Lady Mounders grab pivotal win over Durand
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By Amber Hayden
ELK MOUND — A last-second shot, literally, gave the Elk Mound ladies a thrilling 45-43 home court victory over the Durand Panthers in a pivotal Dunn-St. Croix basketball game last Tuesday, January 14.
“It was an exciting game,” said Mounders’ head coach Jordan Kongshaug. “Hailey Blaskowski hit a driving layup with a second to go.”
That basket proved the difference for the Mounders who improved to 4-2 in conference play for a third-place tie with Mondovi. Durand slipped to 5-2 and holds second place behind Colfax at 6-0. Overall, Elk Mound is 7-2.
Hailey Blaskowski has heated up in recent weeks, and was able to put on a shooting display from inside as she hit six doubles. She also had a triple and was two-for-six at the line giving her 17 points against the Panthers.
Freshman Tori Blaskowski was sent to the line quite a bit during the second half of Tuesday’s contest, she was three-for-five from the charity stripe and had a double and trey.
Sophie Cedarblade and Olivia Schreiber were strong from outside the arc as they each had six points from a pair of threes.
“I was proud of our defensive effort, and how we kept fighting back when Durand made a run,” Kongshaug stated.
Also scoring for Elk Mound was Taya Schaefer with four-for-four at the line, Brooke Emery with a lone trey, and Isabella Hollister with one freethrow.
Elk Mound trailed Durand by two, 19-17, at the intermission but was able to best the Panthers 28-24 in the final 18 minutes.
Elk Mound was scheduled to host Boyceville last Friday evening, January 17, but the contest was postponed until this Friday, January 24 due to a winter snow storm. The Mounders tipped off the week with a trip to Bloomer on Monday evening and will then return home to host rival and D-SC front runner Colfax on Thursday, January 23.
They will host Altoona on Monday, January 27, and travel to Spring Valley on Tuesday, January 28.
Elk Mound (45)
FG-FT-F-TP: B. Emery 1-0-2-3, I. Hollister 0-1-0-1, T. Blaskowski 2-3-3-8, H. Blaskowski 7-2-2-17, O. Schreiber 2-0-0-6, S. Cedarblade 2-0-1-6, T. Schaefer 0-4-4-4. Totals 14-10-12-45.
Durand (43)
FG-FT-F-TP: M. Sand 5-0-3-10, J. Radie 2-0-1-5, P. Auth 2-0-4-4, A. Weiss 1-0-2-2, L. Sabelko 2-1-2-6, J. Carothers 3-3-0-11, M. Hurlburt 1-3-2-5. Total 16-7-14-4343.
Elk Mound 17 28 – 45
Durand 19 24 – 43
3-point goals: Elk Mound: B. Emery, T. Blaskowski, H. Blaskowski, O. Schreiber (2), S. Cedarblade (2); Durand: J. Radie, L. Sabelko, J. Carothers (2).