The Spring Grove girls enjoyed a holiday-week feast of rebounds while securing their first win ever against Class AA St. Charles, 63-27. The Lions scored exactly 63 points for the second straight game, improving to 7-1 while the home team remained winless at 0-8.
File photo by Lee Epps
The Grove girls overcame a season-worst 25 turnovers because the Saints lost possession 40 times, including 23 Spring Grove steals. Siri Konkel and Emerson Ingvalson each had 5 steals
Neither team shot especially well (SG 37%, SC 34%) but with 15 fewer turnovers and 28 more rebounds, Spring Grove shot a lot more often. Each team shot a slightly better percentage from 3-point range (SG 38%, SC 36%) than from closer in (SG 37%, SC 33%). But the Lions did not depend on long-range success while taking the ball inside with both the pass (16 points) and the dribble (12 points) while outscoring the Saints in the paint, 42 to 11.
Kinley Soiney led Lion scoring with 16 points with Ingvalson netting 15 points and Kylie Hammel 9. Konkel (5 points), on the heels of an 8-assist performance, distributed 7 assists for the second straight game. Hammel had 4 assists with only one turnover.
Carlie Halverson (7 points) came down with 9 rebounds while Ingvalson and Kendal VanMinsel collected 8 caroms each. St. Charles had 17 total rebounds while Grove had 24 offensive boards and 21 defensive rebounds.
The Saints never led but trailed only 16-15 before the Lions closed the first half with a 21-4 scoring spurt. After taking a 37-19 advantage into the halftime locker room, Spring Grove then outscored the home team 26-8 after intermission.
It was only the sixth meeting between the two programs with St. Charles having taken the first five, including a 64-53 decision last winter. The Lion B-team (4-1) won as well, 39-32.
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SG 63, SC 27
SCORE by HALVES
SG 37+26=63
SC 19+08=27
TEAM TOTALS:
all FG: SG 37% (28-76), SC 34% (10-29)
2-pt FG: SG 37% (23-63), SC 33% (6-18)
3-pt FG: SG 38% (5-13), SC 36% (4-11)
Free throws: SG 33% (2-6), SC 21% (3-14)
Rebounds: SG 45, SC 17
Turnovers: SG 25, SC 40
2nd Chance pts: SG 17, SC 2
Fast break pts: SG 10, SC 9
Pts. in paint: SG 42, SC 11
Greatest lead: SG 36, SC 0
Fouls: SG 15, SC 12
SG INDIVIDUALS: P-points, R rebounds, A-assists, S-steals, B-blocked shots. Listed in order of jersey number. * starter
*Siri Konkel 5P, 1R, 7A, 5S
Elle Berns played, no stats
Layla Kittleson 1R, 1A, 2S
Addison Halverson 2R
Jada Strinmoen played, no stats
*Kendal VanMinsel 5P, 8R, 1A, 1S, 1B
Katie Klug 3R, 1A, 1S
Brinley Middendorf 6P, 4R, 2S, 1B
Izabel Kaufmann 1R
*Carlie Halverson 7P, 9R, 2A, 2S
*Kylie Hammel 9P, 5R, 4A, 2S, 1B
Addison Kessler played, no stats
*Emerson Ingvalson 15P, 8R, 3A, 5S
Kinley Soiney 16P, 3R, 2A, 3S, 1B
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SEC Girls
Spring Grove 4-0 7-1 season
Houston 4-0 5-4 season
Kingsland 4-1 5-1 season
Lanesboro 4-1 7-4 season
Grand Meadow 2-2 4-3 season
Schaefer Aca. 2-2 3-3 season
Southland 0-4 1-=5 season
Lyle/Pacelli 0-5 0-9 season
LeRoy-Ostr. 0-5 0-9 season
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Spring Grove Varsity Girls (7-1, 4-0 SEC)
W at Lanesboro 67-34
L at Waukon 63-66
W vs. Kingsland 52-44
W vs. Postville 63-18
W at Schaeffer Academy 42-38
W vs. LeRoy-Ostrander 70-51
W vs. Wabasha-Kellogg 63-43
W at St. Charles 63-27
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12/27 vs. Kenyon-Wanamingo (at Hayfield 3:30 pm)
12/28 at Hayfield 7 pm
01/04 Lyle/Pacelli
01/08 at Southland
01/09 Grand Meadow
01/15 Houston
01/18 Lanesboro
01/22 at Kingsland
01/25 at Turkey Valley
01/26 Schaeffer Academy 6 pm
01/30 Fillmore Central
02/01 at LeRoy-Ostrander
02/02 Lansing Kee High
02/06 at Lyle/Pacelli (at Lyle)
02/08 Southland
02/09 at Grand Meadow
02/10 at Rushford-Peterson
02/16 at Houston
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B-team Lions (4-1)
W at Lanesboro 42-14
L at Waukon 23-37
W vs. Kingsland 36-22
W vs. LeRoy-Ostrander 40-9
W at St. Charles 39-32
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8th Grade Girls (3-2)
L at Lanesboro 18-41
W vs. Kee 35-32
W vs. Kingsland 32-14
W vs. LeRoy-Ostrander 34-28
L at Caledonia
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7th Grade Girls (2-1)
W at Lanesboro 21-20 OT
W vs. Kee 30-14
L at Caledonia
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