LITTLE RIVER BASKETBALL

LADY REDSKINS END SEASON UNBEATEN

By Staff

            LITTLE RIVER – The Little River girls remained unbeaten as they closed out the 2024/25 regular season on Friday when they went on the road to play Olpe and scored a convincing 74-26 win.

            Now 18-0 for the season, the Lady Redskins will be the number one seed and have a first-round bye in their sub-state tournament as they wait to play the winner of the eighth-seed Burden Central (7-11) and ninth-seed Oxford (6-13) next Saturday, March 1. Burden Central and Oxford play on Monday.

            After powering out to an  18-3 lead by the end of the first quarter, the Lady Redskins pushed the advantage to 31 points, 45-14, at the halftime break. After outscoring Olpe 16-4 in the third quarter and 13-8 in the fourth, Little River closed out the final 48-point, 74-26, victory.

            The Lady Redskins hit 60% of their two-point shots, outrebounded Olpe 36-23, forced Olpe into making 21 turnovers while winning the points in the paint (42-8), second chance points (24-8), and points scored after getting a turnover (30-3).

            Four Lady Redskins hit for double digits in scoring led by Arika Feldman who hit four three-pointers in earning a game high of 22 while Havana Olander and Avery Lafferty each scored 12 and Addelynne Strecker had 11.

            Strecker had an outstanding game overall as she just missed a double double with a game high nine assists while also pulling down six rebounds and swiping six steals. Havana Olander led the Lady Redskins in rebounds with seven while Lucy Wright grabbed six.

LITTLE RIVER LADY REDSKINS at Olpe, Friday, February 21

SCORING = Lady Redskins won 74-26

Lady Redskins = 18-27-16-13 = 74; Olpe = 3-11-4-8 = 26.

TEAM STATS =

Lady Redskins = 2fgs – 24/40; 3pts – 7/16; fts – 5/8; asst – 16; rebs – 33; stls – 16; blks – 5; to – 11; fls – 11.

Olpe = 2fgs – 6/28; 3pts – 3/14; fts – 5/9; asst – 7; rebs – 23; stls – 6; blks – 1; to – 21; fls – 8.

LADY REDSKIN INDIVIDUAL STAT LEADERS =

Scoring (74) = Arika Feldman – 22; Havana Olander, Avery Lafferty – 12; Addelynne Strecker – 11; Saelyn Raleigh – 7; Evie Look – 6; Lucy Wright – 4.

3-Pointers Made (7) = Feldman – 4; Strecker – 2; Raleigh – 1.

Assists (16) = Stecker – 9; Raleigh – 3; Feldman, Lafferty, Wright, Jailyn Millar – 1.

Rebounds (36) = Olander – 7; Strecker, Look – 6; Feldman, Wright – 4; Lafferty – 3; Raleigh – 2; Millar – 1.

Steals (16) = Strecker – 6; Olander, Lafferty – 3; Raleigh – 2; Feldman, Look – 1.

Blocked Shots (5) = Feldman, Raleigh – 2; Olander – 1.