Koop Becomes R-P’s Girls Scoring Leader

It was statistically inevitable. Back in 2013, a freshman named Brianna Koop scored 20-plus points in each of her first three varsity games for Rushford-Peterson. Her march toward Jade Pelzl’s Trojan girls scoring mark (1,747) was on. Heading into this, Koop’s senior year, the 5’8” forward sat 240 points away. Entering the week of January 16, with three games scheduled, Koop needed 53. Even a cancellation didn’t forego the accomplishment. With a couple of her best performances, and amidst R-P’s best overall team offensive outings; it was a nice week for everyone Lady Trojan. R-P first took down Triton at home 66-62. Koop put up a very efficient season-high (30 pts, 11-19 FGs, 7-10 FTs, 13 rebs, 3 stls). Mikayla Crawford also had a double-double (15 pts, 6-8 FTs, career-high 11 assists, 4 stls). Sophomore Kjersta Hinz (8 pts, 5 rebs, 3 stls) helped out. The Trojans shot a season-high 51%. A night later, R-P won at Southland 66-54. With her most efficient effort of the year (28 pts, 10-14 FGs, 8-11 FTs, 7 rebs), ‘Bri’ got the 23 points she needed for her milestone. The torch got passed directly. Jade Pelzl is R-P’s assistant coach beneath her father, head coach Terry Pelzl. Savannah Skalet (12 pts, 5-9 FGs), Nicole Blagsvedt (11 pts, 5-6 FGs, 6 rebs), and Crawford (9 pts, 7 assists) were good help. The Trojans shot another season-high (54.8%). The wins improved R-P’s records to 7-3, 9-4. They’ve won four of five.