The Lady Knights hosted the Ortonville Trojans in a regular season conference match-up on Thursday night.  The Knights came out of the gates ready to go and built a lead quickly.  At halftime the lead was 60-15 and the Knights were on fire.  The second half continued in the same fashion and the final score was 101-23 in favor of the Lady Knights.

The Lady Knights were led by Lexi Bright with 27 points, 8 steals, 2 assists and 2 rebounds.  Hailey Bennett had 17 points, 2 rebounds and a steal.  Brynn Fernholz added 15 points, 3 steals, 3 assists and 3 rebounds.  Teagan Nelson had 7 points, 2 steals, an assist and a rebound.  Claire Stark had 7 points, 2 rebounds and a steal.  Elizabeth Rustan had 6 points, 5 steals, 2 assists and a rebound.  Kaitlyn Hansen had 5 points, 4 rebounds, 2 steals and an assist. Ireland Winter added a point, 2 rebounds and a steal.  Kaylyn Ulrich added 2 rebounds and 2 assists.   Brooke Anderson had 5 rebounds and 2 assists.  Halle Foslien grabbed a rebound and Chloe LaRue assisted on a basket to round out the box score for the night. “Tonight the girls really put in solid effort on both ends of the floor,” said Head Coach Eric Schoenbauer. “If we can continue to anticipate on both ends of the floor like we did tonight it is going to get really fun to watch this team play.” 

Thursday night the Lady Knights traveled to Graceville to take on the CGB Wolverines in a conference and section game.  The game saw the Lady Knights take an 11-2 lead out of the gates.  The lead would hover around 10 points most of the first half and at halftime the score was 32-23 WCA.  The Lady Knights never let the Wolverines get closer than a 7 point cushion, but the Wolverines would not allow the Knights to expand the lead over 11 points again.  It was a battle until the final buzzer that ended with the Lady Knights ahead 44-36.

The Knights were led by Lexi Bright with 13 points, 5 steals, 3 assists and a rebound. Kaitlyn Hansen connected on 3 of 5 from downtown giving her 9 points on the night to go along with a steal and a rebound.  Brynn Fernholz added 8 points, 5 steals and a rebound.  Elizabeth Rustan had 7 points, 6 steals, 6 rebounds and an assist.  Hailey Bennett had 3 points, 6 rebounds, 3 steals and 2 assists.  Kennedy Ulrich and Claire Stark each had 2 points.  Ulrich added 5 rebounds, 2 assists and a steal.  Teagan Nelson had 2 rebounds, 2 assists and a steal. Kaylyn Ulrich had 2 rebounds and Brooke Anderson had a rebound. 

“Tonight we did enough to walk away with a win and sometimes that is all you need to do,” Coach Schoenbauer stated.

West Central Area (13-4) will host Battle Lake on Monday night in Barrett.