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TVL Tournament (at Washington County) - 1st round
Wetmore Cardinals flew out of the gates to start the game against Axtell going up 10-2 with 3:00 left in the first quarter and led 18-6 after the first quarter was done. That lead grew to 20-8 but Axtell responded and got the lead down to three in the second quarter only to see Wetmore add a bucket and lead 24-19 at the half. In the second half it was the Axtell Eagles putting together a strong quarter winning the third 12-6 and taking the lead 31-30 into the fourth after taking as big as a four-point lead in the third. The fourth belonged to Josie Shumaker and the Wetmore Cardinals as Shumaker hit four three's in the final frame and the team went 9-16 from the line in the second half to post a 20-10 fourth and earn the 50-41 win. Shumaker had a season best 19 points hitting six three-pointers earning Community National Bank "Player to Bank On" honors on KMZA, while Dakota McQueen added 12 points including 6-8 from the line, along with Jill Henry scoring 11 points as Wetmore moved to 5-3 on the season. Axtell fell to 1-8 on the year with the loss and was led by Anna Buessing who scored 15 points.
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