Shooting woes plague Caston in loss to Carroll

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS

Sports Editor, RTC

Girls basketball

Camila Hernandez-Rios (photo provided)

Carroll (Flora) 58, Caston 32 (Thursday): Madi Douglass scored 14 points and dished out four assists for Caston in a loss to Carroll in their home finale Thursday.

Allison Craig hit a pair of 3-pointers and had eight, and Adyson Steininger also hit two treys and had six.

Caston shot just 22.5 percent from the field and made just 4 of 11 free throws. By contrast, Carroll shot 52.5 percent from the field and made 15 of 21 free throws.

Carroll led 28-15 at halftime and extended the lead to 44-19 after three quarters.

Caston lost to Carroll (15-6) for the fourth straight year.

This marked the final home game for Caston seniors Camila Hernandez-Rios and Emily Rodas.

Caston (9-12) closes out the regular season with a road game at sectional rival DeMotte Christian at 2:30 p.m. today.

CARROLL (FLORA) (58) (15-6)

Springer 2 1-2 7, Harness 0 0-0 0, Harter 0 1-2 1, Randle 5 3-4 14, Isley 3 3-4 9, Rinehart 1 3-4 5, Salts 4 3-3 12, Schroder 2 0-0 5, Richardson 2 0-0 4, Butcher 0 0-0 0, Speicher 0 1-2 1

TEAM: 19 15-21 58

CASTON (32) (9-12)

Hadlie Coffing 0 0-2 0, Camila Hernandez-Rios 0 0-0 0, Grace Colvin 0 0-0 0, Madi Douglass 5 4-7 14, Allison Craig 3 0-0 8, Ellie Zartman 0 0-0 0, Natalie Warner 1 0-2 2, Adyson Steininger 2 0-0 6, Gigi Berry 1 0-0 2

TEAM: 12 4-11 32

Three-point field goals:

Carroll 5 (Springer 2, Randle, Salts, Schroder),

Caston 4 (Craig 2, Steininger 2)

Total fouls: Carroll 15, Caston 15

Turnovers: Carroll 12, Caston 10

Score by quarters

Carroll 14 14 16 14 – 58

Caston 7 8 4 13 – 32