For the second straight night at the Mid America Classic, Manhattan High girls\u2019 basketball made quick work of its opponent.<\/p>\n
The Indians jumped out early and never looked back Friday, rolling past Andover Central 73-40 in the semifinals at the Roundhouse to earn a spot in Saturday\u2019s championship game.<\/p>\n
Manhattan wasted little time setting the tone, opening the night with a 24-8 first quarter and extending the margin to 43-19 by halftime. Much like the tournament opener, the damage was done early as the Indians overwhelmed Andover Central.<\/p>\n
Manhattan\u2019s offense was sharp throughout, shooting 56.9% from the field and 53.8% from three-point range, while placing four players in double figures.<\/p>\n
Senior Delaney Larson led the way with 17 points, while sophomore Evie Banks added 15. Kat Ball finished with 12 points, and Jelena Depusoir posted a double-double with 10 points and 12 rebounds as Manhattan showcased its balance across the floor.<\/p>\n
The Indians also leaned on their depth, receiving 26 bench points, while moving the ball effectively with 19 assists.<\/p>\n
Defensively, Manhattan controlled the game from the opening tip. The Indians forced 23 turnovers, recorded 16 steals, and won the rebounding battle 36-19, limiting Andover Central to 32.6% shooting. The Jaguars never found sustained rhythm as Manhattan maintained control through all four quarters.<\/p>\n
Manhattan continued to press its advantage after halftime, scoring 17 points in the third quarter and 13 more in the fourth to close out another wire-to-wire tournament win.<\/p>\n
Andover Central, which entered the night 8-6, was led by Avery Unruh with 9 points, while Reese Wilborn and Ellyanah Perez scored 8 apiece. No Jaguar reached double figures.<\/p>\n
With the win, Manhattan improved to 11-2 and advanced to the championship game of the 31st annual Mid America Classic, continuing a dominant two-day stretch at the Roundhouse.<\/p>\n
In the title game, the Indians will face Olathe South at 5:30 p.m. The Falcons are led by center Eve Long, the nation’s No. 8 overall recruit (247sports) who set a tournament record 43 points in the Falcon’s semifinal matchup.<\/p>\n
MANHATTAN 73,<\/p>\n
ANDOVER CENTRAL 40<\/p>\n
MHS (11-2) \u2014 24; 19; 17; 13 \u2014 73<\/p>\n
Andover Central\u00a0(8-6) \u2014 8; 11; 11; 10 \u2014 40<\/p>\n
INDIVIDUAL SCORING<\/p>\n
MHS \u2014 Larson 17, Banks 15, Ball 12, Depusoir 10, Busch 4, Jorryn Hall 4, Alesana 4, Ingram 3, Becket 2, Salmans 2<\/p>\n
Andover Central \u2014 Unruh 9, Wilborn 8, Perez 8, Converse 6, Barscewski 6, Bolden 3<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For the second straight night at the Mid America Classic, Manhattan High girls\u2019 basketball made quick work of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":118127,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[8918,4567,75,84,83,9,24,63,319,4027],"class_list":["post-118126","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-manhattan","tag-american-football","tag-basketball","tag-manhattan","tag-manhattan-headlines","tag-manhattan-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-sports","tag-team-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118126","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118126"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118126\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/118127"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}