The Langford Area girls basketball team took a fourgame winning streak into a Lake Region Conference contest with Warner last night Tuesday.
The Lady Lions, now 66, downed North Central 48-31 on Saturday, defeated Waverly-South Shore 4427 on Thursday, and stopped Hankinson, ND, 41-14 last week Tuesday.
This week LA hosts Northwestern in a doubleheader with the boys’ squad on Friday (JV boys 4 p.m., JV girls, varsity boys, varsity girls to follow), and on Monday plays Waubay-Summit in Waubay (JV 6:15 p.m., varsity to follow).
“Our girls have been playing well on the defensive end,” said LA coach Michael Alberts. “We have been able to create turnovers leading to more scoring opportunities on our end. We have also done a pretty good job of crashing the offensive boards lately leading to second chance points.
“The girls have really been making some nice plays on the offensive end as well,” Alberts added. “We have done a good job of penetrating and finishing, getting to the free throw line, or making nice passes to find the open girl. We are continuing to work on playing faster but under control and to keep getting better on both ends of the court.”
Langford Area 48 North Central 31
Langford Area rode a 121 second period run to a 22-9 halftime lead and padded that margin to 19 after three quarters on the way to its sixth win.
Megan Gustafson, who had a game-high 23 points, hit six counters in the early going to lead the Lady Lions to a 108 edge after the opening eight minutes. But then LA reeled off 10 straight to open the second stanza and led 22-9 at halftime.
Gustafson caught fire in the third period, scoring 12 points in the first six minutes, including a trey, boosting the Lady Lions to a 36-14 lead. North Central did hit three straight treys to end the third period and open the fourth, quickly cutting the margin to 39-23, but Alex Darling sunk a pair of free tosses and Gustafson hit another trey to put the game away.
Marlow and Darling both had nine points to support Gustafson’s effort.
NORTH CENTRAL: Ella Batie 3 1-4 7, Alaina Dosch 3 0-0 9, Katelyn Engelhart 0 1-4 1, Lindsey Geier 1 0-0 2, Amree Vander Vorst 4 0-0 10, Sydney Bertsch 0 0-2 0, Ashton Heyne 0 0-2 0, Camryn Witlock 1 0-0 2. Totals 12 2-12 31.
LANGFORD AREA: Paytyn Marlow 4 0-0 9, Tawnee Nelson 1 0-0 2, Alex Darling 3 2-2 9, Megan Gustafson 8 5-7 23, Eliana Darling 1 1-2 3, Autumn Wegleitner 1 0-0 2. Totals 18 8-11 48.
NC (4-7) 8 9 20 31 LA (6-6) 10 22 39 48
3-point goals – Dosch 3, Vander Vorst 2; Marlow, A. Darling, Gustafson 2. Total fouls – NC 11, LA 13.
Langford Area 44 Waverly-South Shore 27
Langford Area led 9-1 after one period but wasn’t able to put the game away until outscoring Waverly-South Shore 18-9 in the fourth quarter.
Tawnee Nelson hit 9-13 free tosses and scored 17 points to lead the Lady Lions. Megan Gustafson added 15 points, 11 rebounds, and three assists.
LANGFORD AREA: Megan Gustafson 4 7-11 15, Tawnee Nelson 4 9-13 17, Eliana Darling 3 0-0 6, Patyn Marlow 0 3-4 3, Lizzie Gustafson 1 0-0 2, Autumn Wegleitner 0 1-2 1. Totals 1249 20-30 44.
WAVERLY-SOUTH SHORE: Brianna Gottschalk 4 0-0 11, Dashaya Koch 2 1-3 6, Jaina Johnson 2 0-0 5,
Carlee Mushitz 2 0-0 4, Emily Heuer 0 1-2 1. Totals 10 2-5 27.
LA (5-6) 9 14 26 44 W-SS (0-11) 1 7 18 27
3-point goals – Gottschalk 3, Koch, Johnson.
Langford Area 41 Hankinson 14
Langford Area limited Hankinson to just seven points in the first three quarters and cruised to the win.
Megan Gustafson had 15 points and 12 rebounds to pace the LA attack. Tawnee Nelson added six boards and three assists, and Alex Darling had eight points, five boards, and three assists.
LANGFORD AREA: Megan Gustafson 7 0-0 15, Tawnee Nelson 0 4-6 4, Eliana Darling 1 1-1 3, Paytyn Marlow 3 0-0 7, Mariah Tosse 1 0-0 2, Alex Darling 2 4-4 8, Lizzie Gustafson 1 0-0 2. Totals 15-53 9-11 41.
HANKINSON: Rylee Steffens 1 12 4, Shylin Medenwaldt 0 3-6 3, Lilian Medenwaldt 1 0-0 3, Hudsyn Hubrig 1 0-2 2, Camri Kelley 0 1-2 1, Kylee Falk 0 1-2 1, Hannah Lingen 0 0-2 0. Totals 3 6-16 14.
LA (4-6) 7 18 28 41 Hankinson (2-6) 2 5 7 14
3-point goals – Marlow, M. Gustasfson; Steffens, L. Medenwaldt. Total fouls – LA 15, Hankinson 8.
