Val T.
- Dec 29, 2022
- 2 min read

Scales scores 16, leads Caston to Miami County Invite final

Mollenkopf, Zimpleman score 9 each; next up: Peru, 6 p.m. tomorrow

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS

Sports Editor, RTC

Girls basketball

Caston 49, North Miami 29 (Wednesday): Isabel Scales scored a game-high 16 points

Isabel Scales

and added a team-high five assists to lead the Class 1A, No. 3 Caston girls basketball team past North Miami in a Miami County Invitational semifinal at Maconaquah Wednesday.

Kinzie Mollenkopf scored a season-high nine points, and Addison Zimpleman also had nine. Bailey Harness had seven points, a team-high eight rebounds and four assists.

Five different Caston players hit a 3-pointer. Caston made a higher percentage of its 3-point attempts (50 percent) than its free throw attempts (43 percent).

Caston led 20-13 at halftime and extended the lead to 37-20 after three quarters.

Caston (14-0) will play Peru in the tournament final at 6 p.m. today. Peru topped Maconaquah 34-31 in the other semifinal. Caston is the two-time defending tournament champion and defeated Peru 59-51 on Nov. 8.

Kaiden Hanley led North Miami with 11 points. North Miami came in averaging 51 points per game.

The teams’ regular season meeting is scheduled for Jan. 19 at North Miami.

CASTON (49) (14-0)

Macee Hinderlider 2 0-2 5, Isabel Scales 5 5-7 16, Addison Zimpleman 4 0-0 9, Kinzie Mollenkopf 4 1-5 9, Bailey Harness 3 0-0 7, Annie Harsh 1 0-0 3

TEAM: 19 6-14 49

NORTH MIAMI (29) (8-3)

Musall 2 0-0 5, Smith 0 0-0 0, Bowman 2 0-0 5, Hanley 4 2-2 11, Freeman 2 4-4 8, Masters 0 0-0 0, Sailors 0 0-0 0, Musselman 0 0-0 0

TEAM: 10 6-6 29

Three-point field goals:

Caston 5 (Hinderlider, Zimpleman, Harness, Scales, Harsh),

North Miami 3 (Musall, Bowman, Hanley)

Total fouls: Caston 10, North Miami 15