Horicon Girls Basketball Falls to One Seed in Division 4

The Horicon girls basketball team kicked off post-season play at home against Marshall on Tuesday, Feb. 25.
Horicon was leading 12-4 after Lily Fassbender set Sarah Hodgson up to score two around the 12:30 mark in the first half.
Horicon held Marshall to four points until they scored again around the 9:30 mark, making the score 18-6.
Cyriana Reinwald fired a pass over to Mady Rinderle, who scored two and drew a foul. She made the free throw to make the score 21-6.
With around seven minutes to go, Marshall hit a three to cut Horicon’s lead to 21-11.

Later in the first half, Brooklyn Phillips made a three-pointer, her first of the night, but Marshall responded with a three of their own.
Another Marshall three put the lead in reach, but Horicon was still up 26-20.
In the five minutes before halftime, Horicon scored ten more points for a score of 36-26.
Phillips would make her second three-pointer at around the 16-minute mark in the second half.
Reinwald found an opportunity to steal and score a layup while also earning a trip to the free throw line and making the score 43-32 at around 13:30.
Marshall got the better of Horicon in the second half, forcing more turnovers and giving the girls less opportunity on offense.
With just over two minutes to go, Fassbender made a two-point basket. The score was 59-45 in favor of Horicon.
A technical foul was called on Horicon in the final 30 seconds, but they secured the win 60-47.
Rinderle was the leading scorer with 25 points.
At Pardeeville
In the regional final on Friday, Feb. 28, Horicon lost to the one seed in Division 4, sectional 4, Pardeeville, 77-33.
The Marshladies were down by 21 points after the first half and were held to only nine in the second half.
The total record for the season was 11-13. Rinderle, Reinwald, and Hodgson were points per game leaders, averaging 15.9, 12.5, and 11.9, respectively. Hodgson averaged 12.4 rebounds per game, followed by Rinderle with a 6.8 average. Reinwald averaged 2.3 assists per game, followed by Phillips with 1.6
Head Coach Ben Harris commented on the season, “I think we had a great season. The girls played hard and improved along the way. We play in a very tough conference, so every night we were challenged. We dealt with adversity, either illness or injury, during the latter part of the season... We saw our senior leader, Cyri Reinwald, score her 1,000th point, and she ended up with 1,156 points for her career. While we are losing a valuable senior class, we are returning three starters, including our leading scorer, Mady Rinderle, and our leading rebounder, Sarah Hodgson.”

Game Summary

Horicon, 60 vs Marshall, 47
Tuesday, Feb. 25 | Regional Game 1
Points: Rinderle 25, Hodgson 10, Phillips 9, Reinwald 9, Fassbender 6, Gripentrog 1.
3pt: Phillips 2, Reinwald 1.
FT: 13-21