The fifth-place Spring Grove girls could not come close to third-place Lanesboro in two attempts last week. In a 21-point home loss (66-45), the young Lions were competitive for most of the first half. But it was a Burro blowout from the beginning of the 15-point, road rematch (53-38). In both games, Lanesboro (6-5, 6-4 SEC) ruled the rebounding and flourished with fast breaks. Spring Grove slipped to 2-7 (2-6 SEC).
The Burros also swept both B-team games and all four junior high contests by comfortable margins.
Lanesboro 66, at Spring Grove 45
Spring Grove junior guard Jordian Leahy scored a career-high 25 points, but Lanesboro received 23 points each from Kaci Ruen and Jessie Schreiber. Both 6-foot sophomores had double doubles with Ruen rebounding a very impressive 16 times and Schreiber 10 in addition to 11 boards from junior Brielle Ruen.
With neither team shooting well from 3-point land (Spring Grove 12%, Lanesboro 17%), the outcome was decided by fast breaks and rebounds. LHS point guard Malia Tessum added 11 points and 8 rebounds and led Lanesboro to a 17-point, fast-break advantage (25-8). Burro rebounding resulted in a 19-point bulge in second-chance points (21-2).
With a height advantage, Lanesboro crushed the home team beneath the glass, 60 to 29, the most rebounds for a Lion opponent in the 21 seasons for which statistics are available. “Lanesboro was very strong inside, and that showed with how well they rebounded,” said Lion coach Kody Moore.
Fouls and trips to the charity stripe were numerous as well with season-most free throws for both Spring Grove and an opponent. But only Leahy took advantage, netting 9 of 12 free throws, but overall, the Lions hit only 11 of 27 (41%) with the Burros slightly better – 15 for 28 (54%).
The game began with the squads trading points; the score was tied for the seventh time (25-25) with 3:22 on the first half clock, but Lanesboro raced away with a 13-to-2 run going into halftime (38-27). Later, an 11-point run made it 53-33.
“Liked some of the stuff I saw out of our pressure (defense),” said Moore. “Jordian Leahy had a nice game scoring a career-high 25 points. We will have to do a better job on the boards and a better job from the free throw line in order to knock them off in our next matchup.”
Lanesboro also won the B-team game 34-13, the eighth grade game 34-19 and the seventh grade game 29-12.
>>LHS 66, SG 45
>>SG 27+18=45
>>LHS 38+28=66
all FG: SG 26% (16-62), LHS 35% (24-68)
2-pt FG: SG 31% (14-45), LHS 42% (21-50)
3-pt FG: SG 12% (2-17), LHS 17% (3-18)
Free throws: SG 41% (11-27), LHS 54% (15-28); Rebounds: SG 29, LHS 60; Turnovers: SG 21, LHS 22; 2nd Chance points: SG 2, LHS 21; Fast break points: SG 6, LHS 25; Points in paint: SG 35, LHS 48; Greatest lead: SG 4, LHS 23; Fouls: SG 21, LHS 22; Fouled out: SG – Solum
SG INDIVIDUALS: P-points, R rebounds, A-assists, S-steals, B-blocked shots. Listed in order of jersey number. * starter. Sydney Holland 2P, 1R, 1S; Ava Olerud 2R, 1A; *Addyson McHugh 5R, 3B; Mckenzie Fisch 1S; *Lydia Solum 6P, 3R, 2S, 2B; Erika Donlan 1R; *Jordian Leahy25P, 4R, 2A, 1S; *Emerson Ingvalson 9P, 6R, 3A, 3S; *Katelyn Kraus 3P, 7R, 2S, 1B
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at Lanesboro 53, Spring Grove 38
The eventual 15-point loss began with a 17-0 deficit. The Lions, beset with 10 turnovers in their first 14 possessions, went scoreless for the first six and half minutes. After suffering through that start, Spring Grove was back within 14 at halftime (31-17). The Lions scored quickly in the second half, but that would be as close as they would come – trailing by 21 points before closing with an 8-to-2 run.
Spring Grove outshot the home team 33% to 30%, but the ball-handling problem was never solved. With 10 more turnovers (30 to 20) and nine fewer offensive rebounds (13 to-22), the Lions attempted 20 fewer shots than did the Burros.
Spring Grove’s full-court defense forced only four turnovers from the Burros, who beat the pressure for 13 fast-break points.
Kaci Ruen had 18 points and 9 rebounds while Schreiber finished with 11 points and 7 boards. Brielle Ruen added 8 points and 7 rebounds. Tessum directed the attack with 5 assists.
Leahy again led Lion scoring with 10 points. Emerson Ingvalson had 8 points, 5 boards and 5 steals. McHugh scored 8 and rebounded 6 times. Lydia Solum put in 5 points and collected a career-high 9 rebounds. Katelyn Kraus added 6 points and 4 rebounds.
It was another convincing four-game sweep with the Burros taking the B-team contest 37-23, the eighth grade game 33-12 and the seventh grade matchup 33-10.
>>SG 38, LHS 53
>>SG 17+212=38
>>LHS 31+22=53
all FG: SG 33% (15-46), LHS 30% (20-66)
2-pt FG: SG 37% (14-38), LHS 33% (15-46)
3-pt FG: SG 13% (1-8), LHS 5-20 (25%)
Free throws: SG 54% (7-13), LHS 80% (8-10); Rebounds: SG 31, LHS 44; Turnovers: SG 30, LHS 20; 2nd Chance points: SG 15, LHS 16; Fast break points: SG 9, LHS 17; Points in paint: SG 34, LHS 38; Greatest lead: SG 0, LHS 21; Fouls: SG 13, LHS 14
SG INDIVIDUALS: Sydney Holland 1P, 1R; Ava Olerud 2R, 2S; *Addyson McHugh 8P, 6R, 1S, 1B; Mckenzie Fisch 1R, 1A, 1B; *Lydia Solum5P, 9R, 1A, 1S; *Jordian Leahy 10P, 3R, 2A, 3S; *Emerson Ingvalson 8P, 5R, 2A, 5S, 1B; *Katelyn Kraus 6P, 4R
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B-TEAM: LHS 34, at SG 13
>>SG 5 + 8 = 13
>>LHS 19+15=34
B-TEAM SCORING: Jordis Neeley 4, Taylor Reinhardt 3, Cierra Blaskowski 2, Hailie Kittleson 2, Sydney Holland 2
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B-TEAM: at LHS 37, SG 23
>>SG 12+11=23
>>LHS 13+24=37
B-TEAM SCORING: Ashlyn Hammel 6, Jordis Neeley 6, Hailie Kittleson 4, Sydney Holland 3, Cierra Blaskowski 2, Erika Donlan 2
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>>SEC EAST DIVISION
Houston 6-0 SEC, 7-0 season
Randolph 6-1 SEC, 8-1 season
Lanesboro 6-4 SEC, 6-5 season
Mabel-Canton 3-7 SEC, 3-8 season
Spring Grove 2-6 SEC, 2-7 season
Schaeffer Academy 0-7 SEC, 1-7 season
>>SEC WEST DIVISION
Kingsland 8-0 SEC, 10-1 season
Grand Meadow 7-3 SEC, 7-5 season
Southland 5-4 SEC, 5-5 season
LeRoy-Ostrander 3-6 SEC, 3-6 season
Lyle/Pacelli 1-9 SEC, 1-11` season
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Spring Grove Girls Basketball 2021. >>2 wins, 7 losses (2-6 SEC)
L vs. Grand Meadow 20-36
L at Rushford-Peterson 28-44
L at Mabel-Canton 31-34
W at Schaeffer Academy 47-39
01/25 Houston, postponed to March 4
01/28 Randolph, postponed
W vs. Schaeffer Academy 41-37
02/04 at Houston, postponed to March 11
L at Randolph 25-65
L vs. Mabel-Canton 30-41
L vs. Lanesboro 45-66
L at Lanesboro 38-53
02/26 at LeRoy-Ostrander
03/01 at Fillmore Central
03/02 Lyle/Pacelli
03/04 Houston
03/05 at Southland
03/11 at Houston
03/12 at Kingsland
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B-team Girls Basketball 2021 >>(0 wins, 6 losses)
L vs. Grand Meadow 12-50
L at Rushford-Peterson14-36
L at Randolph 8-43
L vs. Mabel-Canton 17-40
L vs. Lanesboro 13-34
L at Lanesboro 23-37
02/26 at LeRoy-Ostrander
03/01 at Fillmore Central
03/02 Lyle/Pacelli
03/04 Houston
03/05 at Southland
03/11 at Houston
03/12 at Kingsland
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8th Grade Girls Basketball 2021 >>(2 wins, 3 losses)
L vs Houston 13-34
W vs. Mabel-Canton 25-17
W vs. Randolph 27-26
L vs. Lanesboro 19-34
L at Lanesboro 12-33
2/26 at LeRoy-Ostrander
3/04 at Mabel-Canton
3/11 at Houston
3/12 at Kingsland
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7th Grade Girls Basketball 2021 >>(1 win, 5 losses)
W at Schaeffer 28-26
L vs. Houston 10-22
L vs Schaeffer 16-22
L vs. Randolph 17-23
L vs. Lanesboro 12-29
L at Lanesboro 10-33
2/26 at LeRoy-Ostrander
3/04 at Mabel-Canton
3/11 at Houston
3/12 at Kingsland