The Mount Vernon girls basketball team continued its ascent last week, going 2-1 in a five-day stretch and improving their record to 10-6.
Still, the team finds itself in the middle of the WaMaC-East conference pack.
Monday, Jan. 16Monday the team hosted the West Branch Bears, sending the visiting team home with a 47-25 loss.
The game was relatively close until the third quarter, when the Mustangs piled on the Bears by a 19-1 margin. A 14-11 fourth period, dominated by the Bears, was not enough to reverse the damage.
Lilly See, a senior for the Mustangs, led all scorers in the game with 13 points. See additionally added seven rebounds, two assists, and a steal to the winning effort.
Chloe Meester, a sophomore, contributed 10 points and three boards.
Junior Brynley Rasmussen posted eight points on 3-6 shooting.
Kameron Brand notched six rebounds, five assists, and two steals.
Tuesday, Jan. 17 The Solon Spartans visited the Mustangs the following evening.
The first-place Spartans pulled off a narrow 56-50 win.
Meester doubled her output from the night before, scoring 20 points and collecting five rebounds.
See contributed 14 points, two rebounds, and two steals.
Friday, Jan. 20The Mustangs defeated conference foe West Delaware 47-42 on the road to close their week.
The Hawks are a spot behind Mount Vernon, though the Mustangs enjoy a comfortable lead over them.
The home team switched up their defensive strategy from games previous to a 2-3 zone, taking the Mustangs out of their rhythm early on, and leading to the team committing 14 turnovers in the first half.
West Delaware saw their opening, and charged ahead to a 20-13 lead with four minutes remaining in the second quarter.
However, Rasmussen took the lead in a 13-2 offensive for the Mustangs, contributing six points in the first half’s remaining moments that saw the visiting Mount Vernon team lead 26-22.
Meester drew the third foul from Hawks star Brooke Krogmann in the third quarter, clearing the path for the Mustangs to go on a 10-2 run and place themselves ahead 37-27.
West Delaware made it a game again late in the fourth quarter, getting as close as three points at 45-42, when Courtney Franck stepped up to make both shots of a one-and-one to put her team just out of reach.
Peyton Simpson, Rasmussen, and See each scored in double-figures. Rasmussen and See posted 12 points while Simpson put up 11. Rasmussen added seven rebounds to the effort.
The team shot 43 percent from behind the three-point arc, and forced West Delaware into committing 21 turnovers.
The Mustangs will next be in action Friday, Jan. 27 when they host Independence. Junior varsity begins at 6:00 p.m. while varsity will follow at 7:30.
Monday, Jan. 16
Mount Vernon vs. West Branch
WB 6 4 1 14 25
MV 9 8 19 11 47
Mount Vernon
Points | Lilly See, SR PTS 13 FG 6/9 FT 1/3
Points | Chloe Meester, SO PTS 10 FG 5/7
Points | Brynley Rasmussen, JR PTS 8 FG 3/6 FT 2/2
Rebounds | Lilly See, SR RBD 7 OFF 1 STL 1
Rebounds | Kameron Brand, SR RBD 6 OFF 2 STL 2
Rebounds | Chloe Meester, SO RBD 3 OFF 1
Assists | Kameron Brand, SR AST 5 TO 1 A/TO 5.0
Assists | Lilly See, SR AST 2 TO 2 A/TO 1.0
Assists | Taylor Franck, FR AST 2 TO 2 A/TO 1.0
West Branch
Points | Sadie Smith, SR PTS 9 FG 4/6 FT 1/2
Points | Kylie Pickett, JR PTS 9 FG 3/11 3PT 3/10
Points | Iva Senio, SR PTS 4 FG 2/3
Rebounds | Kylie Pickett, JR RBD 5 STL 2
Rebounds | Sadie Smith, SR RBD 4 BLK 1
Rebounds | Olivia Naber, JR RBD 4 OFF 1 STL 1
Assists | Alyse Klinkkammer, JR AST 3 TO 1 A/TO 3.0
Assists | Iva Senio, SR AST 1 TO 3 A/TO 0.3
Assists | Avery Schultes, SR AST 1 TO 4 A/TO 0.3
Tuesday, Jan. 17
Mount Vernon vs. Solon
SOL 56
MV 50
Mount Vernon
Points | Chloe Meester, SO PTS 20 FG 7/13 FT 6/6
Points | Lilly See, SR PTS 14 FG 4/8 FT 6/9
Points | Peyton Simpson, JR PTS 6 FG 2/2 3PT 1/1 FT 1/2
Rebounds | Kameron Brand, SR RBD 5 STL 2
Rebounds | Chloe Meester, SO RBD 5 OFF 2
Rebounds | Lilly See, SR RBD 2 STL 2
Assists | Kameron Brand, SR AST 3 TO 2 A/TO 1.5
Assists | Courtney Franck, FR AST 3 TO 3 A/TO 1.0
Assists | Peyton Simpson, JR AST 1 TO 4 A/TO 0.3
Solon
Points | Callie Levin, JR PTS 24 FG 5/13 3PT 1/4 FT 13/13
Points | Hailey Miller, JR PTS 12 FG 3/5 3PT 2/3 FT 4/4
Points | Mia Stahle, JR PTS 11 FG 3/7 3PT 2/6 FT 3/4
Rebounds | Callie Levin, JR RBD 8 STL 4
Rebounds | Hilary Wilson, SR RBD 5 OFF 1
Rebounds | Mia Stahle, JR RBD 4 OFF 2 BLK 1 STL 2
Assists | Hailey Miller, JR AST 3 TO 2 A/TO 1.5
Assists | Callie Levin, JR AST 2 TO 4 A/TO 0.5
Assists | Kobi Lietz, SO AST 2 TO 3 A/TO 0.7
Friday, Jan. 20
Mount Vernon vs. West Delaware
MV 13 13 11 10 47
WD 13 9 10 10 42
WaMaC-East Standings
Solon 9-1 W9 14-1
Marion 4-3 W1 7-7
Mount Vernon 5-4 W1 10-6
West Delaware 3-5 L2 5-11
Independence 1-8 L3 5-10

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Trent Bowman

Mount Vernon’s Kameron Brand (No. 5) looks for an open teammate in play at home last week.