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Lady Knights drop Region 3 contest

Eisenhower’s Savannah McKown (44) makes a move in the post during Monday’s game against Saegertown.

The Lady Knights started slow and couldn’t find a way to jump-start the offense against Saegertown on Monday, falling by a final score of 39-17 in Region 3 action at Eisenhower High School.

“I don’t think we were focused and ready to go against their 2-3 zone,” said Ike coach Mike Logue. “Saegertown has run that for years — we know what they’re going to do year in and year out. It requires us to be patient and have good ball movement and reverse the ball to look for the shot on the weak side. When we did that we got a couple shots, but a lot of the time we were just trying to force the ball in places we shouldn’t be.”

Saegertown scored the first seven points of the game until Joni Zortman knocked down a jumper to put Eisenhower on the board with just over a minute left in the first quarter. The Lady Panthers led 11-2 after one and went into the locker room holding a 21-7 advantage.

Ike’s struggles on the offensive end continued in the second half as it took a score from Kirsten Baran in the low post to put the Lady Knights in double figures four minutes into the third quarter. Baran finished with a team-best eight points along with four rebounds and two blocks while Zortman and Delaney Nizzi chipped in three points each.

Carli Schlasser led Saegertown with 16 points and Katelyn Young added 11.

Eisenhower’s Kirsten Baran (55) gets a shot away while pressured by Saegertown’s Kaylee Mulligan (20) during Monday’s Region 3 basketball game at Eisenhower High School. Baran had a team-high eight points for the Lady Knights in a 39-17 loss.

Eisenhower (4-7 overall, 2-2 in Region 3) travels to Youngsville on Thursday for another Region 3 match-up against the 3-4 Lady Eagles.

SAEGERTOWN (39): Young 5 1-4 11, Schlasser 8 0-0 16, Mulligan 1 0-2 2, Moral 1 2-4 4, McClymans 0 2-4 2, Lyborger 2 0-0 4.

EISENHOWER (17): Zortman 1 1-2 3, Nizzi 1 1-2 3, Wheeler 0 0-0 0, Spicer 1 0-0 2, Kingsley 0 0-0 0, Mineweaser 0 0-1 0, Kuzminski 0 0-0 0, Garris 0 0-0 0, McKown 0 0-2 0, Courtney 0 0-0 0, Gianinni 0 1-5 1, Baran 3 2-2 8.

Saegertown       11   10   9   9 — 39

Eisenhower       2   5   5   5 — 17

3-pointers: none.

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