The St. Charles girls closed with a 13-to-2 run to defeat visiting Spring Grove, 64-53, on Jan. 24. The Lions pulled even with a 3-point basket by sophomore Emerson Ingvalson, but they would add only two free throws during the final five minutes, 20 seconds. With this non-conference setback, Class A Spring Grove dropped to 6-10 while the Class AA Saints ended a 10-game losing streak, improving to 5-12.
Photo by Lee Epps
Makadyn Gust, a 5-foot-8 junior poured in 40 points and grabbed 8 rebounds for the Saints. Addyson McHugh led Lion scoring with 17 points with 11 points from Kylie Hammel, 10 from Ingvalson and 8 from Lydia Solum.
The ball was in the air often with St. Charles launching 87 shots during 18 minutes of play. The Saints displayed little patience while airing up 43 shots beyond the 3-point arc, more than six times as many as Spring Grove. Both teams hit five treys, but SG was 5 for 7 (a season-best 71%) and St. Charles 5 for 43 (12%). Percentage-wise, St. Charles shot well only from the free throw line, 73% (11 for 15).
The Lions, with a season-worst 28 turnovers, did not handle the ball well enough to win, but they still had a good chance (tied 51-51) until the final five-minute scoring drought. They shot extremely well (14 for 25, 56%) to lead at halftime, 34-31. However, Lion shooting took a polar plunge in the second half (5 for 29, 17%). Overall, Spring Grove outshot their hosts, 35% to 29%, but the Saints had 30 more official attempts (84 to 54).
St. Charles seized the lead (47-45) halfway through the second half. Spring Grove tied it twice before committing four late turnovers while missing their last seven shots from the field.
The Saints have won all five games played against Spring Grove. The B-team girls played two overtimes before Spring Grove prevailed, 34-31. There was no junior high game at St. Charles but the Lion seventh graders lost a makeup game at Lanesboro, 34-12.
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SG 53, St. Charles 64
SCORE by HALVES
SG 34+19=53
SC 31+33=64
TEAM TOTALS:
all FG: SG 35% (19-54), SC 29% (24-84)
2-pt FG: SG 30% (14-47), SC 46% (19-41)
3-pt FG: SG 71% (5-7), SC 12% (5-43)
Free throws: SG 45% (10-22), SC 73% (11-15)
Rebounds: SG 39, SC 32; Turnovers: SG 28, SC 18; 2nd Chance pts: SG 14, SC 16; Fast break pts: SG 11, SC 15; Pts. in paint: SG 30, SC 43; Greatest lead: SG 8, SC 11; Fouls: SG 16, SC 18
SG INDIVIDUALS: P-points, R rebounds, A-assists, S-steals, B-blocked shots. Listed in order of jersey number. * starter. *Siri Konkel 4P, 4R, 7A, 1B; *Lydia Solum 8P, 4R, 1B; Brinley Middendorf 3P, 6R, 1A; *Kendal VanMinsel 7R, 2A, 1S; *Addyson McHugh 17P, 6R, 2A, 3S; *Kylie Hammel 11P, 7R, 3A, 1S, 1B; Emerson Ingvalson 10P, 5R, 1A, 1S
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Spring Grove Girls Varsity Basketball
6-10 (4-7 SEC) varsity approximately 7:15 p.m. unless noted
Home games in bold; * denotes SEC game
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L vs. Lanesboro* 35-62
L at Kingsland*51-70
W vs. Schaeffer Academy* 60-45
W vs. Kee High 50-21
L vs. Grand Meadow* 34-51
L vs. Waukon 33-57
L vs. Annandale 34-60
W vs. West Lutheran 58-43
W at Lyle/Pacelli* 58-45
W vs. Southland*47-36
L at Grand Meadow*20-454
W vs. Mabel-Canton*57-45
L at Houston 49-58
L at Lanesboro*31-36
L vs. Kingsland*30-52
L at St. Charles 53-64
Thur., 01-26 at Schaeffer Academy*
Fri., 01-27 at Fillmore Central
Mon., 01-30 LeRoy-Ostrander*
Thur., 02-02 at Alden-Conger/Glenville-Emmons
Tues. 02-07 Lyle/Pacelli*
Thur., 02-09 at Southland*
Sat. 02-11 Rushford-Peterson 4 p.m.
Mon. 02-13 at LeRoy-Ostrander*6 p.m.
Tues., 02-14 at Mabel-Canton*
Fri., 02-17 Houston*
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Spring Grove Girls B-team
6 wins, 8 losses
L vs. Lanesboro 26-29
W at Kingsland 35-22
W vs. Schaeffer Academy 50-23
L vs. Grand Meadow 26-31
L vs. Waukon 24-47
L vs. Annandale 25-57
W vs. West Lutheran 44-23
W at Lyle/Pacelli 41-33 OT
L vs. Southland 11-28
L at Grand Meadow 24-27
L at Houston 20-43
L at Lanesboro 29-31
W vs. Kingsland 43-36
W at St. Charles 34-31 (2 OT)
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Spring Grove Girls 7th Grade
1 win, 13 losses
L vs. Lanesboro 2-22
L at Kingsland 14-17
W vs. Schaeffer Academy 36-14
L at Kee 19-51
L vs. South Winneshiek 6-24
L vs. Grand Meadow 6-24
L at Caledonia 6-14
L vs. Southland 10-28
L at Grand Meadow 16-29
L vs. Mabel-Canton 12-25
L at Houston
L vs. Kingsland 11-14
L at Lanesboro 12-34
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