The Spring Grove girls played from behind almost all game in a 53-40 road loss at Alden-Conger/Glenville-Emmons on Feb. 2. It was a non-conference contest, since SEC member Glenville-Emmons plays in the Valley Conference when sharing girls basketball. The Knights improved to 9-8 while the Lions dropped to 8-12.
Photo by Lee Epps
A string of seven consecutive Lion turnovers occurred while the Knights scored seven unanswered points for a 10-point lead (20-10). Spring Grove was back within four at halftime, 27-23, but could not survive two more AC/GE runs after intermission. The Lions closed the gap to two (29-27) before the Knights ran off the next nine points (38-27).
An Emerson Ingvalson steal and transition basket capped a six-point SG run to cut the deficit back five (38-33). But the home team scored the next eight points to make it 46-33 with six minutes remaining. Both teams then added seven points before the final buzzer.
Ingvalson and Lydia Solum each scored 12 points, and Addyson McHugh tallied 10. Solum and Kylie Hammel each came down with 8 rebounds as the Lions won the backboard battle, 34-27. Hammel matched a trio of career highs with those 8 boards, 4 assists and 6 steals.
Spring Grove lost the turnover battle, 24-19, and with twice as many fouls (16-8), were outscored by five points at the free throw line. The Lions shot well at the charity stripe (67%) but did not earn many free throws (4 for 6). They shot a weak 28% from field, while the home team had 39% success, including a good 33% from 3-point land (6 for 18). AC/GE freshman forward Macy Mattson scored a game-high 21 points.
Spring Grove now has a 1-1 record against the shared program after winning all 30 games against Glenville-Emmons. The Knights do not have a B-team this year.
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SG 40, AC/GE 53
SCORE by HALVES
SG 23+17=40
AC/GE 27+26=53
TEAM TOTALS:
all FG: SG 28% (16-58), AC/GE 39% (19-49)
2-pt FG: SG 32% (12-38), AC/GE 42% (13-31)
3-pt FG: SG 20% (4-20), AC/GE 33% (6-18)
Free throws: SG 67% (4-6), AC/GE 56% (9-16)
Rebounds: SG 34, AC/GE 27; Turnovers: SG 24, AC/GE 19; 2nd Chance pts: SG 9, AC/GE 5; Fast break pts: SG 6, AC/GE 9; Pts. in paint: SG 28, AC/GE 24; Greatest lead: SG 2, AC/GE 13; Fouls: SG 16, AC/GE 8
SG INDIVIDUALS: P-points, R rebounds, A-assists, S-steals, B-blocked shots. Listed in order of jersey number. * starter. *Siri Konkel 1R, 4A; *Lydia Solum 12P, 8R, 1A, 5S; Brinley Middendorf 2P, 6R, 1S; Kendal VanMinsel out injured; *Addyson McHugh 10P, 5R, 3A, 5S; Carlie Halverson 1R; *Kylie Hammel 4P, 8R, 4A, 6S; *Emerson Ingvalson 12P, 5R, 1A, 1S, 1;
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>>>SEC EAST Girls Basketball
Houston 10-3 10-10
Lanesboro 11-4 15-5
Spring Grove 6-7 8-12
Schaeffer Aca. 4-9 6-14
Mabel-Canton 4-10 6-41
>>>SEC WEST
Grand Meadow. 14-1 18-2
Kingsland 13-1 16-5
Southland 4-11 5-16
Lyle/Pacelli 2-12 2-16
LeRoy-Ostrander 1-11 2-16
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Spring Grove Girls Varsity Basketball
8-12 (6-7 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
W at Schaeffer Academy*58-54
L at Fillmore Central 31-59
W vs. LeRoy-Ostrander*55-27
L at Alden-Conger/Glenville-Emmons 40-53
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
7 wins, 9 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)