Pictured is Brax Fisher and family. The picture courtesy of Brad Anderson
Concordia 49 Abilene Cowgirls 37
ABILENE: The Concordia Lady Panthers exploded for 21, 4th quarter points Tuesday night, in their victory over Abilene. The Cowgirls trailed 28-26 as the two teams entered the final quarter. Concordia hit timely 3-pointers and got a huge game from Sophomore, Charlize Cash to put the game away. Cash scored 10 of her game-high 17 points in the final quarter.
Abilene was led in scoring by Senior, Claira Dannefer. She finished with a team-high 16 points and was the Nex-Tex Wireless P.O.G. Senior, Hannah Walter scored 10 points. She has scored 29 points over her last three games for the Cowgirls. Concordia improved to 7-7, 3-2 with the victory. Abilene fell to 0-15, 0-6 with the loss.
𝗖𝗼𝘄𝗴𝗶𝗿𝗹𝘀 11 17 26 37 (0-15, 0-6)
𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗮 11 18 28 49 (7-7, 3-2)
𝗔𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗲 𝘀𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴: P.O.G. Claira Dannefer 16, Hannah Walter 10, Callie Powell 8, Adin Bruna 2, Renatta Heintz 1
𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗮: Charlize Cash 17, Rylie Jessup 6, Carlie Carlgren 6, Taylor McDaniel 6, Jaylin Roush 5, Kinsleigh Bethune 5, Kenlee Williams 4
Abilene Cowboys 61 Concordia 32
ABILENE: The Abilene Cowboys continued their trend of fast starts Tuesday night in their win over the Panthers. Abilene jumped out to a 25-6 lead at the end of the 1st quarter. The Cowboys would continue to stretch out the lead and led by as many as 37 points in the 3rd quarter. There was a running clock in the 4th. The margin of victory may have been a little bit of a surprise from the standpoint that the Cowboys won 54-50 at Concordia on December 15 and lost to them last year in Abilene.
Abilene was led by Senior, Brax Fisher, who finished with a game-high 17 points. Fisher was honored in between games for being selected to play in this year’s Shrine Bowl. He is the first Abilene player to be selected since 2016, when Harley Hazlett earned the honor.
In the game Tuesday, Fisher had plenty of help. Junior, Weston Rock, poured in a career-high 13 points. Senior, Stocton Timbrook also reached double-figures with 10 points. In all, the Cowboys had 10 different players score. Abilene improved to 13-2, 6-0 with the victory. Concordia fell to 7-7, 3-2 with the loss. Abilene will host Wamego on Friday. The Chapman girls upset Wamego 45-33 and the Wamego boys defeated Chapman 65-52.
𝗖𝗼𝘄𝗯𝗼𝘆𝘀 25 41 56 61 (13-2, 6-0)
𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗮 6 12 21 32 (7-7, 3-2)
𝗔𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗲: P.O.G. Brax Fisher 17, P.O.G. Weston Rock 13, Stocton Timbrook 10, Zach Miller 6, Keaton Hargrave 4, Thomas Keener 3, Tyler Holloway 2, Taygen Funston 2, Ian Crump 2, Zeb Schultze 2
𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗮: Jonathan Tuner 8, Joey Henderson 7, Boone Richard 5, Chane Parker 4, Payton Breese 2, Ian Loudermilk 2, Andrew Henderson 2
