United Red Storm Girls Basketball Picks Up First Postseason Win Since 2016

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On Saturday, the United Red Storm girls basketball team began their regional tournament by hosting West Prairie in first round play. The Red Storm get the victory, 40-29. United jumped out to a 12-0 first quarter lead as Madison Penn and Reece Bertelsen each had 4 points to jump start the offense. Meanwhile, the defense pitched a first quarter shutout. In the second quarter, the Red Storm used a couple of three-pointers from Karragan Sperry to take a 20-10 lead to halftime. Luci Kane was the star of the third quarter as she scored 7 of the Red Storm 9 points. United was comfortably ahead 29-15 entering the final quarter. West Prairie would outscore United 14-11 in the fourth but the Red Storm used their early lead to take the win. Leading the way for United was Luci Kane, who used a strong second half, to finish with 17 while Madison Penn joined her in double figures with 11. Also scoring was Karragan Sperry with 8 and Reece Bertelsen with 4. The win was the fourth in a row for the Red Storm and they will look to carry that momentum into a Tuesday night matchup with #1 seed Mendon (Unity) at 6pm. The game is the first game of the West Central regional semifinals.

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