Lady Cards Fall to Pomeroy, 52-33

WAITSBURG – The Waitsburg girls' basketball team hosted Pomeroy Friday night, and took a loss, 52-33.

The Pirate girls came out strong, building leads of 14-6 after the first quarter and 29-13 at the half over the Lady Cardinals. Turnovers killed the Waitsburg girls, as they committed 28, compared to seven for Pomeroy.

For Waitsburg, Analisea Araya scored 20 points and pulled down 12 rebounds. Devon Harshman also had 12 rebounds.

Pomeroy 14 15 13 10 - 52

Waitsburg 6 7 8 12 - 33

Pomeroy - Halbert 0-4 0-0 0, Gingerich 0-2 0-0 0, Heytvelt 0-1 0-0 0, Watko 2-10 0-0 4, Halverson 3-6 0-0 6, Smith 8-23 8-10 27, Dixon 4-11 2-2 11, Caruso 2-5 0-2 4, Davis 0-0 0-0 0, Wolf 0-1 0-0 0

Waitsburg - Brannock 1-4 0-0 2, Harshman 1-12 1-1 3, Jones 2-9 0-0 5, 0-1 0-3 0, Hays 1-4 0-0 3, Pearson 0-1 0-0 0, Araya 10-23 0-1 20

3-point goals - Pomeroy 4 (Smith 3, Dixon), Waitsburg 2 (Jones, Hays); Total fouls - Pomeroy 13, Waitsburg 13; Rebounds - Pomeroy 32 (Halbert 8), Waitsburg 33 (Harshman 12, Araya 12); Turnovers - Pomeroy 7, Waitsburg 28; Assists - Pomeroy 15 (Halbert 4, Gingerich 4), Waitsburg 7 (Brannock 2, Jones 2)