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Girls hoops: Perham trounces Pelican Rapids
Published 4:49pm Saturday, December 5, 2009PELICAN RAPIDS— Perham continued its recent dominance over Heart O’Lake Conference acquaintance Pelican Rapids with a 61-48 victory Friday night.
The Vikings’ last win over the Yellowjackets came on January 18, 2005 in Perham, 37-34.
After a physical opening half, the Yellowjackets headed to the locker rooms leading 29-21.
Perham began to pull away in the second half extending their lead to has many as 14.
“We committed a lot of turnovers from being both out of position and not being strong with the ball,” said Vikings’ assistant coach David Haugen. “You can’t do that against a good team like Perham.”
Kendra Coleman provided a bright spot for the Vikings, scoring a team leading 22 point.
Sisters Katrina and Elisa Moenkedick combined for 30 points for the Yellowjackets.
“We didn’t shot the ball well from the outside so their inside play really carried us,” Perham head coach John Gullingsrud said.
Perham (2-0) will take on Ulen-Hitterdal Monday at home in another HOL matchup while Pelican Rapids (1-1) hosts their third strait home game against Hawley.
West Central 72, Ulen-Hitterdal 34
BARRETT — Liza Torgerson cranked in a game-high 22 points, leading the Knights to lop-sided Heart O’ Lakes Conference victory Friday evening.
Torgerson connected on 47 percent of her shots from the field and was a perfect 5-for-5 from the charity stripe as West Central mounted a sizable 44-16 lead at the break.
Torgerson, who had 16 points in the first half, also spearheaded the Knights’ defensive attack, tallying seven steals.
Caitlin Peterson and Hollie Lien chipped in with 12 and 10 points, respectively for West Central. Tee Rudnitski grabbed a game-high 12 rebounds, five of which came on the offensive end.
Most of the Knights baskets in the first 18 minutes came on the fast break as West Central employed a relentless, ball-pressure defense.
“We rally ran the floor well tonight,” WCA coach Pat Anderson said. “We pushed the ball hard, which led to some easy transition baskets.”
The Knights shifted into neutral for most of the second half, digging deep into their bench and playing mainly reserve players for much of the final 11 minutes.
Ten different West Central players scored at least one point.
