The Whiteoak Lady Wildcats brought home another win in the Southern Hills Athletic Conference victory, this time defeating the host Manchester Lady Greyhounds 65-44.
Whiteoak (5-1, 6-1) trailed 13-10 after the first quarter, where they got three 3-pointers in the quarter for WHS from Charli Hauke, Kylee Hamm (who also made a free throw) and Addy Hauke.
The second frame went more for the Lady ‘Cats as they defeated the Lady Greyhounds 16-9, with the 16 points for Whiteoak coming from Charli Hauke with a 3-pointer, two baskets from Hamm, three free throws from Jillian Lucas, a 3-pointer from Addy Hauke and four points from Torie Potts.
WHS led 26-22 at halftime.
The third quarter for Whiteoak was excellent with a 23 point effort as they held Manchester to 13 points in the same frame.
Whiteoak in the third saw Charli Hauke and Hamm sink a basket each, Lucas knocked down a three-pointer, Addison Roberts made two baskets, Addy Hauke made two three-pointers and a two-point basket, and Potts made two baskets.
For the fourth and final frame, Whiteoak scored 16 points and MHS nine points.
The final frame for the Lady ‘Cats had a basket made by Charli Hauke, Roberts with a 3-pointer and three two-point baskets, a 3-pointer and free throw made by Addy Hauke, plus a free throw by Potts.
Whiteoak’s leading scorer was Addy Hauke with 18 points, making one two-point basket, five three-pointers, and she was 1 of 2 from the free throw line.
Hamm scored 10 total points and finished the SHAC game with three two-point buckets, a 3-pointer and she was 1 of 4 from the free throw line.
Charli Hauke scored nine points with three two-point baskets and a three-pointer.
Also with nine points was Potts with three two-point baskets, and she finished 3-for-4 on her free throw attempts.
Lucas finished the game with six points as she made a 3-pointer and went 3-for-6 from the free throw line.
Manchester was led by Bella Hughes with 19 points as she totaled five three-pointers, one two-point basket and went 2-of-4 from the free throw line.
For the game, the Lady ‘Cats totaled 15 two-point baskets, nine three-pointers and they were 8 of 14 from the free throw line.
Manchester (0-5, 2-6) totaled nine two-point baskets, seven three-pointers, and they were 5-for-15 from the free-throw line.
BOX SCORE
WHS 10 16 23 16 — 65
MHS 13 09 13 09 — 44
WHITE OAK (65) — C.Hauke 3 (1) 0-0 9, K.Hamm 3 (1) 1-4 10, J.Lucas 0 (1) 3-4 6, A.Roberts 5 (1) 0-0 13 , A .Hauke 1 (5) 1-2 18, T. Potts 3 (0) 3-4 9. TOTALS: 15 (9) 8-14 65.
MANCHESTER (44) — R.Wikoff 0 (2) 0-0 6, M.Curtis 1 (0) 0-2 2, B.Hughes 1 (5) 2-4 19, F.Scott 2 (0) 1-4 5, A .Neria 3 (0) 1-2 7, M. Brown 2 (0) 1-3 5. TOTALS: 9 (7) 5-15 44.
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