MOSINEE GIRLS BASKETBALL SURGES PAST FREEDOM IN BATTLE OF STATE-RANKED TEAMS

Zaleski Sports

MOSINEE – The Mosinee girls basketball team put together an all-around solid performance to hand the No. 1-ranked team in the state in Division 3 its first loss of the season as it defeated Freedom 61-57 in a nonconference game Tuesday night at Mosinee High School.

The Indians, ranked No. 10 in this week’s Division 3 Wissports.net state coaches poll, improves to 22-1 with the win as they knocked off previous undefeated Freedom, which also 22-1 after the loss.

Mosinee trailed 31-23 at halftime before storming back behind nine points each from Clarie Selenske and Kate Fitzgerald.

Fitzgerald led Mosinee with 15 points, Adalyn Lehman added 12 points, and Selenske finished with 11 in the victory. Lexi Freiboth scored all seven of her points in the second-half comeback as well.

Mosinee, champions of the Great Northern Conference, will look to finish off an undefeated conference season when it hosts Medford in its regular-season finale Friday. The game will be broadcast live at zaleskisports.com.

Indians 61, Irish 57

Freedom 31 26 - 57

Mosinee 23 38 - 61

FREEDOM (57): Saide Jarmdowicz 5 1-2 13, Gracie Martzahl 0 0-2 0, Sydney Bartels 7 1-2 16, Kierstin Kriewald 4 0-1 8, Rylie Murphy 3 0-0 9, Lizzy Wendowski 0 0-0 0, Mackenzie Hennes 0 1-2 1, Megan Alexander 5 0-0 10. FG: 24. FT: 3-9. 3-pointers: 6 (Murphy 3, Jarmdowicz 2, Bartels 1). Fouls: 16. Fouled out: none. Record: 22-1.

MOSINEE (61): Lexi Freiboth 2 2-5 7, Jenna Placek 1 3-4 5, Adalyn Lehman 6 0-1 12, Claire Selenske 5 1-2 11, Kate Fitzgerald 6 1-2 15, Jessica Maurer 0 0-0 0, Hailey Shnowske 2 0-0 6, Brooke Baumann 2 1-2 5. FG: 24. FT: 8-16. 3-pointers: 5 (Fitzgerald 2, Shnowske 2, Freiboth 1). Fouls: 12. Fouled out: none. Record: 22-1.