WAGNER CLAIMS LMVC CONFERENCE TITLE

The Lady Raiders traveled to Armour last Tuesday night in girls basketball action to take on the Tripp-Delmont-Armour Knighthawks. The Raiders would start out fast taking a commanding 28-2 lead into the second period and push the lead to 45-11 at halftime. Wagner would win in dominant fashion with a 71-28 victory. With this win Wagner would also claim the Little Missouri Valley Conference title. Leading all scorers would be Ashlyn Koupal with 21 points, 8 boards, 4 steals, and 3 assists. Emma Yost with another double-double with 19 points, 16 boards and 2 assists. Shalayne Nagel would be the third Raider in double figures with 14 points, 5 boards, 5 assists, and 4 steals. Lydia Yost would finish with 9 points, 3 assists, and 2 steals. Eve Zephier would tally 4 points, 2 boards, and 2 assists. Macy Koupal would finish with 2 points, 5 boards and 2 steals. Hayden Fischer would round out the scoring with 2 points. Wagner was 28-61 from the floor for 46% while TDA was 11-40 for 28%. Wagner was 12-16 from the line while TDA was 2-6. Wagner dominated the glass with a 41-20 advantage. They would commit 5 turnovers compared to 17 from TDA. “This was a great game for us to try some new things defensively that we found would be effective from the Viborg-Hurley game. The girls worked hard on it in practice on Monday an executed it very effectively in this game. Offensively we did a nice job executing different sets and getting out into transition. Congratulations to the girls for being back to back LMVC conference champs!”