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HOLSTEIN — The Ridge View girls basketball team spitted and sputtered behind ice cold shooting, despite maintaining a lead through three quarters on Tuesday.

Iowa Prep Illustrated / Iowa Grandstand Sports Class 2A 11th-ranked Sioux Central played like they wanted to give the game away for three quarters. In the fourth quarter, the Rebel come to life, outscoring RIdge View 15-6, earning the narrow 39-37 victory.

We battled all night and was really proud of the girl’s effort. We just couldn’t quite hold on. We got ourselves into some foul trouble late and had some costly turnovers that really allowed them to work their way back into it. I was happy with our attention on the defensive end. We had strong court awareness and worked well together keeping them out of their attack. Just needed to be more consistent and string a complete 32 minutes together.”

• Brian Bode, Ridge View head girls basketball coach

Ridge View maintained a 9-7 lead after one quarter and had an 18-13 lead at halftime. The third quarter for Ridge View was its most productive of the night scoring 13 points and pushing the lead to seven points 31-24.

Ridge View showed fight in spurts, but it boiled down to 14-of-47 (29.8%) shooting from the floor, that included 1-of-12 (8.3%) on 3-point attempts. Sioux Central’s starters outscored Ridge View’s five starters 37-30. The Raptors saw 16 of the 37 points go to sophomore Jayna Aschinger. She was the lone Raptors player in double figures.

Sioux Center relied heavily upon a pair of senior in Avery Wilson and Nora Christian. Wilson scored a game-high 22 points and had a team-best seven rebounds. Christian added six points and five rebounds.

Ridge View came into the game averaging 45.7 points per game. The Raptors ended the first half of the season scoring only 29 points in a humbling loss to state-ranked Newell-Fonda.

The additional 19 turnovers against Sioux Central by Ridge View proved costly.

“Looking back, lots of things will show up where you say what if. We have to be better about taking care of the ball and finishing around the rim. The shots in the first quarter are just as important as the ones in the final seconds, especially when games are this close.”

• Brian Bode, Ridge View girls head basketball coach

Up Next

Ridge View (6-5) is set to meet another ranked opponent tonight in Holstein. Iowa Prep Illustrated / Iowa Grandstand Sports seven-ranked (2A) Westwood (9-0) comes calling on the Raptors in a Western Valley Conference tussle.

Sioux Central Record: 7-2 | Ridge View Record: 6-5

Sioux Central Leading Scorer (s): Avery Wilson 22.

Sioux Central Leading Rebounder: Wilson 7, Nora Christian 5.

Largest Lead: NA
Rebound Margin: Ridge View +3 (29-26)

Ridge View Scoring: Shea Rapp 3, Chloe Murphy 9, Alyssa Biede 0, Zoey Aschinger 2, Jayna Aschinger 16, Reese Hawthorne 0, Olivia Feilmeier 7, Cora Tesch 0, Hannah Brown 0.

Ridge View Statistics
Field Goals Overall: 14-47 (29.8)
3-Pt. Field Goals: 1-12 (8.3)
Free Throws: 8-12 (66.7)
Assists (4): Rapp 2, Murphy 1, J Aschinger 1.
Steals (6): Rapp 2, Murphy 2, J. Aschingher 1, Feilmeier 1.
Rebounds (29): Feilmeier 9, Rapp 5, J. Aschinger 5, Z. Aschinger 3, Murphy 2, Brown 2, Hawthorne 2, Biede 1.
Blocked Shots (0): 

Sioux Central vs. Ridge View boys basketball

HOLSTEIN — On one hand you have the tenth-ranked (2A) Rebels of Sioux Center and the other tenth-ranked (2A) Raptors of Ridge View, a non-conference basketball matchup of one loss teams. Something had to give !

Ridge View scored enough to keep the lead between four and 11 points through three quarters. The Raptors then outscored their guest 13-6 to collect a 55-37 victory, and a bit of bragging rights.

The Raptors have extended their season winning streak to six games and made it three straight wins against Sioux Central in a series that’s tied 5-5 all-time.

The Raptors came off firing from deep, and finally determined hitting three-pointers wasn’t going to be the game plan for success. Ridge View was just 1-of-13 (7.7%) on its three-point tries. Inside the arch they converted 22-of-37 shots (59.5%), and held a lopsided margin on the boards, 35-19.

Sioux Central’s shooting was cold and it didn’t matter where the shots were being taken. From the foul line they converted only 7-of-20 (35%) attempts. Beyond the three-point arch, the Rbels were 4-of-14 (28.6%). Overall they finished 13-of-48 (27.1%) in the loss.

Koen Glover was the Rebels leader in points (12) and rebounds (8).

The Raptors 6-foot-8 ‘Big-Man’ Adam Stephan led all scorers with 15 points, Stephens added a team-best seven rebounds in the win. Alo breaking into double figure scoring was Carter Todd with 10 points.

Up Next

Ridge View is back home tonight at roiughly 7:30 p.m. following the girls varsity contest. The Raptors are in search of their 10th win this season, Westwood Rebels is the opponent in the Western Valley Conference matchup.

Sioux Central Record: 6-1 | Ridge View Record: 9-1

Sioux Central Leading Scorer (s): Keon Glover 12, Owen Mills 11.

Sioux Central Leading Rebounder: Glover 8, Colin Christians 7.

Largest Lead: NA
Rebound Margin: Ridge View +16 (35-19)

Ridge View Scoring: Zach Kolpin 4, Drew Burk 5, Adam Stephan 15, Kinnick Jensen 4, Carter Todd 10, Derek Heilman 5, Brayden Blum 2, Cole Jochims 4, Luke Braunschweig 6.

Ridge View Statistics
Field Goals Overall: 23-50 (46.0)
3-Pt. Field Goals: 1-13 (7.7)
Free Throws: 8-17 (47.1)
Assists (12): Burk 4, Kin. Jensen 4, Kolpin 2, Jochims 1, Braunschweig 1.
Steals (6): Kolpin 3, Burk 1, Stephan 1, Jochims 1.
Rebounds (35): Stephan 7, Kin. Jensen 5, Todd 5, Blum 4, Jochims 3, Braunschweig 3, Burk 3, Kolpin 1, Heilman 1.
Blocked Shots (2): Kolpin 1, Todd 1.