MHS - Women's Basketball / February 6, 2020 By Kasey McDowell
The Mulvane girls basketball hosted the Circle Thunderbirds in a non-league matchup on Tuesday, February 4th at Mulvane High School. Points were hard to come by all evening as the Cats were swept by the Thunderbirds 21-49 in the Varsity game, 19-38 in the JV game, and 16-39 in the C-team game.
The Thunderbirds varsity, who only have 1 loss this season and one of the top girl's teams in 4A this season, took control of the game in the first half and had the Cats down 9-32. The Cats fared a bit better in the 2nd half but lost to the Thunderbirds 21-49.
Kamryn Nolan led the Wildcats with 6 points while Carson White and Jadyn Stevenson both dropped in 3 points each. Kaitlyn Klein, Haley Shaw, Amber Hansen, and Haley Hughes all finished with 2 points each and Haley Chambers finished with 1 point. Carson White and Amber Hansen led the Cats in rebounds with 5 each.
VAR 1 2 3 4 Final
MHS: 9 0 7 5 21
CHS: 13 19 9 8 49
The JV girls had trouble getting points against the Thunderbirds defense and found themselves down 5-21 in the first half. The second half was much closer but the Cats couldn't quite make up the difference and fell to Circle 19-38. Kamryn Nolan led the JV team with 7 points and the rest of the points were fairly evenly spread out as Gabby Bauerle finished with 4 points and Jadyn Stevenson, Karlie Kanaga, Avery Dillon, and Lauren Young all finished with 2 points each.
JV 1 2 3 4 Final
MHS: 2 3 6 8 19
CHS: 11 10 9 8 38
The C-team girls led the Thunderbirds 8-7 after 1 quarter but a tough 2nd quarter found them down 10-15 at halftime. The 3rd quarter didn't fare much better for the Cats as they were outscored 24-6 and fell to the Thunderbirds 16-39. Amber Hively, Emma Kendrick, and Lauren Young all lead the Cats with 4 points each and Tenley Canfield and Hanna Redelberger both finished with 2 points each.
C 1 2 3 4 Final
MHS: 8 2 2 4 16
CHS: 7 8 8 16 39
The Wildcats will host the Buhler Crusaders tomorrow in another non-league matchup at Mulvane High School.