The Michigan City Wolves turned up the defensive pressure in the first half Friday night and cruised to a 61-48 Duneland Athletic Conference victory over Chesterton.

The Trojans took a 7-5 lead early in the first quarter, but a 22-0 run by the Wolves led to a 38-14 halftime lead. Chesterton hit on just 3-of-21 shots (14 percent) from the field in the first half.

Offensively, the Trojans were led by Caroline Puntillo with 19 points, including 11-of-12 from the foul line. Jocelyn Lipscomb added six points with Hayley Sekula tallying five and Sarah Richards scoring four points in the loss.

Toni Murphy scored 25 points and grabbed 11 rebounds to lead Michigan City.

Michigan City (17-21-17-6)

Murphy 9-21 6-8 25, Evans 4-7 0-2 8, Thompkins 0-0 0-0 0, Clifton 1-4 0-0 3, Smith 0-3 0-0 0, Cooper 3-7 8-10 14, Collins 4-12 0-0 9, Kosakowski 0-0 0-0 0, Wood 0-0 0-0 0, Gerron 1-3 0-0 2. Totlas 22-57 14-20 61.

Chesterton (7-7-17-17)

Richards 2-7 0-0 4, Conway 1-3 0-0 2, McCafferty 1-6 0-0 2, Puntillo 4-12 11-12 19, Lipscomb 2-7 00-2 6, Sullivan 1-1 0-0 3, Scott 1-8 0-2 2, Sekula 2-2 1-1 5, Braun 1-1 0-0 2, Malackowski 0-1 0-0 0, Mochen 0-0 0-2 0, Wadding 1-3 1-1 3. Totals 16-51 13-20 48.

3-point field goals: Michigan City 3-13 (Murphy 1-3, Clifton 1-3, Smith 0-2, Collins 1-4, Gerron 0-1); Chesterton 3-18 (Richards 0-1, Conway 0-1, Puntillo 0-4, Lipscomb 2-5, Sullivan 1-1, Scott 0-5, Wadding 0-1).

The Chesterton junior varsity outscored Michigan City 14-10 in the fourth quarter to hold on for a 44-38 Duneland Athletic Conference victory Friday night.

Hailee Norton led the Trojans with 12 points, including a pair of 3-point field goals. McKenzie Sullivan added nine points in the victory.

Lauren Kusbel and Kayla Malackowski each tallied five pointswith Megan Kerkes scoring four points. Jordan Wadding had three.

Tara Schnadenberg, Raven Bach and Teresa Raffin had two points each to round out the scoring.

Posted 12/10/2012