WAGNER’S HOME OPENER WITH WINNER

The Lady Raiders opened the 2022-2023 basketball season with their SESD foes the Lady Warriors from Winner. The night would start with Emma Yost grabbing her 1,000 career rebound on the first possession of the game. Wagner would start on a 4-0 run, Winner would hit a free throw and then the Raiders would go on a 33-0 run to take a 37-1 advantage midway through the second quarter. Wagner would finish the half with a 47-9 advantage and then cruise to 73-26 victory. The Raiders would shoot 30-58 from the floor for 52% while the Warriors would hit 7-33 for 21%. The Raiders would dominate the glass 40-14. Wagner would commit 14 turnovers to Winners 17. Macy Koupal would lead all scorers with 21 points, 6 boards, and 2 steals. Emma Yost with add 15 points, 9 boards, and dish out 4 assists. Ashlyn Koupal would also net 15 points, while grabbing a game high 12 rebounds, dish out 2 assists, block 3 shots, and 3 steals. Shalayne Nagel with be the 4th Raider in double figures and double figures she would collect. She would score 12 points, dish out 11 assists, and come up 2 rebounds short from a triple-double with 8 rebounds. She would also come away with a team high 4 steals. Eve Zephier would add 7 points, grab 8 boards, dish out 4 assists and come away with 2 steals. Lydia Yost would round out the scoring for Wagner with 3 points, 2 boards, and 2 assists. “This was a great team win for us. We did a great job on the glass and defensively we challenged a lot of their shots with our length and athleticism. We had great ball movement that got us great transition looks and then some excellent looks in the half court as well. A huge thank you to So-Co Pioneer for sponsoring our team meal for our season opener. One last note, a huge shout out to Coach Aaker and the Winner Warriors Girls Basketball team! Not sure everyone stuck around 10 minutes after the boys game but they cleaned the entire gym from top to bottom picking up all the trash in the bleachers! So a huge thank you to them and what a great idea to pay it forward when we hit the road next week to Irene!”