Carrington, N.D. (NewsDakota.com)—-The Carrington Cardinals girls basketball team ran into a hot shooting Midway-Minto (MM) Mustangs squad and fell 70-45 in a game that had a running clock in the fourth quarter. After a competitive opening quarter that had MM leading 18-13, the Mustangs ramped up the defensive pressure and turned it into a 29 point quarter and taking a 47-26 lead at the break.

Elizabeth Shanilec (5’8 senior) paced the Mustangs with a game high 24 points (19 in the first half) and also created multiple steals and forced several Cardinal turnovers. Khaleela Korynta (5’7 junior) came off the bench and drilled 5 three pointers to account for all 15 of her points. Korynta connected on 3 of the 5 triples in the second quarter. April Schmitz (5’8 senior) added 11 points for the Mustangs. The Mustangs forced Carrington into 23 turnovers in the game including 15 in the first half and only committed 5 of their own (1 in the first half).

Carrington was paced by Kenzie Edland (5’9 senior) with 11 points and Sydnie Grager (5’11 junior) added 10 points. Emma Rindy (5’4 junior) added 9 points (3-three pointers). MM improved to 9-4 overall and Carrington dropped to 13-4. The Cardinals will travel to Bismarck on Saturday to play Shiloh Christian at 3:00 P.M.. The game will be aired on AM 1600 KDAK (THE CARDINAL). FM 100.1, and www.newsdakota.com