Link scores 9, but Winamac falls to unbeaten Rensselaer

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS

Sports Editor, RTC

Girls basketball

Rensselaer 60, Winamac 24 (Thursday): Piper Link scored nine points, but the Winamac girls basketball team’s two-game winning streak was snapped at Class 3A, No. 4 Rensselaer Thursday.

Kandace Kroft added six points.

Rensselaer (10-0) held the Lady Warriors without a field goal in the second quarter, outsourcing them 21-2 to open a 41-10 halftime lead. Winamac’s 24 points were a season low.

Rensselaer has won the last four meetings in the series.

WINAMAC (24) (6-4)

Maggie Smith 1 0-2 3, Kandace Kroft 2 1-4 6, Sadie Popejoy 0 0-0 0, Piper Link 4 1-2 9, Lily Bennett 0 0-0 0, Mershai Loehmer 0 0-0 0, Marissa Iverson 1 3-4 5, Kaelyn O’Connor 0 1-2 1, Corrine Ulerick 0 0-0 0, Cyaira Wolford 0 0-0 0

TEAM: 8 6-14 24

RENSSELAER (60) (10-0)

Manns 2 0-0 5, Rowland 4 3-4 13, Drone 5 3-4 14, Van Meter 6 4-9 16, Kaufman 2 2-4 6, Koebcke 0 0-0 0, Fleming 0 0-0 0, Bailee Radtke 0 0-0 0, Mathew 2 0-0 5, Cain 0 1-2 1, Brodie Radtke 0 0-0 0

TEAM: 21 13-23 60

Three-point field goals:

Winamac 2 (Smith, Kroft),

Rensselaer 5 (Rowland 2, Drone, Manns, Mathew)

Total fouls: Winamac 18, Rensselaer 15

Score by quarters

Winamac 8 2 8 6 – 24

Rensselaer 20 21 8 11 – 60

JV: Rensselaer 12, Winamac 10