Allie Cummins scored a game-high 16 points as the fourth-seeded Oran Eagles girls basketball team trounced the sixth-seeded Meadow Heights Panthers 48-17 for third place in the Delta New Years Tournament.
The Eagles led by 13 points at halftime and outscored the Panthers by 18 points in the second half to come away with the plaque.
Ashlyn McIntosh added 13 points for Oran (7-2).
Kiana Hotop had seven points to pace Meadow Heights (4-9).
Oran 16 7 13 12 -- 48
M. Heights 8 2 2 5 -- 17
ORAN (38) -- Allie Cummins 16, Ashlyn McIntosh 13, Brianna Stause 6, Tatum May 6, Abby Essner 4, Hannah Scherer 2, Kaylen Glastetter 1. FG 18, FT 9-18, F 6. (3-pointers: Stause 2, Cummins. Fouled out: None.)
MEADOW HEIGHTS (17) -- Kiana Hotop 7, Abi Bristow 3, Emma Cook 3, Kassy Henson 2, Hope Dietiker 2. FG 7, FT 1-5, F 14. (3-pointers: Bristow, Cook. Fouled out: None.)
Mara Grindstaff netted a game-high 22 points to lead the third-seeded Cardinals to the consolation title of the Delta New Years Tournament with a defeat of the eighth-seeded Bravettes.
Woodland improved to 5-4 with the win.
Johneisha Daniel had 17 points for Scott County Central (2-10).
Scott County 11 9 7 8 -- 37
Woodland 12 13 14 17 -- 56
SCOTT COUNTY CENTRAL (37) -- Johneisha Daniel 17, Hailey Kesler 9, Ziarie Davis 7, Maddison Avance 4. FG 13, FT 9-22, F 17. (3-pointers: Kesler. Fouled out: Daniel.)
WOODLAND (56) -- Mara Grindstaff 22, Hannah Scott 6, Cheyenne Wells 5, Krista Rhodes 5, Audrey Wilkinson 5, Rebecca Paige 4, Whitney Lincoln 3, Hannah Berrong 3, Ciara Rainbolt 3, Heidi Green 2. FG 21, FT 6-11, F 17. (3-pointers: Grindstaff 4, Paige, Lincoln, Rhodes, Wilkinson, Rainbolt. Fouled out: None.)
-- From staff reports
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