Kroft breaks Winamac single-game 3-point mark, combined with Popejoy for 13 treys in rout of N. Newton

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS

Sports Editor, RTC

Girls basketball

Kandace Kroft

Winamac 69, North Newton 24 (Tuesday): Kandace Kroft broke the Winamac single-game record for 3-pointers with eight and scored a game-high 31 points, and Sadie Popejoy hit five treys and added 20 points in a rout of host North Newton Tuesday.

Marissa Iverson added nine points.

Winamac hit 14 3-pointers as a team. Winamac (3-0) has made 28 3-pointers in three games while their opponents have made one.

Kroft’s sister Kingsley held the previous school record with seven 3-pointers.

Winamac led 53-12 at halftime. Kroft then scored all eight of Winamac’s points in the third quarter as the lead reached 61-16.

Winamac will host Caston in their Hoosier North opener at 7 p.m. Saturday.

WINAMAC (69) (3-0)

Maggie Keller 1 1-2 4, Kandace Kroft 10 3-3 31, Jordan Compton 0 0-0 0, Sadie Popejoy 6 3-5 20, Marissa Iverson 3 3-4 9, Abby Keller 0 0-0 0, Kylie Fisher 0 2-2 2, Willa Byroad 0 0-0 0, Corinne Ulerick 1 1-2 3, Elizabeth DeLaCruz 0 0-0 0

TEAM: 21 13-18 69

NORTH NEWTON (24) (1-2)

E. Cahill 0 0-0 0, Ivey 1 0-0 2, Culbreth 3 2-3 8, Klemz 2 2-2 6, Busboom 1 0-2 2, T. Cahill 1 1-5 3, Bajda 0 0-0 0, Kincaid 0 0-0 0, Lucas 1 1-2 3, D.Angelo 0 0-0 0, Cooper 0 0-0 0

TEAM: 9 6-14 24

Three-point field goals:

Winamac 14 (Kroft 8, Popejoy 5, M. Keller),

North Newton 0

Total fouls: Winamac 17, North Newton 18

Score by quarters

Winamac 23 30 8 8 – 69

North Newton 8 4 4 8 – 24