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Lady Cards top N-O for second win on the year

RANDOLPH — The Randolph Lady Cardinals picked up their second win of the season Friday night when they earned a 43-20 decision over the Neligh-Oakdale Lady Warriors.

The two teams started out evenly in the first frame as the Lady Cards earned a 10-8 scoring advantage.

RHS turned up the heat in the second quarter, putting together a 15-10 run to take a 25-18 lead into the halftime break.

Defense dominated to open the second half, as the Lady Warriors out-pointed the Big Red 7-6. Randolph took control again in the final frame, earning a 12-4 scoring advantage to pick up the 14-point win.

Randolph’s offense was led by a pair of double-figure scorers as Jaiden Taylor pumped in 13 points and Gracie Eledge added 10.

Keely Pinkelman did a great job of disrupting the Lady Warrior offense as she collected six steals on the night. The Lady Cards kept N-O off balance all night long picking up 14 total steals as a team. Randolph’s tough defense also forced the Lady Warriors to turn the ball over 27 times on the night.

Randolph 10 15 6 12 - 43 Neligh-Oakdale 8 10 7 4 - 29

Rand N-O FG 13-38 6-30 3PT 2-11 2-8 FT 11-18 11-17 Reb 34 24 TOs 15 27

SCORING Randolph - Jaiden Taylor, 13; Gracie Eledge, 10; Emmalee Harder, 6; Keely Pinkelman, 5; Natalie Munter, 4; Grace Nordhues, 4; Ariel Fye, 1. REBOUNDS Randolph - Natalie Munter, 8; Jaiden Taylor, 8; Emmalee Harder, 6; Keely Pinkelman, 3; Grace Nordhues, 2; Ariel Fye, 1. ASSISTS Randolph - Natalie Munter, 5; Jaiden Taylor, 2; Grace Nordhues, 1; Keely Pinkelman, 1; Gracie Eledge, 1. STEALS Randolph - Keely Pinkelman, 6; Gracie Eledge, 3; Natalie Munter, 1; Jaiden Taylor, 1; Emmalee Harder, 1; Ariel Fye, 1; Grace Nordhues, 1.

Despite a furious fourthquarter rally, the Lady Cards still couldn’t pull ahead of Winside, falling 45-44.

The Lady Cards outscored the Lady Cats 18-13 in the final frame, but still came up one point shy.

Jaiden Taylor and Gracie Eledge paced the Cardinal offense with 20 and 13 points, respectively.

Randolph 9 6 11 18 - 44 Winside 8 9 15 13 - 45

Rand Winside FG 15-39 --3PT 3-19 --FT 5-12 --Reb 28 --TOs 18 -- SCORING Randolph - Jaiden Taylor, 20; Gracie Eledge, 13; Emmalee Harder, 4; Keely Pinkelman, 4; Ariel Fye, 2; Grace Nordhues, 1. REBOUNDS Randolph - Emmalee Harder, 12; Keely Pinkelman, 5; Jaiden Taylor, 4; Grace Nordhues, 2; Erin Engel, 1.Natalie Munter, 1; ASSISTS Randolph - Jaiden Taylor, 4; Natalie Munter, 2; Emmalee Harder, 1. STEALS Randolph - Keely Pinkelman, 5; Jaiden Taylor, 4; Gracie Eledge, 3; Natalie Munter, 1; Emmalee Harder, 1; ErinEngel,1.

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