WISCONSIN RAPIDS GIRLS BASKETBALL USES LATE COMEBACK TO HAND MOSINEE ITS FIRST LOSS
Zaleski Sports
MOSINEE – Wisconsin Rapids ended the game on an 8-1 run and handed Mosinee its first loss of the season, winning a nonconference girls basketball game 60-57 on Thursday night at Mosinee High School.
Mosinee led 56-52 before Megan Clary made one of two free throws on consecutive possessions to cut it to two with 1:52 remaining in the game.
After Mosinee’s Claire Selenske made a free throw, Ella Bruns scored inside for the Raiders to make it 57-56 with 1:03 to go.
Wisconsin Rapids forced a turnover and Bruns was fouled retrieving the loose ball with 44.2 seconds left. She calmly sank both free throws to put the Raiders on top 58-57.
Following a missed shot by Mosinee, Bruns made two more free throws to push the Raiders lead to three.
Mosinee missed a 3-pointer on its next possession, and a half-court shot at the buzzer following a missed free throw from Rapids.
Megan Clary finished with 22 points and Chelsea King added 12 for Wisconsin Rapids, which improves to 13-8 this season.
Kate Fitzgerald scored 15 points, Jessica Maurer had 11 and Adalyn Lehman chipped in 10 for Mosinee, which drops to 21-1.
“The message coming in was to handle their pressure, their full-court and half-court was going to be intense,” Wisconsin Rapids coach Mitch Wolding said. “I think our girls handled it really well. They got out of their full-court press for a while, which was good for us. We knew if we could handle the pressure we would be in the game.”
Wisconsin Rapids plays a Wisconsin Valley Conference game at Wausau East on Friday.
Mosinee hosts Freedom for a nonconference game Tuesday. The game will be live-streamed at zaleskisports.com.
Raiders 60, Indians 57
Wisconsin Rapids 30 30 - 60
Mosinee 28 29 - 57
WISCONSIN RAPIDS (60): Meghan Jochimsen 0 0-0 0, Aliyah Jennings 4 0-0 8, Ella Bruns 2 5-7 9, Megan Clary 7 4-10 22, Logan Vollert 0 0-0 0, Avery Brise 3 0-0 9, Chelsea King 5 1-2 12. FG: 21. FT: 10-19. 3-pointers: 8 (Clary 4, Brise 3, King 1). Fouls: 15. Fouled out: none. Record: 13-8.
MOSINEE (57): Lexi Freiboth 3 5-8 12, Jenna Placek 2 0-0 4, Adalyn Lehman 4 2-4 10, Claire Selenske 0 3-4 3, Kate Fitzgerald 6 2-2 15, Jessica Maurer 4 0-0 11, Hailey Shnowske 0 0-0 0, Brooke Baumann 1 0-0 2. FG: 20. FT: 12-18. 3-pointers: 5 (Maurer 3, Fitzgerald 1, Freiboth 1). Fouls: 20. Fouled out: none. Record: 21-1.