Culver girls hit 9 treys, but Pioneer earns Hoosier North win

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS

Sports Editor, RTC

Girls basketball

Pioneer 62, Culver 49 (Nov. 19): Kennedy Jackson led three Culver players in double figures with 14 points, but the Lady Cavaliers lost to host Pioneer on Nov. 19 to fall to 1-1 in the Hoosier North.

Rose Peterson added 12 points, and Grace Sieber had 11. Peterson hit four 3-pointers, and Sieber hit three. Culver hit nine 3-pointers as a team.

Pioneer senior guard Ashlynn Brooke, playing against Culver for the first time in her career, hit four 3-pointers and scored a game-high 31 points. Kylie Attinger had 12 points and seven rebounds.

Pioneer had a 26-20 rebounding advantage and won despite making just 9 of 19 free throws.

Pioneer led 35-23 at halftime and extended the lead to 55-38 after three quarters.

CULVER (49) (3-4, 1-1)

Grace Sieber 4 0-0 11, Brynn Berndt 3 0-0 7, Rose Peterson 4 0-0 12, Amiyah Williams 0 0-0 0, Kennedy Jackson 4 6-12 14, Kaylee Hamilton 0 0-0 0, Luci Overmyer 1 0-0 3, Madi Hamilton 0 0-0 0, Avery Garland 1 0-0 2

TEAM: 17 6-12 49

PIONEER (62) (4-0, 2-0)

Makenna Strycker 1 1-3 3, Ashlynn Brooke 12 3-3 31, Brooklyn Borges 2 2-4 6, Gracie Hopper 1 1-2 3, Kylie Attinger 5 2-5 12, Paula Collado Fernandez 2 0-3 5, Julia McGrew 0 0-0 0, Crystabelle Blickenstaff 0 0-0 0, Kynzie Hathaway 1 0-0 2, Allison McGrew 0 0-0 0

TEAM: 24 9-20 62

Three-point field goals:

Culver 9 (Peterson 4, Sieber 3, Berndt, Overmyer),

Pioneer 5 (Brooke 4, Collado Fernandez)

Total fouls: Culver 19, Pioneer 12

Fouled out: Garland (CUL), Williams (CUL)

Score by quarters

Culver 9 14 15 11 – 49

Pioneer 18 17 20 7 – 62