By Ben Priesgen
Journalist
On Feb 19, the Lomira girls basketball team beat St. Mary’s Springs Academy 59-52 on the road to finish their regular season.
Lomira (18-6, 10-4) trailed 12-9 to Springs (10-14, 6-8) when the Lions went on an 11-0 run featuring a Lily Christian three-pointer and two threes from Josie Christian to take a 20-12 lead over the Ledgers.
J. Christian knocked down a three-pointer for the Lions, giving Lomira a 27-20 halftime lead over Springs.
The Lions held a 49-43 lead in the second half before Whitney Witkowski made a three-pointer, increasing Lomira’s lead to 52-43 over the Ledgers.
Springs closed the gap to 53-52 with 2:45 left in the game when J. Christian hit a jumper to give Lomira a 55-52 lead, and then the Lions scored the final four points of the game to secure the 59-52 conference lead to allow Lomira to finish in second-place in the Flyway.
Josie Christian led Lomira with 26 points, and Jasline Loynes scored a game-high 29 for Springs.
Lomira girls basketball will host the winner of WLA/Cedar Grove- Belgium as the third seed in the second round of the WIAA tournament on Feb. 27 at 7 p.m.
Game Summary
Thursday, Feb. 19
Lomira 27-32 59
Springs 20-32 52
Final
Points: Josie Christian 26. Lily Christian 11. Kennedy Goebel 10. Whitney Witkowski 8. Hanna Faber 2. Brianna Frea 2
Rebounds: Chervenka 7. L. Christian 7. J. Christian 6. Goebel 6. Faber 5
Assists: J. Christian 6
Steals: J. Christian 3. Witkowski 2
3pt: J. Christian 4. L. Christian 2. Goebel 2. Witkowski 1
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