December 28, 2018

No. 11 Eagles dump McHenry County

Recap Box Score

Saturday, 29 December 2018 05:46 Metro Sports Report 

PEORIA, Ill. – The 11th-ranked Kirkwood Eagles demolished McHenry County, 89-28, in the opening round of the Cougar Classic holiday tournament Friday.

Kirkwood (10-4) will face Parkland (9-2) in the semifinals Saturday at 2 p.m.

Paige Bradford, Amara Lipsey and Haley Mullinnix led a balanced attack for the Eagles with 11 points apiece. Anasha Hurst contributed 10 points.

Kirkwood led 42-15 at halftime and outscored McHenry County 47-13 in the second half.

McHenry County (8-4) shot 14.3 percent from the field, making only 7 of 49 attempts, and committed 34 turnovers in the 40-minute ballgame.

MCHENRY COUNTY (28): Krey 1 1-2 4, Gajewski 2 7-8 12, Gardner 1 1-4 3, Mills 0 2-2 2, Glover 0 0-0 0, Kaempf 3 1-2 7, Moisant 0 0-0 0, Ringel 0 0-0 0. Totals 7 12-18 28.

KIRKWOOD (89): Bradford 5 0-0 11, Jenkins 3 0-2 6, Gaston 3 2-2 8, Lipsey 4 0-0 11, Kennedy 1 0-0 2, Myers 3 0-0 7, Hurst 4 2-4 10, Tomaszewski 2 4-5 8, Robinson 1 1-1 3, Mullinnix 4 2-2 11, Mensen 3 0-0 7, Tull 2 1-2 5. Totals 35 12-18 89.

Halftime – Kirkwood 42, McHenry County 15. 3-point goals – McHenry County 2 (Krey 1, Gajewski 1), Kirkwood 7 (Lipsey 3, Bradford 1, Myers 1, Mullinnix 1, Mensen 1).