The Lady Raiders hosted the Miller Rustlers last Tuesday night in girls basketball action. It was 2008 the last time these two teams squared off against each other. Miller entered the contest with a 9-2 record while the Raiders were coming off two huge wins over # 2 ranked Parkston in class B and then previously undefeated # Hamlin in Class A.

The first quarter would be a slow start to both teams as Wagner would hold a narrow edge 13-10 after the first quarter. Wagner would crank up the defense in the second out scoring the Rustlers 17-1 in the second until they hit a buzzer beater to make the score 30-14 going into half. Miller would hold the edge in the third out scoring the Raiders 13-12 but Wagner would finish off Miller in the 4th quarter and come away with a 58-36 victory. Ashlyn Koupal would lead all scorers with 31 points, 14 boards, 4 steals, and 3 assists. Ravyn Medricky would add 9 points, 6 boards, and 2 assists. Braxton Nedved would follow with 8 points, 6 boards, and dish out a team high 5 assists. Hayden Knudsen and Peytyn Wiechmann would each add 4 points. Hannah Holzbauer would round out he scoring with 2 points, while grabbing 4 boards, dishing out 3 assists and coming away with 4 steals. Mateya Bruguier would add 3 boards and dish out 2 assists in the victory. Wagner would shoot 49% from the field compared to Miller’s 27%. Wagner would convert 14-16 from the line while the Rustlers would manage to go 1-3. Wagner would outrebound Miller 28-24 after Miller dominated the glass in the first half. Wagner would commit 16 turnovers to Miller’s 14.

The JV picked up another win with a 43-29 score. Wagner would jump out to an early 15-8 lead and then maintain that and push it to as much as 15 to come away with the win. TyShay Medince Bear would have her self a game. She would lead all scorers with 21 points, 3 boards, and 4 steals. Clarah Soukup would hit double-digits with 10 points and 7 boards. Peytyn Wiechmann would finish with 8 points, 6 boards, and 3 assists. Mila Hopkins would add 3 points, 3 boards and an assist. Olivia Podzimek would round out the scoring with 1 point, 2 assists, and a game high 4 steals. Wagner would shoot 42% from the field and hit 7-8 from the free throw line.

The C team would fall 39-17. The Raiders would have a hard time fight back the up hill climb getting out scored 16-5 in the first half. They would cut it to 4 early in the 3rd but miss many opportunities going to the rim to mount any comeback. Aryonni Picotte and Raeyon Fool Bull would each finish with 6 points. Valencia Big Bear would add 5.

A NOTE FROM THE COACH...

'Another great win over a worthy opponent. We did what we needed to do on both ends of the court tonight. Defensively again we were great at challenging shots. We didn’t rebound well the first half and left a lot of hidden points on the court. We held them to just 14 points at the half but they scored almost all of those on second chance points which could have let to transition opportunities on the opposite end. We are starting to figure things out on the offensive end in where some of us need to be more aggressive and threats on offense. We are creating better looks for each other and then taking shots after we move the ball around. Great job ladies! Now off to another big week where we will play three games: Tuesday at Corsca, Scotland at home on Thursday, and then off to Huron on Saturday for the Sacred Hoop Classic with our opponent yet to be determined.'