Bison frosh girls split with North Platte

The McCook High School freshman girls basketball A and B teams split a pair of games with North Platte on Thursday.

The A team squad dropped a close game 35-33.

McCook was led in scoring by Jessa Sughroue with 10 points, Gretchen Sehnert with 6 and Megan Carfield 5. Sehnert had 8 steals, Carfield 7 and Laura Brooks and Sughroue both had 5.

"The Bison played very strong in the first half, leading 21-10 at half, but struggled to get going in the third quarter," said Mccook freshman girls coach John Graff. "Ball control and rebounding hurt us in the second half. This was a frustrating loss for us, as we had played so well in the first half."

In the B game, McCook won a spirited contest 35-27.

McCook was led in scoring by Aubrie Reimann with 11 points, and Shelby Allen added 10. Defensively, Amanda Einspahr had 5 steals, Shelby had 4, Kasha Messersmith and Hailey Esch both had 2.

"I was particularly pleased with how we finished this game," Graff said. "It was a 2-point game coming into the final 90 seconds to play. The girls really stepped up their game and shut the door on North Platte."