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Playing in front of a home crowd for the first time this season, the Iola-Scandinavia girls’ basketball team had an opportunity to pick up its third win in as many games.
The Wild Rose Ladycats, however, kept that from happening.
The Ladycats used a pair of big runs in the second half, outscored the Thunderbirds 31-17 over the final 18 minutes and returned home with a 65-46 win Nov. 26.
Neither team led by more than seven points in the first half. The Thunderbirds led 15-8 early in the game, but Wild Rose answered by outscoring the home team 26-14 to take a 34-29 lead into the locker room at halftime.
Wild Rose opened the second half with a 7-2 run to push the lead to 10 points and the Thunderbirds never got closer than six points the rest of the way.
Iola-Scandinavia trailed 53-44, but the Wildcats sealed the win by outscoring the Thunderbirds 14-4 the rest of the way.
Wild Rose’s Cali Halvolitz led all players with 32 points and teammate Alyson Henschel added 20. CayLeigh Woyak and Emma Printz led Iola-Scandinavia with 18 and 13 points, respectively.
By Greg Seubert, Contributing Writer
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