MHS - Women's Basketball / December 18, 2019 By Kasey McDowell
The 7th grade girls basketball concluded their season last weekend in the Patriot League tournament, going 1-1 with a 28-14 win over Haysville West and a 16-29 loss to a good Wellington team.
"This group of girls began the season with limited experience playing together. Coach Hargrove and I enjoyed watching them learn how to play together as they learned each other's strengths and weaknesses. As a team we were reliant on playing aggressive defense, rebounding, and scoring in transition" said Coach Hansen.
"Our A team ended the regular season with an overall record of 6-7 and a league record of 5-5. Our A team could play competitively with any team we faced. We were in several games decided by 5 points or less. They are a resilient group that keeps fighting and never quits. In the league tournament we won the first round game against Haysville West 28-14. This game provided us with an opportunity to play all 15 girls on our roster in the varsity tournament. In the second round we faced Wellington. The girls played hard, but due to some foul trouble and an inability to break their press we lost 16-29. Wellington went on to win league tournament 51-40 against Prairie Hills" said Hansen.
PATRIOT LEAGUE TOURNAMENT GAMES
vs Wellington
7A 1 2 3 4 Final
MMS: 2 3 0 11 16
WMS: 6 15 4 4 29
vs Haysville West
7A 1 2 3 4 Final
MMS: 2 7 15 4 28
HWMS: 2 3 1 8 14
"Our B team ended the regular season with an overall record of 8-5 and a league record of 7-3. Our B teams defensive pressure caused fits for almost all of our opponents. They were really good at making the opposing team uncomfortable on offense. The B girls were really starting to click at the end of the season I wish they had an opportunity to play a league tournament" said Hansen.
Olivia Ellis lead the team in points this season and finished with 77 points, including 22 field goals, 4 3-pointers, and 23 free throws. Lexi and Madi Cunningham finished with 59 and 58 points respectively followed by Rylee Dieker with 32, Kierra Cain with 31, Jade Smallwood with 25, and Makaylen Warner and Makenna Treat with 23 points. Madi Cunningham lead the team in rebounds with 86 and Lexi finished with 69, Dieker with 63, Ellis with 42, Smallwood with 32, Warner with 23, Cain with 19, Treat with 6, Kali Hale with 3, and Regan Witt with 2. As a team, the girls finished with 328 points and 346 rebounds.
Makenna Treat lead the B girls in points with 57 points and 20 rebounds followed by Makaylen Warner with 51 and 19, Kierra Cain with 39 and 21, Brodee Ferry with 37 and 32, Jade Smallwood with 36 and 27, Izzy Loveless with 24 and 37, Regan Witt with 16 and 35, Holley Henderson with 8 and 15, Laiken Hladik with 6 and 18, Mackenzie Christian with 4 and 33, and Kali Hale with 2 and 17.
"Keene and I try our best to teach the basics of the game while implementing some of the things the High School program uses. This group made a tremendous amount of improvement throughout the season and I look forward to watching them continue to learn and grow over their next 5 years in the Mulvane Girls Basketball Program. I’m thankful for the opportunity to coach this group of girls and I hope they enjoyed this season as much as I did" said Hansen.
