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BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS
Sports Editor, RTC
Girls basketball
Culver 54, Knox 37 (Dec. 10): Rose Peterson hit four 3-pointers and scored a game-high
16 points while also grabbing nine rebounds, and Brynn Berndt added 12 points for the host Lady Cavaliers in a historic win over Knox at John R. Nelson Gymnasium Dec. 10.
Kennedy Jackson added seven points and also pulled down 14 rebounds. Culver had a 46-17 rebounding advantage.
Morgan Downs led Knox with 13 points, but Culver held the Lady Redskins to 27 percent shooting.
Culver led 30-18 at halftime.
The win was Culver’s first over Knox since the schools became conference rivals in 2015. Culver averaged 21.2 points per game in those previous seven losses to Knox.
KNOX (37) (2-9, 1-2)
Messer 2 1-4 6, Downs 4 4-9 13, Qualls 1 2-2 4, Webb 0 0-0 0, Sponaugle 0 0-0 0, Minix 2 0-1 6, Fairchild 4 0-0 8, Jordan 0 0-0 0
TEAM: 13 7-16 37
CULVER (54) (4-7, 2-1)
Grace Sieber 1 1-2 4, Brynn Berndt 6 0-0 12, Rose Peterson 4 4-4 16, Amiyah Williams 2 0-0 4, Kennedy Jackson 3 1-3 7, Kaylee Hamilton 0 0-0 0, Luci Overmyer 2 0-0 5, Maisy McCuen 1 0-1 2, Avery Garland 2 0-0 4
TEAM: 21 6-10 54
Three-point field goals:
Knox 4 (Minix 2, Messer, Downs),
Culver 6 (Peterson 4, Sieber, Overmyer)
Total fouls: Knox 13, Culver 15
Turnovers: Knox 5, Culver 17
Score by quarters
Knox 10 8 10 9 – 37
Culver 18 12 10 14 – 54
