Lady Aggies get hard fought win as boys fall in last second thriller

Kossuth deployed a top notch defensive gameplan and came away with a hard fought road victory on Thursday.

The Lady Aggies, playing without leading scorer Zoe Essary, slowed down the top Walnut scorers and came away with a 52-41 victory.

Faith Williamson made several big plays in the game to provide the spark that Kossuth needed to claim the victory, including 12 points in the second quarter.

Faith Williamson gets a bucket and a big block to extend the Kossuth lead before the half. They lead Walnut 31-25 at the break. pic.twitter.com/0bCaACpsXn

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Kossuth was able to control the clock in the second half and get stops when it needed to claim the win.

Williamson finished with a game high 20 points. Regan Bobo had 11. Hadley Jackson contributed 10.

The victory moved the Lady Aggies to 17-3 on the year.

In boys action, the Aggies fell in a heartbreaker to the Wildcats 49-47.

Nick Hopper led with 14 points. Luke Evetts had 13.