by MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa — Ashlee Poolaw (Kiowa) scored a team-high 13 points on Sunday as Fort Scott rallied in the fourth quarter to beat Marshalltown 53-49 for its first win of the season.
Poolaw started and played 26 minutes, finishing with 13 points on 4-of-8 shooting and 5-of-7 at the free-throw line, with 6 rebounds — three of them on the offensive glass.
Fort Scott led 15-11 after the first quarter, but Marshalltown took the second quarter 19-14 to lead 30-29 at halftime, and the Tigers still led 38-36 after a low-scoring third quarter.
The Greyhounds closed it out in the fourth, outscoring Marshalltown 17-11 to take the 53-49 win. Fort Scott forced 23 Marshalltown turnovers, and the Tigers shot just 1-of-14 from three-point range.
Jazmine McCarther added 12 points and Hazley Grotjohn 11 for Fort Scott. Laylah Kesee led Marshalltown with a game-high 18 points, while Daniella Leahy scored 8 and Lilly Demoss 7.
Fort Scott improves to 1-2, while Marshalltown falls to 1-3. The Greyhounds are home on Friday, Nov. 13, against the Haskell JV at 3 p.m. CT.
