Balanced scoring, pressure defense lift Vikings

Abby Hennen with 19 points led five Minneota players in double figures as the Vikings thumped Wabasso 88-36 in a road game on Monday night. Minneota (16-1) also utilized a suffocating pressure defense that extracted 34 turnovers from a young Wabasso team.

"A great team effort with a lot of girls contributing," said Minneota coach Chad Johnston.

"Our defensive pressure created a lot of baskets in transition for us.”

"I was extremely happy with our half-court defensive pressure as we were doing a better job of putting pressure on the ball. It is something we have been focusing on in practice. We also did a great job of rebounding."

Abby Hennen also added eight assists, five steals and four rebounds. Morgan Hennen scored 16 points and had three assists and three steals.

Also reaching double figures in scoring was Ireland Stassen with 13 points to go along with two steals; Abby Rost with 11 points, seven rebounds and four steals; and McKenna Yost with 11 points, including a team-high three 3-pointers, and two steals. Natalee Rolbiecki finished with eight points, seven rebounds and three steals for the Vikings, who led 55-17 at halftime.

"Offensively, we got a lot of good looks inside and out against their zone," said Johnston. "Wabasso started in a 1-3-1 zone, and even though we haven't seen it much this year, we had good movement, good passes, and hit a lot of outside shots."

Sarah Franta led Wabasso with 11 points.

Minneota 88, Wabasso 36

MINNEOTA (2's, 3's, FT, TP) - Abby Hennen 6 2 1-5 19, Morgan Hennen 5 2 0-0 16, Kennedi Jurrens 2 0 0-0 4, Hailey Kimpe 0 0 2-2 2, Natalee Rolbiecki 4 0 0-0 8, Abby Rost 5 0 1-1 11, Jeren Rost 2 0 0-0 4, Ireland Stassen 5 1 0-2 13, McKenzie Tolk 0 0 0-0 0, McKenna Yost 1 3 0-0 11. Totals 30 8 4-10 88. WABASSO (2's, 3's, FT, Pts) - Bella Brand 2 1 0-0 7, Avery Carlson 0 0 3-5 3, Ally Fenger 2 0 3-3 7, Kelsey Fischer 0 1 0-0 3, Kelsey Frank 1 0 0-2 2, Sarah Franta 1 3 0-0 11, Sophia Hanna 0 0 0-0 0, Autumn Marcus 1 0 0-0 2, Emma Salfer 0 0 1-2 1. Totals 7 5 7-12 36. Scoring Minneota..…………………………………………...55 33 - 88 Wabasso..............................…………..17 19 - 36

Statistics: SHOOTING: Minneota (2's 30 of 58 for 52 percent; 3's 8 of 21 for 38 percent; overall 38 of 79 for 48 percent) … Wabasso (2's 7 of 27 for 26 percent; 3's 5 of 18 for 28 percent; overall 12 of 45 for 27 percent).

REBOUNDING: Minneota 38 (Rolbiecki 7, A. Rost 7, J. Rost 6, Jurrens 4, A. Hennen 4, Tolk 3, Yost 2, Kimpe 2, M.Hennen 1); Wabasso 21 (Fenger 7).

TURNOVERS: Minneota 12, Wabasso 34. STEALS: Minneota 24 (A.Hennen 5, A.Rost 4, M. Hennen 3, Jurrens 3, Rolbiecki 3, Stassen 2, Yost 2, Kimpe 1, J. Rost 1); Wabasso 8 (Fanta 3, Carlson 3). ASSISTS: Minneota 18 (A. Hennen 8, M. Hennen 3, Rolbiecki 2, J. Rost 2, A. Rost 1, Stassen 1, Tolk 1, Yost 1); Wabasso not available.

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