The Mercer girls met the in-county rival Princeton Lady Tigers for the second time this season, with the latest matchup, occurring on Monday night in the championship game of the South Harrison Tournament, seeing Princeton with senior all-GRC forward Lauren Krohn back from summer knee surgery.
However, the result between the squads remained the same, as Mercer held Princeton to just 22 points in a convincing 50-22 triumph, broadcast on KTTN FM 92.3.
Senior center Tori Meinecke, despite receiving a series of double and triple-teams from Princeton throughout the game, led Mercer with 20 points, with Maddi Fisher adding 12, as Mercer improves to 13-1 on the season.
Princeton, in falling to 9-6, had 12 points from Addy Henke. Krohn was held to five.
The girls championship game was preceded by a rematch between the boys teams from Princeton and South Harrison, with the Tigers getting a measure of payback against the Bulldogs for a GRC loss earlier in the month, winning the third place game, 39-26.
Princeton (7-8) was led by sophomore Talan Holt with 19 points. Jad Cornett had seven for 3-10 South Harrison.
The boys championship game was won by Northeast Nodaway, 52-42 over Maysville, with South Harrison winning the girls third place game over Tri-County 66-48.
The four games played were moved from Saturday to Monday due to the weekend snowstorm.
Four of the games slated for Saturday at the Milan Tournament were moved to Monday, with the Novinger girls and boys taking a pair of victories, with the Lady Wildcats downing Linn County in the consolation final 38-36, while the Novinger boys won third place against Brookfield 49-46.
The girls third place game went to Brookfield, 37-25 against Brashear, with the Brashear boys winning consolation over Linn County 62-46.
Earlier scores from pool play action at the Milan Tournament were:
GIRLS:
Marceline 57, Brashear 47
Milan 52, Brookfield 38
Brashear 30, Linn County 26
Marceline 54, Linn County 22
Milan 69, Novinger 29
BOYS:
Marceline 52, Brashear 44
Brookfield 68, Brashear 37
Milan 63, Linn County 34
Novinger d. Linn County (Forfeit)
Marceline d. Brookfield
Milan d. Novinger
The Milan Tournament championship games, both featuring Marceline challenging Milan, will be played on Monday, January 31st, with the 6 o’clock girls game and 7:30 boys encounter both scheduled for broadcast on KTTN FM 92.3.
Other scores from Monday, January 17, 2022 were:
GIRLS:
Lamoni 53, North Harrison 31
North Andrew 43, North Platte 36
Cameron 60, Lathrop 43
Lawson 39, Savannah 25
BOYS:
Milan 54, Penney 49
North Andrew 66, North Platte 51
