H-BC, Luverne meet in cross-county basketball clashes

The Luverne girls’ basketball team remained undefeated on the season when they came out on top of the visiting Hills-Beaver Creek Patriots 74-41 Dec. 14.
Cardinal Emma Beyer started the scoring with a three pointer and Luverne maintained the lead the rest of the game.
The score was 42-19 at the intermission.
In the second half, Luverne added 32 more points while H-BC scored 22 in the second stanza.
Cardinal Elizabeth Wagner led all scorers with 27 points in the game. She added eight rebounds, four assists and five steals to her impressive stats.
Beyer tallied 12 points and four rebounds for Luverne.
Averill Sehr (five points, four assists and four steals), Christina Wagner (eight points) and Brooklynn Ver Steeg (four points, four rebounds and four steals) also had solid efforts for the Cardinals.
H-BC senior Kenadie Fick led the way for the Patriots. Fick scored ten points and recorded five rebounds, three assists and three steals.
Lanae Elbers scored eight points and pulled in seven rebounds while Mackenzie Voss tallied six rebounds in the game.
 
Luverne box score:
C. Wagner 1 1 3-4 8, Beyer 3 2 0-0 12, Ver Steeg 2 0 0-0 4, Sehr 2 1 0-0 5, E. Wagner 10 0 7-10 27, Stegenga 0 1 0-0 3, John 3 0 0-0 6, Smith 0 0 0-0 0, Serie 1 1 0-0 5, Voorhees 0 0 0-0 0, Bloemendaal 0 0 0-0 0, Hansen 1 0 0-0 2, Schmuck 1 0 0-0 2, Hart 0 0 0-0 0
 
H-BC box score:
Fick 3 0 4-6 10, Rauk 0 1 0-0 3, Deelstra 3 0 1-2 7, Voss 2 0 0-0 4, Bork 0 0 0-0 0, Steinhoff 1 1 1-6 6, Elbers 3 0 2-2 8, Moser 1 0 1-2 3
 
Team statistics:
Luverne: 29 of 65 (45 percent), 10 of 14 free throws (71 percent), 36 rebounds, 11 turnovers
 
HBC: 15 of 49 (31 percent), 9 of 18 free throws (50 percent), 36 rebounds, 26 turnovers