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Friday, January 18, 2013

Girls Basketball: Elmwood now 13-0
BLOOMDALE -- Elmwood remained undefeated as the Royals beat a winless Fostoria team 43-29 Thursday night in a Northern Buckeye Conference girls basketball game.

The Royals, who are now 13-0 overall and 7-0 in NBC encounters, led 14-6 after one quarter and 23-18 at halftime before pulling away in the second half.

Elmwood is the only team unbeaten in NBC play.

Brittany Gross had a game-high 14 points and seven rebounds for the Royals. Tiffany Hillard added 10 points and Kristen Curtis grabbed seven rebounds.

Erica Moore led the Redmen (0-14, 0-8) with 10 points. Jada Hampton added seven points.

FOSTORIA (0-14, 0-8)

Hampton 2-2--7, Smith 2-1--5, Tucker 2-0--4, Valenti 1-0--3, Moore 5-0--10. TOTALS: 12-33 3-9--29.

ELMWOOD (13-0, 7-0)

Tiffany Hillard 5-0--10, Curtis 1-6--8, Gross 6-1--14, Emmitt 1-2--4, Tori Hillard 0-3--3 George 1-0--2. TOTALS: .

Fostoria 6 12 6 5 -- 29

Elmwood 14 9 12 8 -- 43

3-Point GOALS: Fostoria 2 (Hampton & Valenti); Elmwood 1 (Gross).

rebounds: Fostoria 25, Elmwood 30.

turnovers: Fostoria 33, Elmwood 30.

junior varsity: Elmwood, 55-11.

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