Jackson, Berndt score in double figures, help Culver come back vs. Winamac

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS

Sports Editor, RTC

Girls basketball

Culver 42, Winamac 33 (Nov. 15): Kennedy Jackson scored 14 points and grabbed seven rebounds, and Brynn Berndt knocked a pair of 3-pointers and added 10 for the host Lady Cavaliers in a win over Winamac in their Hoosier North opener on Nov. 15.

Amiyah Williams added seven points and seven rebounds for Culver (2-3, 1-0).

Kandace Kroft led Winamac with eight points.

Culver trailed 25-17 at halftime and 31-28 after three quarters before outsourcing Winamac 14-2 in the fourth.

Culver won despite making just 4 of 12 free throws.

Culver beat Winamac for the first time in Hoosier North play and for the first time since November 2014.

WINAMAC (33) (0-5, 0-2)

Smith 1 5-8 7, Kroft 3 2-2 8, Link 1 1-2 3, Rausch 2 0-2 6, Attinger 0 0-0 0, Loehmer 2 2-2 7, O’Connor 0 2-2 2

TEAM: 9 12-18 33

CULVER (42) (2-3, 1-0)

Grace Sieber 2 0-0 4, Brynn Berndt 4 0-0 10, Kaylee Hamilton 0 0-0 0, Amiyah Williams 3 1-5 7, Kennedy Jackson 6 2-5 14, Rose Peterson 0 1-2 1, Luci Overmyer 1 0-0 3, Avery Garland 1 0-0 3

TEAM: 17 4-12 42

Three-point field goals:

Winamac 3 (Rausch 2, Loehmer),

Culver 4 (Berndt 2, Overmyer, Garland)

Total fouls: Winamac 16, Culver 19

Turnovers: Winamac 22, Culver 18

Score by quarters

Winamac 11 14 6 2 – 33

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