Outside shooting leads to first hoops loss

The Staples-Motley girls basketball team picked up their third win of the season, beating Crosby-Ironton 57-34 on Dec. 6, but then had their first loss, falling to Osakis 73-48 on Dec. 8.

The Cardinals limited C-I to six offensive rebounds. “That was one of our goals,” said Coach Craig Wolhowe. “Crosby is very young and I thought our experience made a difference. We were in control the whole way.”

Going in to the Osakis game, Wolhowe said the team had to stop their top outside shooters and defend the post. “We didn’t get the job done,” said Wolhowe.

Foul trouble forced the Cardinals to play zone. “We missed some assignments and the shooters got some open looks and knocked down three pointers,” said Wolhowe. Meanwhile Staples Motley shot 21 percent from three point land.

“This was not one of our better games so we will need to polish things up,” said Wolhowe.

Claire Wolhowe led the team with 14 points and also had nine rebounds. Kelsie Weite also pulled down nine rebounds and Amber Robben had six assists.

Team results

Staples-Motley 57, Crosby-Ironton 34

Scoring: Kelsie Weite 18, Claire Wolhowe 13, Amber Robben 9, Sam Schimpp 7, Chelsea Nanik 4, Kaitlyn Longworth 4, Alix Peterson 2

Staples-Motley 48, Osakis 73

Scoring: Wolhowe 14, Nanik 9, Weite 6, Robben 6, Schimpp 6, Ashley Smith 3, Emma Gerard 2, Longworth 2