It had been awhile since Lanesboro’s girls beat Mabel-Canton in basketball. One had to go back to 2015 and Olivia Haug’s senior year. The Cougars had won nine straight. Ten looked highly doable. M-C led Lanesboro 41-32 with under 12 minutes left in the game. But the Cougars hit just two field goals the rest of the way. Lanesboro went 9-1 to close to down 42-41. A Payton Benson three put Lanesboro up 46-44 in the final 4:00. It was their first lead since 5-2. Benson hit another three minutes later to break a 46-46 tie (49-46). Jessie Schreiber then hit two free throws (51-46). Scoring 21 of the final 28 points of the game, Lanesboro pulled off the comeback 53-48. Benson (12 pts, 7 rebs), Schreiber (12 pts, 6-9 FTs), Brielle Ruen (10 pts, 7 rebs), and Sydney Taylor (8 pts, 10 rebs) did big work for the victors. Payton Danielson (16 pts, 10 rebs, 6 asts, 3 stls), Lauren Wyffels (10 pts), and Camryn Cox (7 pts, 9 rebs) led M-C. Spurred by 24 offensive rebounds, Lanesboro (18 of 65) took 17 more shots than the Cougars (15 of 48). Lanesboro hit 5 of 13 second half three’s after going 0 of 11 in the first half.
Burros Comeback Ends Streak vs M-C
