The Cole Camp girls basketball team traveled to Concordia on Monday, January 13, and lost to the host club, 58-37. With the tournament at Stover being canceled because of the icy conditions after only one round, it was nice to get a game in.
The Lady Bluebirds stayed in striking distance after the first quarter at 16-11 but trailed 37-24 at the half and 50-29 after three.
Concordia shot 45.8 percent from the field compared to 32.6 for the Lady Bluebirds. Cole Camp was 5 for 9 from the charity stripe while Concordia was just 1 for 6 in one of the few stats that the Cole Camp team prevailed over their hosts.
Concordia controlled the boards and scored often in the paint at 44-22 points over the Lady Bluebirds. Cole Camp had no second chance points while Concordia had 23 points on extra tries.
As usual, Cole Camp's inside girls, Mackenzie Moellman and Christina Timoschuk led the way with 8 points apiece. Olivia Hemme had 23 for Concordia.
Cole Camp fell to 2-8 while Concordia improved to 6-3 on the season.
COLE CAMP (37): Moellman, 8; Timoschuk, 8; Moore-Allison, 5; Ogle, 3; Shoemaker, 6; Thayer, 3; Whitworth, 4.
CONCORDIA (58): Hemme, 23; Abney, 9; Roepe, 8; Maggert, 4; Mueller, 14.
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On January 14, the Cole Camp Lady Bluebirds braved Northwest and lost 41-32 to the host school.
The key stat was points off turnovers which Northwest had 17 compared to none for Cole Camp. Also, a tough first quarter doomed the Lady Bluebirds as they fell 15-2 and trailed 29-13 at the midway point. They cut into the lead in the second half outscoring the Lady Mustangs 9-3 in the third and 10-9 in the fourth period but it was all to no avail as the Northwest ladies held on for the sweet victory.
COLE CAMP (32): Timoschuk, 5; Moellman, 4; Thayer, 8; Whitworth, 9; Ogle, 3; Shoemaker, 3.
