The Milan girls basketball team improved to 2-0 on the season with a 58-45 victory over the Atlanta Lady Hornets on Monday night, in quarterfinal round action from the Novinger Invitational Tournament.
Starting center Angelle Ziegler had a strong night inside the paint for Milan, finishing with 22 points. Â Evelyn Castro added 10 points while Kenna Michael added seven. Â For Atlanta, Danielle Welch had 12 points with Molly Waddle scoring nine.
The win advances Milan into a Wednesday night semifinal with the #1 seed, former conference rival Scotland County. Â The Lady Tigers cruised past Newtown-Harris in the quarterfinal round 77-4. Â The Scotland County / Milan game will tip off at 6:40. Â Newtown-Harris will battle Atlanta in the consolation semifinal, Wednesday afternoon at 4 o’clock.
The Milan boys, like the Lady ‘Cats, were attempting to move to 2-0 on the season, but came up short in a 78-69 loss to in-county rival Green City. Devin Fields scored 29 points and Hunter Chase 27 for the Gophers, with Marshall Lunsford scoring 12. Â For the Wildcats, Wyatt Bohle had 19 points, Ryley Head 10, and Ryan Dabney nine.
The Gophers advance to play #1 seed LaPlata in a 5:20 boys semifinal on Wednesday. Â Milan will play Atlanta in Wednesday night’s final game, scheduled for an 8 o’clock tip at Novinger High School. Â LaPlata rolled past Atlanta in Monday night’s boys quarterfinal round, 66-27.
The second night of quarterfinal action will be Tuesday at Novinger, with the #3 seeded LaPlata girls taking on the host Novinger Lady Wildcats at 4 o’clock, followed by the #2 boys seed, Scotland County, taking on Newtown-Harris at 5:20. Â At 6:40, the #2 seed Green City Lady Gophers battle Brashear, with the #3 seed Novinger boys drawing a match-up with Brashear at 8 o’clock.
