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Prep Girls Basketball Roundup: Maggert, Fuqua lead Paris past Marshall
Marshall, Ill. — Sarah Maggert had 17 points and Kali Fuqua 11, and visiting Paris pulled away from host Marshall in the third quarter Monday for a 54-30 win in the girls high school basketball openers for both teams.
Keisha Sweitzer had 14 points and four rebounds and Gabrielle Kuhn had five assists for the Lions.
PARIS (54) — Maggert 8 1-1 17, Waggoner 4 0-1 8, Martin 1 0-2 2, Frisz 1 2-2 4, Fuqua 5 1-2 11, McCrocklin 1 0-0 2, Eastham 1 2-2 4, Spesard 2 0-0 4, Whitacre 0 0-0 0, Milbourn 0 0-0 0, Roberts 0 0-0 0, Knuth 0 0-0 0, York 0 0-0 0, Englun 0 0-0 0, Kegs 1 0-0 2. Totals 24 FG, 6-10 FT, 54 TP.
MARSHALL (30) — Lycan 1 0-0 2, G.Kuhn 0 2-3 2, English 2 0-0 4, Sweitzer 6 0-2 14, Strohm 1 1-3 3, Shaffner 1 0-0 2, E.Kuhn 0 0-0 0, Sandefur 1 1-1 3, Hamilton 0 0-0 0, Bishop 0 0-1 0, Hemmen 0 0-0 0. Totals 12 FG, 4-10 FT, 30 TP.
Paris 14 14 16 10 — 54
Marshall 7 9 2 12 — 30
3-point goals — Sweitzer 2. Total fouls — Paris 18, Marshall 14. Fouled out — none.
JV — Paris 56 (Michelle Collier 20), Marshall 12 (Shelby Sandefur 3, Emily Bishop 3).
Next — Marshall (0-1) plays Tri-County on Friday at Kansas. Paris (1-0) has a home game Thursday against Terre Haute South.
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In other girls high school basketball Monday:
• Oblong 54, Martinsville 40 — At Oblong, Ill., Kaycee Turner scored 17 points in a losing effort for the visiting Bluestreaks in a nonconference game.
Goss had 20 points and Ackman 10 for the Panthers.
MARTINSVILLE (40) — Scott 3 0-1 6, Lowry 2 0-1 4, Maxwell 2 1-2 5, Turner 7 2-6 17, Higginbotham 2 4-6 8, Walls 0 0-0 0, England 0 0-0 0. Totals 16 FG, 7-16 FT, 40 TP.
OBLONG (54) — Rich 4 0-0 8, Goss 8 3-6 20, Ackman 4 0-0 10, York 1 0-0 2, Midgett 0 0-2 0, French 3 0-0 6, Pinkston 4 0-4 8, Antonik 0 0-0 0, Hughes 0 0-0 0, Wells 0 0-0 0. Totals 24 FG, 3-12 FT, 54 TP.
Martinsville 8 11 14 7 — 40
Oblong 15 15 14 10 — 54
3-point goals — Turner, Ackman 2, Goss. Total fouls — Martinsville 15, Oblong 17. Fouled out — Turner, York.
JV — Martinsville 13, Oblong 7.
Next — Martinsville (0-1) has a home game Dec. 1 against Casey. Oblong (1-0) has a home game next Monday against Red Hill.
• Owen Valley 94, Cloverdale 40 — At Spencer, the host Patriots had six double-figure scorers in routing the Clovers.
Heather Gonser led the way with 20 points. Mack Evans came off the bench to score 16, Nickole Gonser had 15, Kaitlin Sweatman 14, Sam Cooper 12 and Adrian Gillaspy 11.
Elizabeth Cheatham scored 16 and Kristen McCammon 13 for Cloverdale.
CLOVERDALE (40) — McCammon 5 1-2 13, Rightmeyer 2 1-3 5, Sheperd 0 0-0 0, Franklin 0 0-0 0, Cheatham 8 0-0 16, McCallie 0 0-0 0, Byrd 1 2-3 4, Anderson 1 0-0 2, Fulkerson 0 0-0 0. Totals 17 FG, 4-9 FT, 40 TP.
OWEN VALLEY (94) — H.Gonser 10 0-0 20, N.Gonser 5 4-4 15, Sweatman 6 2-2 14, Gillaspy 4 1-2 11, Cooper 5 1-1 12, Evans 7 2-3 16, York 2 0-0 4, Leichter 0 2-2 2, Marsh 0 0-0 0, Kinnick 0 0-0 0. Totals 39 FG, 12-14 FT, 94 TP.
Cloverdale 5 12 14 9 — 40
Owen Valley 31 31 18 14 — 94
3-point goals — McCammon 2, Gillaspy 2, N.Gonser, Cooper. Total fouls — Cloverdale 13, OV 16. Fouled out — Leichter.
JV — Owen Valley won.
Next — Owen Valley (2-1) plays Wednesday at Mitchell. Cloverdale (1-2) begins play Friday in the Putnam County Tournament.
• Shiloh 58, Casey 26 — At Hume, Amanda Tiffin had 13 points for the Warriors, but Casey was beaten by Shiloh.
CASEY (26) — (FG’s scored FT-FTA not available) Amanda Tiffin 13 points, Stacey Thompson 7, Acantha Guard 4, Nicole Lewis 2.
Shiloh statistics not reported.
Casey 4 0 10 12 — 26
Shiloh 19 13 16 10 — 94
JV — Shiloh won 37-12.
Next — Casey (0-1) plays host to Arthur on Thursday.
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