One and One for the Lady Cougars

By Clare Wiltse

LDNE              13        11        9          12        -45

Wi-Pi               10        21        16        14        -61

 

2pt       3pt       FT        Rb        F          TP

Madie R           1          1          0/0       0          5          5

Darcey S          5          0          0/3       2          0          10

Kelly W           0          0          0/0       1          0          0

Haley B            2          0          2/5       2          1          6

Tessie C           1          0          0/0       1          1          2

Lexie B            0          3          0/0       2          1          9

Libby H            0          3          0/0       2          2          9

Vanessa P        0          0          2/5       7          3          2

Abby P            0          0          2/5       4          0          2

Team                9          7          6/15     21        13        45

Wi-Pi               29        1          0/3       36        16        61

 

 

A competitive game fell apart with three minutes left in the first half as Northeast fell to (9-14) Wisner -Pilger 61-45.

 

The Lady Cougars held a 24-23 lead on a Haley Bacon free throw with 2:56 left in the second quarter.  They did not score again until Libby Henneman nailed a trey with 5:30 left in the third period.   In that time the Lady Gators spurted to a 39-27 lead.

 

“That 16-0 run by Wisner-Pilger really did us in,” said Coach Cronin.  “They were just too physical for us to handle under the boards.  They got so many second chance baskets.”

 

The Gators had a 36 to 21 advantage in rebounding.  They had 15 offensive rebounds.

 

After the Gators got the lead in the first quarter the Cougars battled back.  Darcey Simonsen had two quick scores. Madie Ronnfeldt and Haley Bacon added goals and tied the score at eight apiece.   Ronnfeldt’s  trey at the 2:25 mark put Northeast in the lead and Tessie Collins followed with a deuce to give the Cougars a 13-8 advantage.

 

Lexie Bacon got the Cougars on the board with two three pointers at the start of the second period..  Northeast led  19-14.  After a Gator three, Darcey Simonsen added a basket. Then W-P got three second chance scores to take a 23-21 lead.

 

Northeast cashed in on three free throws to retake the lead.  Abby Peterson sank a pair while Haley Bacon made the first of three after a three point shooting foul.  Wisner closed out the period with eight points in the paint to take a 31-24 lead.

 

It was more of the same after intermission as the Gators took advantage of three offensive boards to run off eight more points before Henneman connected for Northeast.

 

W-P stretched their lead to 22 in the fourth quarter before threes by Henneman and Bacon brought the Cougars back to a 16 point deficit.

 

Darcey Simonsen was the Cougar’s top scorer with 10 points  Lexie Bacon and Libby Henneman each had three treys for nine points.

 

 

LDNE              10        5          6          22        -52

LV                   5          3          10        12        -30

 

 

2pt       3pt       FT        Rb        F          TP

Madie R           0          0          1/2       2          4          1

Darcey S          3          0          2/4       5          2          8

Kelly W           0          0          2/2       3          0          2

Haley B            1          2          4/4       5          1          12

Tessie C           1          0          0/0       1          0          2

Lexie B            1          3          0/1       4          0          11

Libby H            0          2          0/0       0          1          6

Vanessa P        3          0          0/2       4          4          6

Abby P            1          0          2/2       3          4          4

Team                10        7          11/16   28        14        52

L V                  10        1          5/13     19        17        30

 

The Lady Cougars ended the regular season by defeating winless Logan View 52-30.  The Lady Cougars will take a 7-15 record into their sub-district game against Walthill.  The Lady Raiders fall to 0-21.

 

Northeast started slowly as Logan View got four quick points from a goal and two free shots.  Darcey Simonsen scored first for the Cougars.  Madie Ronnfeldt  added a free shot and Northeast got the lead on a Vanessa Peterson lay-in.  Northeast closed out the period with a deuce by Lexie Bacon and trey by Libby Henneman.  They led 10-5 at the end of one.

 

Northeast used the long bomb for all their second period scoring.  Libby Henneman and Haley Bacon each had one trey while Lexie Bacon connected twice.

 

Logan View could not muster much of an offense as they made only one of eleven shots and one of four free shots.  Northeast led 22-8 at the half.

 

After making only 3 of 14 shots in the third period the Cougars closed with a fury by hitting on 7 of 12 fourth quarter attempts.  They ran up 28 points while the Raiders had 22 in the second half.

 

Senior Haley Bacon led the Cougars with 12 points.  Her freshman sister, Lexie, followed with 11.  Lexie’s thirty footer at the buzzer brought her season total to 29 for three pointers.

 

Coach Cronin was happy with the team’s play.  “We limited turnovers and put up shots.  For the season the number of shots we take is about equal to the number of points we score.   Tonight we only had eight turnovers and we got off 45 shots.”