PHOTO PROVIDED Bucktail's Makenzie Wagner tries to maintain the ball in bounds whereas Meadowbrook Christian's Audrey Millet tries to keep away from a collision Thursday night time.
The Bucktail ladies basketball group jumped out to a 12-6 lead in opposition to No. 8 Meadowbrook Christian on Thursday night time, however averted a season upset as Meadowbrook used a 17-4 second quarter to regain management and advance to the occasion. 44:32 win.
Regardless of the loss, Bucktail coach Sue Ellen Wagner praised the best way her group battled the now 13-0 Meadowbrook powerhouse.
“They performed nicely, they actually performed,” Wagner stated of her group. “They're ranked No. 1 in (Class) A, they're undefeated and I actually really feel like that's a win in my ebook.”
Mak Wagner scored seven factors, Matti Mason added three as Bucktail gained an early lead. At the same time as the highest group started to make a comeback, the Bucks have been initially outmatched by their opponents.
“We performed nicely. That's the place we regained momentum late within the recreation, which was a transparent case of our ladies not giving up,” stated Coach Wagner as her group outscored Meadowbrook within the fourth and first.
The Bucks performed Northwest on Wednesday night time, not arriving residence till midnight earlier than turning round and internet hosting Meadowbrook the following night time.
Kendall Wagner hit a 3-pointer with 4:23 left within the second quarter to provide her group the lead again at 16-15, however that's when the favorites began to flex their muscle mass.
Madalyn Fasnacht scored 9 factors within the second quarter as her group started to tug away. At one level within the third, the guests led 34-20 earlier than Bucktail began firing once more.
Meadowbrook solely had 4 gamers rating factors, however three of them reached double figures in Fasnacht 16, Kailey Devlin 14 and Audrey Millett 12.
Mak Wagner led Bucktail with 13 factors, whereas sister Kendall added 7 factors and 10 rebounds.
The loss drops the Bucks again to 7-7 with a visit to Benton on Saturday to play the Bucktail boys at 6pm after which at 7:30pm.
“Benton is one other aggressive group, we're going to should outplay them and I do know we will, we're wanting ahead to the sport,” Wagner stated.
MEADOWBROOK (44)
M. Fasnacht 6 2-2 16; Ok Devlin 5 4-5 14; A Smith 6 0-0 12; H Millett 1 0-0 2. Complete 18 6-7 44.
BUCKTAIL (32)
Mak Wagner 4 2-3 13; Lola English 2 0-0 4; Alexis Lowery 1 0-0 2; Dezlyn Halpate 0 1-2 1; Matt Mason 2 1-4 5; Kendall Wagner 2 2-8 7. Complete 11 6-17 32.
Meadowbrook 12 4 6 10 — 32
Bucktail 9 17 10 8 — 44
3-point subject targets: Meadowbrook 2 (Fasnacht 2), Bucktail 4 (M. Wagner 3, Ok. Wagner 1).
