Yankton wrapped up an undefeated girls' basketball regular season Friday night with a 49-37 ESD win over Aberdeen Central at the Civic Arena. The Golden Eagles, who finished 12-6, made Yankton work for its 18th win. Central wiped out an eight point halftime deficit with an 8-0 run to start the third quarter, then fell behind by seven early in the fourth quarter before mounting another rally. Amy Fauth's three-pointer brought the Eagles to within four (37-33) with 5:23 to play, but Central would get no closer. Katie Heine led the Gazelles with 14 points and 6 rebounds. Dawn Sillman led Central with nine points and Hilary Aden added eight.
Boxscore:
Aberdeen Central: Sillman 4 0-0 9, Aden 3 2-2 8, Dell 1 0-0 2, Murphy 3 0-0 6, Goodman 2 0-0 4, Fauth 2 0-0 6, Schuler 1 0-0 2 Three point goals: Fauth 2, Sillman
Yankton: Althoff 2 2-4 6, Schoenfeider 3 0-3 6, Larsen 3 1-2 7, Garvey 2 1-2 5, Heine 4 6-7 14, Johnson 3 0-0 6, McVay 2 1-2 5 Three point goals: none
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