Caston girls put 3 in double figures, but fall to Maconaquah

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS

Sports Editor, RTC

Girls basketball

Allison Craig

Maconaquah 54, Caston 41 (Monday): Allison Craig led three Caston players in double figures with 15 points, and she also pulled down a team-high eight rebounds in a loss to host Maconaquah in the first round of the Miami County Invitational Monday.

Madi Douglass added 13 points and a team-high six assists, and Grace Colvin hit a pair of 3-pointers and added 10 for the Lady Comets, who could not hold onto an eight-point lead after one quarter and fell to 7-6.

Five of Caston’s losses have been to higher-class teams.

Ireland Kile had 13 points, and Delaney Betzner and Addie Maiben had 12 each for Maconaquah, who won their fifth straight game and improved to 11-2.

Caston led 19-11 after one quarter and still led 23-22 at halftime. The Lady Braves claimed a 40-30 lead after three quarters.

Caston will play North Miami in the consolation game at noon Tuesday. Maconaquah will play Peru in the championship game at 6 p.m.

Peru edged North Miami 37-36 in the other first round game.

CASTON (41) (7-6)

Hadlie Coffing 0 0-0 0, Grace Colvin 4 0-0 10, Camila Hernandez-Rios 0 0-0 0, Madi Douglass 3 7-10 13, Allison Craig 6 2-3 15, Ellie Zartman 0 0-0 0, Lexie Field 0 0-0 0, Natalie Warner 0 0-0 0, Trinity Zimmerman 0 0-0 0, Adyson Steininger 1 0-0 3, Gigi Berry 0 0-0 0

TEAM: 14 9-13 41

MACONAQUAH (54) (11-2)

Addie Maiben 4 0-0 12, Betzner 5 0-0 12, Kaiser 3 2-4 8, Stoll 3 0-0 7, Kile 5 3-4 13, Averie Maiben 0 0-0 0, Murray 0 2-2 2, Fuller 0 0-0 0, Griffis 0 0-0 0, Boshears 0 0-0 0

TEAM: 20 7-10 54

Three-point field goals:

Caston 4 (Colvin 2, Steininger, Craig),

Maconaquah 7 (Addie Maiben 4, Betzner 2, Stoll)

Total fouls: Caston 12, Maconaquah 9

Turnovers: Caston 17, Maconaquah 14

Score by quarters

Caston 19 4 7 11 – 41

Maconaquah 11 11 18 14 – 54