ROAD WARRIORS HEAD TO PARKSTON

The Lady Raiders have had the luxury of playing at home 6 out 7 games but now start a stretch where they won’t play in their own gymnasium until January 31st. It starts with region and conference foe, Parkston. Wagner found themselves down 2-0 to start the game and then went on a 23-5 run to finish the first quarter up 23-7. Parkston outscored the Raiders 9-7 in the second cutting the lead to 30-16 at half. Wagner exploded in the 3rd out scoring the Trojans 24-4 and posting a 54-20 lead going into the 4th. Parkston rallied somewhat in the 4th but fell 59-35. Wagner shot 44% from the floor while Parkston shot 30%. Wagner again controlled the glass 30-19, dished out 17 assists and turned the ball over 15 times. Parkston committed 23 turnovers. Ashlyn Koupal led all scorers with 24 points, 6 boards, 2 assists, 2 steals and a block. Macy Koupal was the only other Raider in double figures posting a double-double with 10 points, 10 boards, 4 assists and 2 steals. Lydia Yost netted 9 points, grabbed 2 boards and 2 steals. Emma Yost finished with 7 points, 8 boards, 4 assists, 4 steals and 2 blocks. Eve Zephier added 7 points and 2 steals. Shalayne Nagel finished with 2 points, 3 boards, 2 steals and a team high 6 assists. “This is always a very physical game. Our posts took a beating inside as they played very good help defense. Offensively we reacted on the fly in the third quarter and got things rolling again. We out scored them 49-11 in quarters 1 and 3. We have to do a little better job in all quarters as in 2 and 4 we get out scored 12-24. Defensively we hedged hard on screens and limited them to one shot. Nice team effort again.”