Remarkable Run Ends at Regina

 

Prior to last Friday’s showdown with the Regals in Iowa City, the Pekin varsity girls’ basketball team made an excellent Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont team look like a JV team.

The Lady Panthers absolutely dominated the Rockets in their regional quarterfinal game in Packwood, building a 37-23 halftime lead, before blowing EBF away in the second half.

Pekin outscored EBF 22 to 9 in the third quarter and 16 to 6 in the fourth, pulling away for the 75-38 win.

“We ran the floor really well,” said Pekin head coach Davis Eidahl. “We scored many baskets in transition and played really well together as a team.”

Eidahl’s group was led, as usual, by versatile junior Beth Atwood. Atwood, who averaged 17.6 points and 9.5 rebounds this season, finished with 24 points on 10-of-12 shooting against EBF, to go along with seven rebounds and five assists.

Gwynne Wright’s offensive game was also clicking against the Rockets. The junior point guard hit two ‘3’s and finished with 13 points, four steals and three assists.

Maci Gambell also nailed two 3-pointers, as she finished with 12 points, while McKenna Gambell went five-for-eight from the field and scored ten points. Sloan Reighard pitched in nine points and four rebounds, and Cassidy Tolle added five points, including three on a 3-pointer.

Three nights later, the 11th-ranked Panthers traveled to 12th-ranked Iowa City Regina for a regional semifinal showdown.

"Read the full article in the Wednesday, Feb. 25 edition of The News-Review."

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