It was an interesting game that saw the Lady 'Stangs of Bishop Brossart win their 20th game of the year for the second consecutive season. Their 20-5 record is now the top record in the 10th Region just ahead of Montgomery Co. (20-6) who they host on Monday Evening. The next four teams they defeated this season already Nicholas Co., Bracken Co., Mason Co. and Scott. They will also host Cooper on Saturday. The final scorer Bishop Brossart 61, Newport 48

On paper it was a matchup of 19-5 Brossart and 14-8 Newport but the Lady Cats battled hard and led for a bit of the first half after Brossart had jumped on top 7-0. A jumper right before the half game Brossart at slim 19-17 lead at the half. The lead exchanged hands twice and was tied three times.

Brossart shot just 29.6% in the first half but still outshot Newport who hit at a 27.3% clip.

The second half though was all Brossart as they opened up as much as a 20 point lead at 43-23 and cruised to the win. Junior Sarah Futscher led all scorers with 27 points while junior Abby Stadtmiller chipped in with 11.

Brossart led in most categories for the game including free throw points (13-10), rebounds (37-33), and points off the bench (15-2). They shot 53.6% in the second half to finished with an overall 41.8% to 37.8% advantage from the floor.

The junior varsity beat Newport 51-9 led by Olivia Nienaber and Emily Schultz with 10 each and Abby King with 8.

Watched the Campbell/Simon Kenton boys thriller tonight. Did Brossart girls play alot of JV players tonight for varsity to have the score that close? I didnt see much of a contest on paper.

Starters got benched to start the second half. did not play well in 1st half.

Watched the Campbell/Simon Kenton boys thriller tonight. Did Brossart girls play alot of JV players tonight for varsity to have the score that close? I didnt see much of a contest on paper.

 

I thought the same thing. With all due respect to Newport I thought there would be a running clock in this one. Has Newport improved that much? Good for them if they have. Good luck to both teams moving forward.

Surprised by the close score......but this time of year everybody throws in a clunker..............

Starters got benched to start the second half. did not play well in 1st half.

 

 

Leading scorer Futscher had 19 of her points in the second half. Sounds like she may not have started the second half, but got a lot of minutes or responded to the half time talk.

Newport has improved and did have some girls that can shoot. also played pretty good defense. Brossart was very flat which lead to the starters getting benched.

I heard it was a slugfest in Newport last night. Or maybe slapfest would be a better word.

You can call it a slapfest or as Uselessinfo said a clunker but I'll just call it UGGGGGGLLLLLYYYYYYY! Give Newport credit for never giving up and they were hitting there shots.