By Ben Priesgen
Journalist
On January 28, Lomira girls basketball beat Horicon girls basketball 64-58 in an overtime thriller.
Horicon (7-9) held a 5-0 lead over Lomira (11-7), featuring a three-pointer from Azelyn Heller.
The Lions proceeded to go on an impressive 18-0 scoring run, highlighted by six points from Josie Christian and two three-pointers from Kennedy Goebel, to push their lead out to 18-5 in the first half.
Sarah Hodgson scored two points for Horicon before the teams traded three-pointers, one from Katie Kretschmer for the Lions and one from Aubrey Ehlrich for the Marshladies, to make the score 23-11 in favor of Lomira.
Lomira extended their first half lead to 30-13 after J. Christian made three free throws, then Horicon closed out the first half on a 6-0 run, capped off by a layup from Mady Rinderle for Horicon, to put the halftime score at 30-19, with the Lions in the lead.
The Lions scored the first four points of the second half before Cyri Reinwald hit three consecutive three-pointers for Horicon. Lily Fassbender drained a three-point shot, starting a 15-2 scoring stretch for the Marshladies to give Horicon a 37-36 lead.
J. Christian scored to give the lead back to the Lions at 38-37, and then Lomira got a tough finish in the lane by Savanna Frea and offensive rebound conversion by Rachel Chervenka to extend the lead back to 44-39.
Reinwald made a layup followed by a free throw, closing the gap to 44-42 before Lomira scored four consecutive points. Heller followed up by hitting another three-point shot to make the score 48-45, in favor of the Lions.
The Lions got a basket from J. Christian before Horicon scored seven straight points, highlighted by a three-pointer from Brooklyn Phillips, to tie the game at 50. A Rinderle basket alllowed Horicon to take the lead at 52-50 with 40 seconds left in the game.
Lomira got a J. Christian basket with 26 seconds on the clock to the tie game at 52, then Hodgson scored on a good post move off the glass to give the Marshladies the lead back at 54-52 with 15 seconds on the clock.
The Lions took a timeout with 13.9 seconds left in regulation and after the timeout, J. Christian made a shot in the lane to tie the game back at 54 with only 5.3 seconds remaining between the former Flyway Conference foes.
Lomira proceeded to foul Horicon since they weren’t in bonus to drain the remaining five seconds on the clock.
Rinderle got Horicon on the scoring ledger in overtime to give the Marshladies a 56-54 lead, after Horicon got a defensive stop on the Lions.
Horicon had possession of the ball to try to give themselves a two-possession lead but an errant pass went over the halfcourt line which J. Christian chased down to cash in a fast-break layup for the Lions to tie the game at 56.
Kretschmer scored a basket for the Lions to get ahead 58-56, but then Rinderle scored for Horicon to tie the game back at 58.
Lomira controlled the rest of the game with S. Frea scoring a basket to give the Lions a 60-58 lead before J. Christian made four free throws to close out the 64-58 overtime victory for the Lions.
Josie Christian’s 29 points led the Lions, and Cyri Reinwald scored 16 points to pace the Marshladies.
Game Summary
Lomira 30-24-10 64
Horicon 19-35-4 58
Lomira
Points: J. Chrisitan 29; S. Frea 10; Kretschmer 9; Goebel 8; Chervenka 4; Norlin 4; Luedtke 2
Rebounds: J. Christian 9; Chervenka 9; S. Frea 6
Assists: Kretschmer 3
Steals: J. Christian 6
3pt: Goebel 2; Kretschmer 1
FT: 9-19
Fouls 8:
Horicon
Points: Reinwald 16; Rinderle 12; Hodgson 8; Heller 8; Phillips 6; Fassbender 5; Ehrlich 3
Rebounds: Hodgson 15; Reinwald 7; Rinderle 4
Assists: Hodgson 5; Fassbender 4; Rinderle 3
Blocks: Hodgson 5
3pt: Reinwald 3; Heller 2; Phillips 2; Fassbender; Ehrlich
FT: 7-9
Fouls: 17
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