CARRINGTON (NewsDakota)- The old sports saying is that great defense always beats great offense.  And again on Thursday night, that proved exactly right.

Carrington locked down the highest scoring duo in Class A basketball in rolling to their ninth consecutive win, a 59-42 decision over the Kindred Vikings inside the East Gymnasium on Thursday night.

The game started very slowly with the Vikings (10-5) taking a 3-1 lead.  But then Carrington (11-3) swung and did not miss, going on a 24-7 run spanning ten minutes behind great defense and three point shooting by Marah Johnson and Aniston Hoornaert en route to a 34-19 hafltime lead.

The third quarter was no different, as the Cards forced the Vikings out of their traditional 1-3-1 defense while Hoornaert scored five of her team-high 20 points in the quarter and Carrington led 50-26 after three quarters.

Liza Trenbeath, who came in averaging 25 points per game, scored nine of her game-high 22 in the fourth, while sophomore Siera Nipstad, who came in averaging 25 per game, was held to twelve.

The Cardinals are back in action on Saturday, hosting Hillsboro/Central Valley with coverage on KDAK The Cardinal on YouTube starting at around 2:15pm.

KHS             8            11              7            16                   42

CHS            15            19            16            9                    59

KINDRED (10-5): Liza Trenbeath 22; Siera Nipstad 12; Kate Odegaard 4; Madi Pedersen 2; Kaja Starcevic 2

CARRINGTON (11-3): Aniston Hoornaert 20; Marah Johnson 14; Maara Kutz 9; Harper Kollman 7; Sienna topp 4; Kodi Thiel 3; Sophie Spitzer 2

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