Lady Bulldogs escape close call vs. Lady Cougars

The CCHS Lady Bulldogs scored 16 points in each of the last three quarters to pull away from the Lady Mustangs for a win at Jordan last Friday night. Ekalaka got to the free throw line often, but only shot 35 percent when there (11-31). CCHS went an impressive 48 percent from the field. Kendall Kittelmann hit a pair of threes and Kendall Shepherd hit three from beyond the arc in the win. Tyra O'Connor led the way for the Lady Bulldogs with 16 points and 9 rebounds. Jordan's Lindsay Lawrence had a game-high 17 points.

CCHS 12 28 44 60

Jordan 13 30 39 49

CCHS: Tyra O'Connor 16 pts, 9 rbnds, 2 trns, 1 ast, 2 stls; Heidi LaBree 14 pts, 9 rbnds, 6 trns, 5 asts, 4 stls; Kendall Shepherd 9 pts, 2 trns; Codi Melton 8 pts, 3 rbnds, 1 trn, 2 asts, 1 stl; Kendall Kittelmann 7 pts, 1 rbnd, 1 trn, 1 ast; Nasya O'Connor 4 pts, 6 rbnds, 1 trn, 1 ast, 4 stls; Brynn Loehding 2 pts, Kendra Tooke 1 trn.

Jordan: Lindsay Lawrence 17 pts, Brenna Murnion 10 pts, Lacey Lawrence 8 pts, Brooke Murnion 6 pts, Tori Murnion 4 pts, Julia Gibson 2 pts, Delaney Kamerman 2 pts.

The Lady Bulldogs' JV squad battled in Jordan, but fell short. They scored only two points in the final frame and eventually lost by 10. Kendra Tooke had a game-high 13 points and hit a pair of threes in the contest. CCHS shot 29 percent on free throws; Jordan shot 67 percent. Ekalaka had 20 turnovers as a team.

CCHS JV 3 12 23 25

Jordan JV 9 17 26 35

CCHS JV: Kendra Tooke 13, Nasya O'Connor 10, Bella Jensen 2.

Jordan JV: K. Hafla 12, M. McWilliams 8, J. Gibson 5, D. Kamerman 3, M. Erlenbusch 2, J. Twitchell 2, S. Murnion 1, L. Baker 1, D. Bolinger 1.

The 12-3 Lady Bulldogs narrowly escaped with an important home-win over the 2-8 Lady Cougars of Plevna on Saturday night. CCHS was down by 5 points at halftime before outscoring Plevna 18-10 in the third. They narrowly held onto the lead in the final frame and came away with a 3 point victory. Stats for both teams were almost even. CCHS shot 80 percent from the free throw line, 39 percent on two-point field goals, and 14 percent from behind the arc. Plevna shot 73, 36 and 25 percent, respectively. The Lady Bulldogs won the rebound battle (25-18) and held a small advantage in turnovers (7-11). Plevna's Chloe Tudor had a game-high 16 points. Heidi LaBree had 14 for Ekalaka and Nasya O'Connor pulled in 8 rebounds.

CCHS 11 18 36 46

Plevna 14 23 33 43

CCHS: Heidi LaBree 14 pts, 5 rbnds, 3 trns, 4 asts; Codi Melton 12 pts, 5 rbnds, 3 trns, 4 asts, 1 stl; Tyra O'Connor 8 pts, 5 rbnds, 1 trn, 1 ast; Kendra Tooke 5 pts, 1ast; Nasya O'Connor 4 pts, 8 rbnds, 1 ast; Kendall Kittelmann 3 pts, 1 rbnd; Brynn Loehding 1 rbnd.

Plevna: Chloe Tudor 16 pts, Sophia Tudor 15 pts, Jaeda Paul 12 pts.

4C girls basketball standings

(as of Jan. 29)

Melstone; 10-0; 12-2

CCHS; 9-2; 12-3

Jordan; 8-4; 10-4

Broadus; 6-4; 7-6

Custer-Hysham; 4-6; 4-9

Wibaux; 4-7; 5-10

Plevna; 1-8; 2-8

Terry; 0-9; 1-12