From staff reports

EDWARDSBURG – A slow start didn’t stop the Edwardsburg girls’ basketball team from picking up a victory Tuesday night.

The Eddies trailed visiting White Pigeon 12-4 after the first period, but poured in 18 second quarter points to take a 22-20 lead at the intermission.

Edwardsburg (7-6) continued to pour it on in the second half, outscoring the Chiefs 29-16 to earn a 51-36 non-conference victory.

The Eddies opened up a 33-27 advantage heading to the final quarter.

Rachel Vite led a trio of Edwardsburg double digit scorers with 16 points.

Sarah D’Amico added 15 and Emily Kozinski 12.

Morgan Gropp had 12 points to lead White Pigeon.

WHITE PIGEON 36
Sarah Anderson 7; Morgan DeMeyer 5; Emily Abbs 5; Kristin Clark 0; Morgan Gropp 12; Holly Krull 5; Tiffany Schumacher 2; Nicolette Kershner 0. TOTALS: 12 9-18 36
EDWARDSBURG 51
Rachel Vite 16; Leslie Boyles 0; Emily Kozinski 12; Jill Blough 2; Sarah D’Amico 15; Ashley Streb 0; Mariah Murphy 6. TOTALS: 22 6-9 51

White Pigeon 12 20 27 36
Edwardsburg 4 22 33 51
3-point baskets: White Pigeon 3 (Anderson 1, DeMeyer 1, Gropp 1), Edwardsburg 0. Total fouls: White Pigeon 11, Edwardsburg 13. Fouled out: None.
Varsity record: Edwardsburg 7-6