Lulf sets school record in win over Bayard

Kimball High senior, Alexis Lulf, set a new school record for 3 point field goals in a game with eight as she scored 28 points and led the Lady Longhorns to a 71-57 win over Bayard this past Monday night. The way Lulf was lighting up the score board, it was like viewing the strip in Las Vegas!

Kimball's long shot artist nailed her first trey in the opening quarter, added four more in the second period, and closed out the night with three more in the final period. She eclipsed Danielle Perry and Alex Reader. Perry hit six twice in her career. Lulf has now tallied 32 treys on the season, which puts her in a select group with Alex Reader holding the number one spot with 55. Her 28 points in a game also puts her with a listed group of Kimball High performers where Danika Daum holds the top mark of 40 points.

As I poured through the school records, I thought perhaps the 12 total treys shot in the Bayard game could possible be a record, but I don't think that record was ever established. I would have to think this would be a good place to start unless we come up with a better number.

While Lulf was certainly the spot light player on this evening, coach Chauncey Pedersen had a number of girls who stepped it up.

Kate Reader had another double-double as she scored 19 points and pulled 12 rebounds. She also had team highs of eight blocks, six steals and six assists and was 7/11 at the foul line. Justine Heeg had double fugure scoring with 10 going 3 for 4 on three point attempts. Lulf, by the way, was 8 of 18 on her 3-point shots. Carli Wurdeman contributed to the 3 point exhibition hitting one of three attempts from behind the arc and scored five points. Hannah Biesecker also scored 5 and Madison Wynne and Jannel Fiehtner both scored two.

In the final team stats, Kimball was 24/67 from the field for 36 percent and 12/29 on 3-pointers for 41 percent. They shot 9/19 at the line, had 26 rebounds, 10 blocks, 18 steals, 14 assists, 14 turnovers and 20 fouls.

Bayard had eight girls score with 3 in double figures led by Kylie Stuart with 14, going 10/13 at the line. Lauren Peterson had 11 and Lizbeth Marker 10. Stuart also had 14 rebounds and Peterson 10 as the Lady Tigers pulled 42 rebounds as a team.

With the win over Bayard, and with the way the girls played in their loss to state ranked North Platte St. Pats, coach Pedersen is feeling more optimistic about his team's chances against a good Gordon/Rushville club tonight at Gordon.

"We struggled after losing (Alex Reader), but now the girls know they can step up and get the job done. I am proud of the way they have been performing and I hope we can go to Gordon and continue to play like we have been. We need to stay out of foul trouble as we don't have the depth of some teams."

Tonight's game at Gordon is set for a 5 p.m. start time. The winner will advance to semi-final play with number one seed Mitchell on Friday night at Cougar Palace with start time at 2 p.m.

Kimball 16 28 10 17 – 71

Bayard 19 13 7 18 – 57