Jayhawk girls win 12th game

GARNETT -- Jayhawk-Linn's girls won their 12th game of the season here Tuesday night as they defeated Anderson County, 44-37, in Pioneer League play.

The Bulldogs led 14-11 after one period but the Jayhawks rebounded to take a 24-20 lead at halftime.

Meriel Long led the Jayhawks (3-4 Pioneer, 12-5 overall) with 14 points and 8 rebounds. Amory Miller added 13 points and another 7 boards of her own. Taylor Dawson also had 7 rebounds.

Chelsea Beckman dished 5 assists while Shelby Krull had 2 steals.

Head coach Charlie Beckman was happy with most things against Anderson County (3-5, 4-13) except turnovers. The Jayhawks committed 21 turnovers.

"We must be able to take care of the ball," Beckman said. "We did a very nice job on defense and especially on rebounding."

Jayhawk boys (0-7, 5-12) lost a 44-40 decision to Anderson County (4-3, 5-11). No further information was available.

The Jayhawks travel to Richmond for make-up league games against Central Heights tonight. Viking girls lead the league at 7-0, 13-4, while the boys are in second at 6-1, 14-3.

JAYHAWK-LINN: Krull 0 2-2 2, Miller 4 5-6 13, Long 5 4-4 14, Dawson 2 3-5 7, Beckman 4 0-0 8, Walters 0 0-0 0, Hargrove 0 0-0 0. TOTALS: 15 14-17 44.

ANDERSON COUNTY: P.Rockers 1 2-4 4, Wolken 3 5-6 11, Adams 0 0-0 0, Steele 0 0-0 0, P.Porter 0 0-0 0, K.Porter 5 3-4 15, Horn 0 0-0 0, Mersman 1 0-0 2, Sutton 2 1-2 5. TOTALS: 12 11-16 37.

Three-point field goals: Jayhawk-Linn none, Anderson County 2 (K.Porter 2).

Total fouls: Jayhawk-Linn 12, Anderson County 15. Fouled out: None.