From staff reports

SOUTH HAVEN – Talk about getting off to a great start.

For the second straight contest, the Dowagiac girls’ basketball team roared out to a great start and then never looked back.

The Chieftains blanked Vicksburg 11-0 on Friday night en route to a victory, while on Tuesday night against host South Haven, Dowagiac led 23-2 after one quarter and went on to a 66-36 Wolverine Conference win.

The win raised the Chieftains’ record to 7-12 overall and 7-10 in league play.

By halftime Dowagiac led 34-10 and the Chieftains put 50 points on the board by the end of the third quarter.

Torie Lowe scored 22 points to lead all scorers, while the Chieftains also got 12 points from Marcie Ennesser and nine points from Kaisha Martin and eight points from Andrea Bradshaw.

Jocelyn Van Wynen and Emily Edwards both scored nine points to lead South Haven.
Dowagiac will host Paw Paw on Friday night in the regular season finale for the Chieftains.

Dowagiac will host the Class B District Tournament beginning on Monday.

DOWAGIAC 66
Torie Lowe 22, Marcie Ennesser 12, Kaisha Martin 9, Andrea Bradshaw 8, Cierra Mattix 5, Katie Lorenz 5, Breeneesha Jones 3, Britnee Allerton 2, Krista Green 0. TOTALS: 21 20-29 66
SOUTH HAVEN 36
Jocelyn Van Wynen 9, Emily Edwards 9, Hayley Bierhalter 6, Christina Alayon 6, Tonie Brown 4, Caprice 2, Brianne Hooper 0, Nakia Hobbs 0. TOTALS: 14 6-9 36

Dowagiac 23 34 50 66
South Haven 2 10 29 36
3-point baskets: Dowagiac 4 (Ennesser 2, Mattix 1, Lorenz 1), South Haven 2 (Alayon 2) Fouled out: None. Total fouls: South Haven 20, Dowagiac 14. Varsity records: Dowagiac 7-12, 7-10; South Haven 1-17, 0-16 Wolverine