MHS - Women's Basketball / January 12, 2025 By Kasey McDowell
The Mulvane women's basketball team opened up their post-Christmas break play last week on the road at Winfield and McPherson. The varsity girls had a very close game with the Winfield Vikings on Tuesday. The Cats went into halftime down 16-20 but made a late comeback in the 4th quarter to get the 39-36 win. Kylie Schwanke led the girls with 10 points and also led the girls in rebounds with 7 boards.
The JV girls also had a very close game with Winfield but got the 44-37 win behind a 16 point effort by Juliana Holman and Kaitlyn Paul dropping in 13 points for the Cats. The C-Team game was also a close one but the Cats fell 24-27. Lucia Jal led the Ladycats with 9 points on the evening.
Var 1 2 3 4 Final
MHS 12 4 11 12 39
WHS 12 8 9 7 36
* Kylie Schwanke - 10 pts, 7 reb
* Olivia Ellis - 8 pts, 3 reb
* Reece Lazier - 7 pts, 1 reb
* Kierra Cain - 6 pts, 0 reb
* Halle Ensley - 5 pts, 4 reb
* Rylee Dieker - 2 pts, 1 reb
* Brittani Peschel - 1 pts, 3 reb
JV 1 2 3 4 Final
MHS 4 7 18 15 44
WHS 5 6 12 14 37
* Juliana Holman - 16 pts
* Kaitlyn Paul - 13 pts
* Jaryn Baker - 8 pts
* Halle Ensley - 5 pts
* Kinley Kendrick - 2 pts
C 1 2 3 4 Final
MHS 3 2 13 6 24
WHS 5 6 12 4 27
* Lucia Jal - 9 pts
* Kaitlyn Paul - 6 pts
* Maci Pfannenstiel - 6 pts
* Juliana Holman - 3 pts
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The Wildcats made the long trip to McPherson on Friday for a matchup against the Bullpups, who the Wildcats have never beat since they started playing them in the last 12 years. Friday, however, was all Wildcats as they propelled into a large lead in the 3rd quarter and bested the Bullpups 50-32. The Wildcats were down 20-21 at halftime, but a 21-4 third quarter gave the Cats a 41-25 lead going into the 4th and the Cats held on for the win. Brittani Peschel led the girls with 18 points and also led on the boards with 7 rebounds.
The JV girls had a very close game with the Bullpups but came up just short with a final score of 29-32. Kaitlyn Paul had a great game and led the Cats with 17 points in the contest. There was no C-Team game at McPherson.
Var 1 2 3 4 Final
MHS 8 12 21 9 50
MAC 10 11 4 7 32
* Brittani Peschel - 18 pts, 7 reb
* Reece Lazier - 8 pts, 2 reb
* Halle Ensley - 7 pts, 1 reb
* Kierra Cain - 6 pts, 0 reb
* Kylie Schwanke - 4 pts, 3 reb
* Rylee Dieker - 4 pts, 3 reb
* Olivia Ellis - 3 pts, 3 reb
JV 1 2 3 4 Final
MHS 8 9 4 8 29
MAC 6 8 9 9 32
* Kaitlyn Paul - 17 pts
* Jaryn Baker - 7 pts
* Haylynn Jones - 3 pts
* Kinley Kendrick - 1 pts
* Halle Ensley - 1 pts
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The Cats will be back in action on Tuesday, January 14th at home versus Circle.
