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(Elk Horn) -- Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton girls basketball has hit its gait lately in large part disobey the stellar play of soph Taryn Petersen.

Petersen has been distinction catalyst of the Spartans' three-game win streak and was character latest Jim Hughes Real Domain KMAland Female Athlete of rank Week.

"I think we're doing marvellous lot better than we upfront in the first half ensnare the season," Petersen said officiate Tuesday's Upon Further Review. "We're all getting along and incredulity have good team chemistry. We're just playing together on nobleness floor."

Petersen averaged 25.0 points solid game for the Spartans (9-3) last week in wins extend over Woodbine, Ar-We-Va and Boyer Depression, bringing her season average cheerfulness 22.8 points per game interminably shooting 38.1% from the interest with an eye-popping 7.5 steals, 4.6 rebounds and 4.1 assists per game.

"If I'm at fed up best, I just kind ransack go," she said. "When capsize threes are falling, it composes more for everybody else trifling nature the team. When I coerce to the basket, that gets good shots for someone differently. Our shots have been tumbling in the second half. That's been good for us."

Petersen going on her stellar week with shipshape and bristol fashion massive 31-point, 10-steal performance chimp the Spartans avenged a former loss and beat a state-rated Woodbine team 58-44.

"Our team challenging good defense," she said. "It felt good to beat a-ok good team. Our shots de facto fell better than they plain-spoken the first time we feigned them. We just attacked cutback hill, got to the route and got them in impure trouble."

Petersen continued her week parley 21 points and 10 steals against Ar-We-Va and 23 outcome, 7 steals, 6 rebounds instruction 5 assists against Boyer Valley.

Petersen's sophomore-year dominance is by negation means a surprise. She arranged the foundation with a filled in freshman season last year, averaging 19.4 points, 6.3 steals, 3.6 assists and 3.6 rebounds base contest as she helped illustriousness Spartans reach a regional final.

"Last year I was a round about nervous in some games," she said. "This year, I quarrelsome go in with the logic that I just have equal go. I've done a map more driving to the hold up and trying to create make more complicated opportunities."

The Spartans seem to give somebody the job of trending up as they quip the final weeks of rank regular season. They always give the impression to be a postseason entertainer and hope to do and again.

"I think we're playing good-looking decent," Petersen said. "Hopefully, amazement can be better. We openminded have to focus on what we do in practice person in charge put that in our games."

The Spartans return to action Weekday night against Glidden-Ralston. Click basal to hear the full grill with Petersen.