Kenyon-Wanamingo Girls Pressure Defense Works
The Kenyon-Wanamingo Knights were down by 10 points early tonight to Bethlehem Academy. They won 51-42 at the Castle in Kenyon.
The Cardinals Anna Cohen, sophmore, started the game on fire from the field along with Kate Trump, senior, getting some nice layups to give BA a 12-2 lead.
The Knights then put a vice grip defense on the floor that got turnover after turnover and before you knew it the game was tied at 12.
At halftime the score was in favor of Kenyon-Wanamingo 24-22.
THe Cardinals had 14 first half turnovers that K-W converted into 10 points while the Knights turned the ball over 7 times with BA scoring 4 points off them.
Bethlehem Academy did a better job in the turnover department in the second half but they went cold shooting while the Knights heated up.
Both teams had 4 three point baskets in the game. The differenced appeared to be in the paint with Kenyon-Wanamingo scoring 24 points there while the Cardinals tallied 18 points.
The Knights were 4 of 8 from the free throw line while BA was 0 for 3.
The final turnover numbers were 20 for Bethlehem Academy, 13 for Kenyon-Wanamingo. Points off turnovers were 12 to 6 in favor of the Knights.
Our Malecha's Auto Body of Faribault Crunch Time Faribault Players of the game were Cohen and Trump with 13 and 11 points respectively.
The Cashwise Foods and Pharmacy of Owatonna Deliveries of the game went to Kenyon-Wanamingo's Tess Erlandson, senior, with 13 points (8 in the paint), Josie Flom, junior had 12 points (10 in the lane) and Ivette Mendoza with 9 points (4 in the paint).
The trio also had a number of rebounds in the Gopher Conference battle.
The win avenged a loss early this season in Faribault for K-W. The Knights are now 9-7 overall, 5-5 in Gopher action while Bethlehem Academy fell to 2-8 in the league and 7-8 overall.
In other girls basketball Tuesday, January 24, 2023:
- Winona 38 Faribault 31
- Hayfield 50 Blooming Prairie 48
- Maple River 64 Medford 33
- Triton 60 Randolph 57
- New Prague 83 St. Louis Park
- Zumbrota-Mazeppa 51 Pine Island 31
- Rochester Mayo 70 Albert Lea 40 (Spartans 14th straight win)
- Mankato East 54 Rochester Century 39
- Austin 49 Mankato West 45
- Red Wing 54 Owatonna 42
- John Marshall 57 Northfield 48
- Goodhue 60 Rochester Lourdes 54
- Eagan 51 Prior Lake 46
- Farmington 52 Shakopee 47
- Rosemount 74 Burnsville 54
- Eastview 52 Lakeville South 44
- Hopkins 74 Lakeville North 48
- Jordan 54 Holy Family 52
- Alden-Conger/Glenville-Emmons 55 Lyle-Pacelli 23
- Mabel-Canton 62 Wabasha-Kellogg 59 (overtime)
- Grand Meadow 40 Fillmore Central 36
- St. Charles 64 Spring Grove 53
- Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial 36 Norwood-Young America 35
- Kasson-Mantorville 68 Lake City 54
- Caledonia 88 Lewiston-Altura 44
Boys basketball scores from Tuesday, January 24, 2023:
- Kenyon-Wanamingo 92 Bethlehem Academy 78
- Winona 66 Faribault 35
- Goodhue 67 Rochester Lourdes 49
- Hayfield 76 Blooming Prairie 53 (Isaac Matti 50 points new school record held by David Johnson 2005)
- Stewartville 77 Byron 36
- Pine Island 61 Zumbrota-Mazeppa 53
- Randolph 62 Triton 54
- Lake City 88 Kasson-Mantorville 47
- Northfield 75 Rochester John Marshall 68
- Owatonna 79 Red Wing 43
- Spring Grove 66 LaCrescent 63
- Mankato East 78 Rochester Century 66
- Rochester Mayo 97 Albert Lea 63
- Southland 55 Houston 35
- Maple River 79 Medford 38
- Norwood-Young America 53 Tri-City United 50
- New Prague 69 St. Louis Park 52
- Lakeville North 82 Apple Valley 47
- Burnsville 53 Rosemount 44
- Shakopee 71 Farmington 65
- Eastview 70 Lakeville South 68
- Holy Family Catholic 70 Jordan 40
- Eagan 67 Prior Lake 59
- Sibley East 44 Mayer Lutheran 36
- Schaeffer Academy 69 Leroy-Ostrander 46
- Caledonia 77 Lewiston-Altura 70 (overtime)
- Chatfield 72 Rushford-Peterson 67
- J-W-P 71 NRHEG 58
- Loyola 81 Alden-Conger 47
Boys Hockey scores from January 24, 2023
- Rochester Mayo 5 Faribault 0
- Owatonna 8 Red Wing 0
- Mankato West 5 Austin 2
- Aquinas/Holmen 5 La Crescent 4 (overtime)
- Park of Cottage Grove 5 Apple Valley/Burnsville 2
- Orono 3 New Prague 2
- Rosemount 5 Lakeville North 2
- Eastview 4 Farmington 1
- Northfield 8 Mankato East 3
- Waseca 8 Redwood Valley 0
Girls Hockey scores from January 24, 2023
- Blake 5 Metro South 0
- Northfield 3 Mankato East 0
- Owatonna 12 Red Wing 1
- Minnesota River 3 Marshall 1
- Rosemount 2 Albert Lea 2 (overtime)
- Lakeville South 3 Dodge County 0
- Hill-Murray 8 Farmington 2
KDHL will be broadcasting MIAC Women's Basketball Wednesday, January 25, 2022. Carleton travels to Augsburg. Coverage starts 6:45 p.m. at 920 AM, 97.9 FM, FREE KDHL app.
