 3-4 7; Wilkens 3 0-2 6; Aylward 1 3-4 5; Hanzlick (1) 0-0 3; Beck 2 0-0 4; Bittel (1) 0-0 3; (2) 1 0-0 2; Totals 11 (2) 6-10 30