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Kennedy Girls Basketball

Kennedy - Girls Basketball

No.12 Kennedy girls trim No.11 PV

The Kennedy girls basketball team used its "A" game to knock off fifth-ranked Iowa City High Friday night, but its "B" game was good enough to handle 11th-ranked Pleasant Valley on Saturday.

The 12th-ranked Cougars struggled for 16 minutes Saturday before finding their legs and overtaking Pleasant Valley, 52-46, in a non-conference game at the Kennedy gym.

That makes two victories over ranked teams in two days, one a masterpiece and the other a paint-by-numbers, but they both went into the victory column for the Cougars.

"It's hard when you go and play the No. 5 team on their floor and you get an emotional win, and you have to turn around and play another really good team the next day," said Kennedy Coach Tony Vis. "We kind of anticipated a little bit of a struggle, but at the same time, I told them the sign of a good team is winning when you don't have your 'A' game.

Last Updated on Sunday, 06 December 2015 00:13

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Kennedy - Girls Basketball

No. 12 Kennedy girls top No. 5 City High

IOWA CITY - Lela Sellers poured in 30 points and grabbed 11 rebounds Friday night as the 12th-ranked Kennedy girls trimmed No. 5 Iowa City High, 65-61, in a battle of premier Class 5A clubs in Iowa City.

Kennedy trailed by 10 points in the third quarter, 44-34, but the Cougars went on an 11-0 run to take a 45-44 advantage.

Hailey Dolphin scored 13 points and Sydney Hayden had 12 markers for Kennedy (2-1). Ashley Joens scored 25 points for Iowa City High (2-1).

KENNEDY (65): Langhurst 1 2-3 4, Hayden 2 6-8 12, Sellers 13 3-5 30, Dolphin 2 9-12 13, Runels 1 0-0 2, Hellweg 1 1-2 4, Hamilton 0 0-0 0, Vaske 0 0-0 0. Totals 20 21-30 65.

IOWA CITY HIGH (61): Schroeder 1 2-2 4, A.Joens 8 8-13 25, Hanrahan 1 0-0 2, C.Joens 6 0-0 14, Earl 5 6-8 16, Gamamou 0 0-0 0, Lacey 0 0-0 0. Totals 21 16-25 61.

Halftime - Kennedy 32, Iowa City High 32. 3-point goals - Kennedy 4 (Hayden 2, Sellers 1, Hellweg 1), Iowa City High 3 (C.Joens 2, A.Joens 1).

 

Kennedy - Girls Basketball

Sellers paces Kennedy girls to win

Lela Sellers scored 22 points to lead the 12th-ranked Kennedy girls basketball team to an 81-44 win over Waterloo West on Tuesday at Kennedy.

Hailey Dolphin added 19 points for the Cougars (1-1) and Ashley Hamilton chipped in 11.

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Kennedy - Girls Basketball

Sellers leads Cougars into new season

Tony Vis has a plan to fight against teams that try to use a "junk" defense against the Kennedy girls basketball team this season.

Up the tempo.

Cedar Falls used a "junk" defense to defeat the Cougars in the regional finals last season by paying extra attention to Kennedy stars Stephanie Botkin and Lela Sellers. Botkin has graduated, but Sellers is back and Vis wants to give his top player a chance to shine.

"We're trying to change the pace of our play, and I think the girls have been very receptive to that," he said. "We'll press a little bit more this year than we have in the past.

"It's hard to get into a junk defense if we're creating steals and converting in transition on you."

Sellers, a 6-foot guard who has signed with Liberty University, averaged 14.5 points, 5.2 rebounds and 2.6 assists last season as a junior after moving here from Minneapolis. Vis said Sellers has improved since last season and expects her numbers to rise, especially in the rebounding department where the Cougars need help.

Last Updated on Wednesday, 18 November 2015 17:27

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Kennedy - Girls Basketball

Sellers commits to Liberty University

Cedar Rapids Kennedy senior Lela Sellers plans to play college basketball at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Va., The Gazette reported on its website Monday.

Sellers, 5-foot-11, averaged 14.5 points, 5.2 rebounds, 2.6 assists and 2.6 steals for Kennedy last year.

She transferred to Kennedy last year after moving to the area from Minnesota.

   
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