GIRLS BASKETBALL: Wapak ends Minster's 10-game win streak

January 30, 2012

Minster's Heather Schmiesing drives to the basket against Wapakoneta on Saturday afternoon. (Staff Photo/John Zwez)

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WAPAKONETA — Wapakoneta girls head basketball coach Rusty Allen looked at the match-up heading into Saturday’s game against a red-hot Minster team and liked what he saw.

“Zone-wise I knew our matchup could give them fits,” Allen said.

Wapakoneta made 13 of 19 free throws in the fourth quarter and clamped down on Minster defensively to secure a 45-39 victory, snapping the Wildcats’ 10-game winning streak.

“We just couldn’t make any shots down the stretch,” Minster head coach Nann Stechschulte said.

Wapakoneta had three players in double figures. Annie Henderson and Courtney Knippen each 12 points and Nicole Brown had 10 points. Knippen also had nine rebounds.

Minster (12-3) gets back into MAC action when they host Versailles on Thursday, while Wapakoneta (9-6) host St. Marys in a WBL contest on Thursday.

Saturday Girls Basketball Scores

• Marion Local 66, Elida 27
• Fairview 35, Defiance 28
• Ottawa-Glandorf 44, Bryan 32
• Shawnee 61, Coldwater 53
• Wapakoneta 45, Minster 39
• Kenton 82, Ridgemont 27
• Versailles 49, DSJ 38
• Fort Recovery 88, Ansonia 13
• Tri-Village 65, St. Henry 53