From staff reports
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NEOSHO, Mo. — Crowder, hiking its record to 3-0, defeated Rend Lake (Ill.) 92-65 in the Lady ’Rider Classic on Saturday.
Labette spanked Meramec 92-54 in the opening contest.
Crowder, a 47-34 leader at the half, received 18 points apiece from Sierra McSpadden and Khyrstyn Brumley. Kallie Flood had four 3s in scoring 14 and Jaimee Shields 10.
Said Crowder coach Tina Robbins: “We played very well on offense. Our execution was improved. Defensively, we’re getting there. Overall, they played with great effort.”
Rend Lake was paced by Cierra Dotson’s 17 points and Kelia Spurling’s 15.
Labette, which led 46-32 at halftime, received 20 points from Jasmine Smith and 17 from Satoria Bell. Ashton Whitehurst tallied 13 for Rend Lake.
Two losses for Cottey
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — The Comets shot poorly from the field for the second game in a row in losing 73-41 to Johnson County in the Kansas City Kansas Keith Lindsay Classic.
KCK hurdled Cottey 67-44 on Friday night.
Cottey shot 25.5 percent from the field on Saturday and 24 percent on Friday night.
Cottey, against Johnson County, got 18 points from Bailey Beale and 12 from Tessa Porter. But the Comets were outrebounded 53-31 in addition to the poor shooting.
Cottey, against KCK, had only one double-figure scorer in Natascha Lord with 12.
The Comets’ Alex Noble had eight rebounds against KCK and nine against Johnson County.
Lady Norse triumph
ATHENS, Texas — Freshman guard Ashton Pittman scored 24 points to spark Northeastern Oklahoma A&M; past Panola 73-58 on Friday night in the opening round of the Trinity Valley Classic.
NEO, 1-1, expanded a 38-36 halftime advantage.
NEO also got double-figure scoring from Brittany Woodard (16) and Jelena Cerina (13).
VOLLEYBALL
Hornets sweep Lions
EMPORIA, Kan. — All-American Arica Shepard collected 18 kills and 11 digs as No. 7 Emporia State defeated Missouri Southern 3-0 (25-19, 25-13, 25-18) Saturday night in an MIAA volleyball match in White Auditorium.
Shepard had only three errors in 29 attack attempts for a .517 hitting percentage. Shepard’s 18 kills moved her into fourth place on the conference’s career list with 1,952 kills.
As a team, the Hornets (27-4, 14-3 MIAA) hit .336 compared to .176 for the Lions ()13-18, 6-11).
Renee Rheinecker led the Lions with eight kills, one more than Jeanna Feldmann. Setter Daphne Merrick had 26 assists.
Kari Hammerbacher and Ali Boehler had 10 digs apiece for the Lions, who have a home match at 7 p.m. Wednesday against Pittsburg State.
