Mitchell Christian girls top Canistota

CANISTOTA — The Mitchell Christian girls’ basketball team snapped a three-game losing streak after beating Canistota 53-31 Monday in Canistota.

“We needed to come out and get a win again,” MCS coach Jackie VanLaecken said. “Our girls played hard and aggressive and played unselfish basketball.”

Becca Glanzer led all players with 21 points in the game, while Alexa VanLaecken recorded a double-double with 10 assists and 11 steals.

The Eagles were 12-of-15 from the foul line and outrebounded the Hawks 33-27. VanLaecken, Khiree Held and Brittany Zoss each had six for MCS.

The Hawks were led by Kayla Marquardt with eight points and Natasha Letcher scored seven.

Chloe Nielsen had 12 points and nine steals in the loss.

MCS (8-3) plays at Ethan Thursday, while Canistota (4-10) plays Irene-Wakonda Monday in Irene.

MITCHELL CHRISTIAN 53

CANISTOTA 31

MCS (8-3)

Alexa VanLaecken 3 2-4 8; Becca Glanzer 7 6-6 21; Khiree Held 2 0-0 4; Emily Reynen 3 3-3 9; Abbie Reynen 1 0-0 2; Brittany Zoss 3 0-0 6; Lindsay Thompson 0 1-2 1; Ashley Glanzer 1 0-0 2; Taylor Krall 0 0-0 0; Destiny Reimnitz 0 0-0 0; Totals: 20 12-15 53.

C (4-10)

Kallie Ortman 0 0-0 0; Sadie Anderson 1 0-0 2; Lexys Sandman 0 0-0 0; Natasha Letcher 3 0-0 6; Kassidy Buse 0 0-0 0; Jenny Hofer 1 0-0 3; Sydney Randall 0 0-0 0; Christine Heiman 1 0-0 2; Kayla Marquardt 3 0-0 6; Chloe Nielsen 6 0-1 12; Morgan Larson 0 0-0 0; Brianna Buseman 0 0-0 0; Totals: 15 0-1 31.

Halftime: MCS 31-15. 3-point goals: MCS 1 (Glanzer 1), C 1 (Hofer 1); Rebounds: MCS 33 (VanLaecken 6, Held 6, Zoss 6), C 27 (Marquardt 8, Letcher 7); Assists: MCS 19 (VanLaecken 10), C 4 (Sandman 2); Steals: MCS 15 (VanLaecken 11), C 15 (Nielsen 9); Turnovers: MCS 14, C 20.

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