By ROWENA PLETT

Staff writer

The Centre Lady Cougars went into the holiday break with an easy victory Friday, taking down Wakefield 58-30.

Shelby Makovec, Lotti Benning, Brenna Shields, Shelby Pankratz, Summer Espinoza, and Ally Basore combined for 18 points and a 7-point lead in the first quarter.

Nellie Kassebaum joined them in the scoring column in the second quarter, and Centre led 37-17 at halftime.

The girls continued to score well in the second half, adding 21 points to 13 by Wakefield. Kailyn Riffel made the last basket as Centre finished with a 28-point victory.

Makovec led scoring with 16 points, followed by Shelby Pankratz with 11.