PHILLIPS STARTS STRONG, TAKES OUT ATHENS IN BATTLE OF GIRLS BASKETBALL UNBEATENS

Zaleski Sports

PHILLIPS – Jada Eggebrecht scored 29 points and Elsa Schulter added 16 as the Phillips girls basketball team defeated Athens 92-70 in a battle between Marawood Conference North Division leaders Tuesday at Phillips High School.

Phillips doubled up Athens in the first half, pulling out to a 54-27 lead, and held on to improve to 5-0 overall and 4-0 in the Marawood North.

McKennzie Schug and Addison Lavicka each scored 14 points for Athens, which falls to 7-1 and 4-1 in the Marawood North.

Athens plays a nonconference game at Thorp on Dec. 28.

Loggers 92, Bluejays 70

Athens 27 43 - 70

Phillips 54 38 - 92

ATHENS (70): Addyson Zettler 2-4 0-0 5, Addison Lavicka 4-16 5-7 14, Celina Ellenbecker 4-6 0-0 9, Jazelle Hartwig 4-8 0-2 8, Sophia Coker 6-9 2-3 14, Sydney Coker 2-2 0-0 4, Alonna Haines 0-0 0-0 0, McKennzie Schug 6-10 2-2 14. FG: 28-55. FT: 9-14. 3-pointers: 3-11 (Zettler 1-2, Ellenbecker 1-3, Lavicka 1-4). Rebounds: 40 (So. Coker 11). Record: 7-1, 4-1 Marawood Conference North Division.

PHILLIPS (92): Jensen Weik 2-12 0-0 4, Kacy Eggebrecht 5-9 1-1 12, Mataya Eckert 3-3 0-0 6, Allie Adomaitis 1-6 0-0 2, Alie Williams 1-1 0-0 2, Jada Eggebrecht 14-19 0-0 29, Kendall Weik 3-7 0-0 6, Elsa Schulter 6-10 4-4 16, Solita Kaster 4-11 3-3 12, Halle Lehman 1-2 0-0 2, Brooke Eckert 0-2 1-2 1. FG: 40-82. FT: 9-10. 3-pointers: 4-13 (K. Eggebrecht 1-1, J. Eggebrecht 1-1, Kaster 1-1, Adomaitis 1-3, K. Weik 0-1, J. Weik 0-6). Rebounds: 36 (Eckert 9). Record: 5-0, 4-0 Marawood Conference North Division.