#6 Cowboys Win their 3rd Straight to Improve to 11-2

pictured is Brax Fisher, picture courtesy of Brad Anderson 

NE Kansas Homeschool 42 Abilene Cowgirls 33

ABILENE: It was a tale of two halves for the Abilene Cowgirls, Tuesday night, in their loss to NEK Homeschool.  Abilene led by as many as 16 in the 2^nd quarter but NEK would dominate the second half on their way to their 11^th win of the season.

Tuesday night, the Cowgirls got a basket from Hannah Walter with 2:40 to play in the first half to take a 24-8 lead in the game.  NEK would close the first half on a 7-0 run and overall put together a 34-9 run to end the game.  Despite their struggles Abilene led 30-25 to start the 4^th quarter.  NEK opened the 4^th on a 12-0 run to put the game away.

Abilene fell to 0-13 with the loss.  The Cowgirls were led by Walter and Senior, Claira Dannefer, who both finished with 10 points.  Walter was named the Nex-Tech Wireless P.O.G.

𝗖𝗼𝘄𝗴𝗶𝗿𝗹𝘀    10  24  30  33 (0-13)
𝗡𝗘𝗞              4  15  25  42  (11-5)
𝗔𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗲: P.O.G. Hannah Walter 10, Claira Dannefer 10, Callie Powell 6, Sammy Stout 3, Renatta Heintz 3, Adin Bruna 1
𝗡𝗘𝗞: Laurel Schwensen 13, Sami Baum 10, Alyee Birtell 8, Maggie Wagner 5, Amy Holloway 4, Abby Sandstrom 2

 

Abilene Cowboys 67 NE Kansas Homeschool 57

ABILENE: The Abilene Cowboys got off to a fast start and were able to keep NEK at arm’s length the rest of the night.   Abilene led 25-18 at the end of the 1^st quarter and led by as many as 13 points on multiple occasions.

Abilene was led by Senior, Brax Fisher, who finished with a game-high 23 points in the victory.  The Cowboys also got 13 points from Stocton Timbrook and 12 from Tyler Holloway.  Abilene improved to 11-2 with the victory.  NEK fell to 12-3 with the loss.

Abilene will host Marysville on Friday.  The Cowboys defeated them 53-47 on January 5^th and the Cowgirls lost 47-29 to the Lady Bulldogs.  Tuesday night, the Riley County girls defeated Marysville 43-42 in overtime.  The Marysville boys won over Riley County 42-35

𝗖𝗼𝘄𝗯𝗼𝘆𝘀    25  36  54  67  (11-2)
𝗡𝗘𝗞           18  27  41  57  (12-3)
𝗔𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗲: P.O.G. Brax Fisher 23, Stocton Timbrook 13, Tyler Holloway 12, Ian Crump 9, Zach Miller 5, Taygen Funston 4, Keaton Hargrave 1
𝗡𝗘𝗞: Caden Meier 17, Blaine Hunninghake 12, Alex Lorenzo 12, Lincoln Balm 11, Justin Mercer