The Chesterton girls basketball team led 30-26 after three quarters, but couldn’t hold on and dropped a 40-39 non-conference decision at Andrean on Tuesday night.

Caroline Puntillo led the Trojan offense with 20 points, while Sarah Richards added eight points. Haley Sekula added five points with Kelsey Conway (4 points) and Jordan Wadding (3 points) rounding out the scoring.

Hannah McCafferty grabbed a team-best eight rebounds and Richards added a team-high three assists.

Chesterton (5-14-11-9)

Richards 3-6 0-1 8, Conway 2-6 0-1 4, Scott 0-5 0-0 0, McCafferty 0-4 0-0 0, Puntillo 8-18 4-8 20, Sekula 2-6 0-0 5, Malackowski 0-0 0-0 0, Mochen 0-0 0-0 0, Wadding 1-3 0-0 3. Totals 16-48 4-10 39

Andrean (12-6-8-14)

Gray 0-2 0-0 0, Lesch 4-8 1-4 10, Boyle 6-12 0-0 14, J. Gray 2-3 0-5, Stazinski 2-8 2-2 6, Farkas 1-4 0-0 3, Hrosik 1-2 1-2 3. Totals 16-39 4-13 40.

3-point field goals: Chesterton 3-12 (Richards 2-2, Conway 0-2, Scott 0-2, McCafferty 0-1, Puntillo 0-2, Sekula 0-1, Wadding 1-2); Andrean 4-16 (Gray 0-2, Lesch 1-4, Boyle 2-6, Stazinski 0-1, Farkas 1-2, Hrosik 0-1). Rebounds: Chesterton 30 (McCafferty 8); Andrean 32 (Boyle 13). Assists: Chesterton 7 (Richards 3); Andrean 5 (Lesch 2). Steals: Chesterton 6 (Puntillo 3); Andrean 6 (Lesch 2, J. Gray 2).

The Chesterton junior varsity outscored Andrean 10-6 in the fourth quarter to outlast the 59ers 34-27 on Tuesday night.

Lia Lombardini led the Trojans offense with eight points, while McKenzie Sullivan and Kayla Malackowski each added seven points.

Jordan Wadding tossed in four points with Xaundra Rodriguez and Megan Kerkes had two points each. Lauren Kusbel rounded out the scoring with one point.

Posted 1/16/2013