Westville rallies in 4th to edge Winamac

Kroft scores 15, Iverson adds 10 for Lady Warriors

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS

Sports Editor, RTC

Girls basketball

Westville 53, Winamac 50 (Tuesday): Miranda Sparks scored nine of her team-high 15 points in the fourth quarter, and Loreli Mallon added 14 for the visiting Westville girls basketball team in a win over Winamac Tuesday.

Kandace Kroft scored 15, and Marissa Iverson contributed 10 for Winamac (1-1) in the loss. Sadie Popejoy hit a pair of 3-pointers in the second quarter and scored eight, and Kaelyn O’Connor had seven.

Winamac led 41-38 after three quarters and 50-46 in the fourth before Westville closed on a 7-0 run.

WESTVILLE (53) (1-0)

Sparks 6 1-2 15, Mallon 4 3-4 14, Vargas 1 3-8 5, Sonaty 2 1-2 5, Benefield 2 5-6 9, Fenters 1 3-4 5, Hannon 0 0-0 0

TEAM: 16 16-26 53

WINAMAC (50) (1-1)

Maggie Smith 0 0-0 0, Kandace Kroft 4 4-4 15, Sadie Popejoy 3 0-0 8, Piper Link 3 0-0 6, Lily Bennett 0 0-0 0, Brody Goodman 1 0-0 2, Mershai Loehmer 1 0-0 2, Marissa Iverson 3 4-6 10, Kaelyn O’Connor 3 1-1 7, Cyaira Wolford 0 0-0 0

TEAM: 18 9-11 50

Three-point field goals:

Westville 5 (Mallon 3, Sparks 2),

Winamac 5 (Kroft 3, Popejoy 2)

Total fouls: Westville 13, Winamac 20

Fouled out: Iverson (WIN)

Score by quarters

Westville 11 13 14 15 – 53

Winamac 7 18 16 9 – 50