Douglass’ big night at line helps Caston top Peru
BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS
Sports Editor, RTC
Girls basketball
Caston 39, Peru 37 (Tuesday): Madi Douglass made 14 of 19 free throws and scored a game-high 22 points to lead the visiting Lady Comets over Peru at Tig-Arena Tuesday.
Natalie Warner added seven points and a game-high 10 rebounds.
No other Lady Comet had more than one field goal. Allison Craig did not play.
Madalyn Gatliff had 14 points, and Alivia Ross had 13 for Peru.
Caston led 22-17 at halftime before Peru battled back to take a 30-28 lead after three quarters.
Caston is 3-1 going into Friday’s conference opener against visiting Triton.
CASTON (39) (3-1)
Hadlie Coffing 1 0-2 2, Grace Colvin 1 0-0 2, Madi Douglass 3 14-19 22, Adyson Steininger 1 0-0 3, Natalie Warner 2 3-4 7, Ellie Zartman 1 0-0 2, Lexie Field 0 0-0 0, Gigi Berry 0 1-2 1
TEAM: 9 18-27 39
PERU (37) (0-2)
I. Colelli 1 1-1 3, Gatliff 6 2-2 14, Ross 4 3-3 13, J. Colelli 0 2-2 2, Dunn 1 1-2 3, Nordman 0 0-0 0, Eldridge 1 0-0 2, Wright 0 0-0 0
TEAM: 13 9-10 37
Three-point field goals:
Caston 3 (Douglass 2, Steininger),
Peru 2 (Ross 2)
Total fouls: Caston 18, Peru 21
Fouled out: Warner (CAS)
Turnovers: Caston 21, Peru 29
Score by quarters
Caston 9 13 6 11 – 39
Peru 9 8 13 7 – 37
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