Winamac’s Iverson scores career-high 19 in loss to Manchester

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS

Sports Editor, RTC

Girls basketball

Manchester 64, Winamac 48 (Saturday): Marissa Iverson scored a career-high 19 points, and Kandace Kroft added 16, but the Winamac girls basketball team fell to host Manchester Saturday.

Brookelynn Buzzard scored 10 of her team-high 18 points for Manchester in the first quarter. Hadley West added 12, and Emma Walker had 10.

Manchester built a 26-12 lead after one quarter and led 36-22 at halftime. They extended the lead to 48-35 after three quarters.

Iverson scored eight of Winamac’s 13 points in the fourth quarter.

Winamac lost to Manchester for the second straight year and fell to 4-3.

Manchester also won the JV game 37-14.

WINAMAC (48) (4-3)

Maggie Smith 2 0-0 4, Kandace Kroft 4 6-10 16, Sadie Popejoy 1 0-0 3, Piper Link 2 0-0 4, Lily Bennett 0 0-0 0, Brody Goodman 0 0-0 0, Marissa Iverson 8 3-4 19, Kaelyn O’Connor 0 0-0 0, Corinne Ulerick 1 0-1 2

TEAM: 18 9-15 48

MANCHESTER (64) (3-3)

Sautter 0 0-0 0, Ream 3 1-3 7, Buzzard 6 5-7 18, Schannep 0 0-0 0, Walker 4 2-2 10, Espeset 0 0-0 0, Stout 2 2-3 6, Lauer 2 1-3 5, West 4 3-4 12, Smith 2 0-0 4, Schroll 1 0-0 2

TEAM: 24 14-22 64

Three-point field goals:

Winamac 3 (Kroft 2, Popejoy),

Manchester 2 (Buzzard, West)

Total fouls: Winamac 19, Manchester 17

Fouled out: Kroft (WIN)

Score by quarters

Winamac 12 10 13 13 – 48

Manchester 26 10 12 16 – 64

JV: Manchester 37, Winamac 14