Medina girls post win over Lyndonville

By Mike Wertman, Sports Writer Posted 19 December 2016 at 9:21 pm

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Kharise Johnson puts up a shot against Lyndonville defenders Aubrey Lewis (21) and Miranda Lembcke (12) as her teammate Je’ne Brown watches the play. The action took place during the Mustangs win over the host Lady Tigers this evening.

Medina’s Je’ne Brown puts up a shot for two of her game high 32 points.

Steadily pulling away, Medina defeated host Lyndonville 62-39 this evening in a non league girls basketball game boosting the Mustangs record to 6-0.

Je’ne Brown poured in a game high 32 points and Maddie Williams tallied 19 to lead the way for Medina as Kayla Cuadra added 4, Molley Gross 3 and Faith Henning and Kharise Johnson 2 each. Brown also had 18 rebounds and 4 blocks and Williams 10 steals and 5 rebounds.

Aubrey Lewis led Lyndonville with 13 as Makenzie Muck added 9, Alecia Hinkson 6, Miranda Lembcke 4, Stacey Buckland 3 and Abi Rodriguez and Anna Lewis 2 each.

Leading all the way, Medina jumped out to a 13-6 first period lead as Brown had a pair of rebound baskets and a layup and Williams two threes.

A quick six point scoring burst by Brown at the outset of the second quarter on a layup off a steal, a rebound and another layup, ignited a 19-9 run which also included two layups off steals by Cuadra and a three by Williams as the Mustangs opened up a 17 point, 32-15, half-time advantage.

Medina upped the lead to 22, 48-26, at the three-quarter mark as Brown had three layups and a rebound bucket and Williams two more threes.

Medina next hosts Elba at 7 p.m. Thursday in another non legue contest.

Lyndonville, which is now 0-6, hosts Wheatland-Chili at 7 p.m. Wedensday in a Genesee Region League game.