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TVL Tournament (at Onaga) - Semifinals
A strong start to the game by Centralia was used by the Panthers to earn the win over Hanover 64-51 and move into the TVL Tournament Championship game on Saturday.
A Macy Doebele free throw opened the scoring at 1-0 but Centralia answered with a 10-0 run and by the end of the first quarter had pounced on a 20-7 lead after just the first quarter. The lead continued to grow for Centralia with a 19-2 second quarter and led 39-9 at the half as the Panthers pounded the paint in the first half with Maegan Koch leading the charge with 14 first half points. Hanover didn't go away quietly as the forced some second half turnovers of Centralia and started to hit some shots outscoring the Panthers 21-8 in the third and then drawing to as close as nine in the fourth but the Panthers put the game away with Katie Glatczak free throws down the stretch to win 64-51.
Centralia with the win moves into the TVL Tournament Championship and improves to 10-1 on the season. Koch led the Panthers with a season best 18 points earning her Community National Bank "Player to Bank On" honors on 92.1 KMZA. While Glatczak added 17 points and Madison Lueger scored 15 points.
Hanover with the loss moves to 7-2 on the season and into the third place game at the Tournament. Tianna Lohse led Hanover with 17 points, while Macy Doebele scored 13 points and Tasha Bruna posted 11 points.
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