ALAH girls basketball drop two after win over Villa Grove
By Mike Monahan
ARTHUR – The week started out strong for the Arthur Lovington Atwood Hammond girls’ basketball team as they downed Villa Grove 63-14 in a Lincoln Prairie Conference game. However, the Knights suffered a 57-49 non-conference game at Marshall and followed that with a tough 56-48 setback to Tri-County in a LPC game.
The Knights, 13-15 overall and 5-4 in the conference, played host to Okaw Valley in the final regular season game and conference contest on Monday.
Thursday: Tri-County at Arthur Lovington
Atwood Hammond
The Knights trailed 16-11 after the first eight minutes, but then outscored the Lady Titans 14-7 in the second period to lead 25-23 at the break.
Tri-County took a slim 39-38 advantage heading into the final four minutes before out-scoring ALAH 17-10 to win by eight.
Arthur lost despite three players in double digits. Annabelle Vanausdoll led the way with 16 points, while Sophie Monts had 14 and Morgan Casteel 12.
ALAH was 18-of-57 (.316) from the field, while Tri-County shot .453 sinking 24-of-53.
The Lady Titans improved to 16-5 overall and 7-1 in the LPC, good for third place.
Cara Phillips had a team-high 16, while sophomore Maria Ehlers had 14 for Tri-County.
February 3:
Arthur Lovington Atwood Hammond at Marshall
Marshall led just 12-8 after one quarter, but they outscored the Knights 21-11 to lead 33-19 at the half.
The Lady Lions, 13-9, were outscored 30-24 in the second half, but it was not enough for the Knights to win.
ALAH was led by Monts with 24 and Casteel netted 15 in the contest.
February 2
Arthur Lovington Atwood Hammond at Villa Grove
ALAH outscored Villa Grove 18-0 in the opening quarter and the game was never in doubt after that. Monts and Casteel had seven and six points respectively in the opening eight minutes.
The Lady Blue Devils made one basket in the first half and trailed the Knights 27-3.
ALAH outscored Villa Grove by at least nine in every quarter and led 50-10 heading into the final quarter.
Monts led the Knights with 11 points,while sophomore Rylie Ward came off the bench to also finish with 11 points.
Villa Grove, 0-16, was led in scoring by Chevelle Grice and Alice Mitsdarfer with four points each.
Tri-County 56,
Arthur Lovington
Atwood Hammond 48
Tri-County 16 7 16 17-56
ALAH 11 14 13 10–48
ARTHUR LOVINGTON ATWOOD HAMMOND: Vanausdoll 6-0-16, Casteel 6-0-12, Monts 5-3-14, Ward 0-4-4, Reel 1-0-2, Rawlins 0-0-0, Totals 18-7-56
3-point goals: Tri-County 0-3 .000, Arthur Lovington Atwood Hammond 5-19.263 (Vanausdoll 4, Monts 1). Free throws: Tri-County 8-17 .471 Arthur Lovington Atwood Hammond 7-11 .636. Total field goals: Tri-County 24-53 .453, Arthur Lovington Atwood Hammond 18-57 316. Rebounds: Tri-County 29 (Ehlers 8), Arthur Lovington Atwood Hammond 28 (Monts 8). Turnovers: Tri-County 18, Arthur Lovington Atwood Hammond 20
Marshall 57,
Arthur Lovington
Atwood Hammond 49
ALAH 8 11 13 17–49
Marshall 12 21 11 13–57
ARTHUR LOVINGTON ATWOOD HAMMOND: Vanausdoll 3, Casteel 15, Monts 24, Ward 7, Reel 0, Ponder 0, Rawlins 0
Arthur Lovington
Atwood Hammond 63,
Villa Grove 14
ALAH 18 9 23 13–63
Villa Grove 0 3 7 4–14
ARTHUR LOVINGTON ATWOOD HAMMMOND: Vanausdoll 1-0-2, Casteel 4-0-9, Monts 5-1-11, Reel 3-0-6, Rawlins 3-2-8, Ward 5-1-11, Ponder 4-0-9, Simpson 1-0-3, Gregory 2-0-4, Totals 25-4-63
3-point goals: Arthur Lovington Atwood Hammond 3 (Casteel 1, Ponder 1, Simpson 1); Villa Grove 1 (Davis 1). Free throws: Arthur Lovington Atwood Hammond 4-6 .667, Villa Grove 3-7 .429
