Lady Mounders enter break undefeated
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MONDOVI — Another strong start propelled the Elk Mound girls’ basketball team to a 57-44 win in Mondovi last Tuesday to remain unbeaten as it enters the holiday break.
The Lady Mounders jumped to a 33-16 lead over the host Buffaloes in the December 14 Dunn-St. Croix contest. Although Mondovi scored four more points in the second half it wasn’t nearly enough to overcome the Mounders 17-point halftime advantage.
Elk Mound hit six of its nine, three pointers in the opening 18 minutes of play and pulled down 31 rebounds and finished with a dozen steals as it improved to 2-0 in conference action and 8-0 overall.
“We got off to a good start,” stated head coach Jordan Kongshaug. “We moved the ball well to get good shots.”
“We weren’t as consistent on the defensive end in the second half, but we were happy to get the road conference win,” he concluded.
The Mounders were actually supposed to wrap up their pre-Christmas schedule with a conference game in Durand but Thursday evening’s winter storm and high winds caused the contest to be postponed.
Freshman Ellie Schiszik netted four of her game-high five triples in the first half to help Elk Mound build a double-digits lead at intermission. Juniors Tori Blaskowski and Stella Rhude each added eight points in the opening half and sophomore Madisyn Mohr added a three, her only points of the game.
Mondovi was able to get to the hoop more consistently in the second half as they knocked down three of their four triples in the later period and ended up slightly outscoring the visiting Mounders 28 to 24 over that span.
Blaskowski set the pace for the Mounders offense in the second half as she scored two of her three treys and hit all four of her charity tosses to lead all scorers with 18 points. Schiszik hit her final triples to finish with 15 points and Rhude went three-for-four at the free throw line and had a hoop to tally 13 points.
Ava Gray led Mondovi with 13 points.
Rhude also topped the rebounding chart with 13 boards and had a team high five steals and five assists. Allie Roder, Lydia Levra, and Schiszik chipped in for six, five and four boards, respectively. Levra also had three steals.
From the Charity stripe, Elk Mound finished 12-of-19 with Blaskowski (5-7), Rhude (5-8), and Roder (2-4) taking all the attempts while Mondovi finished 6-for-12.
The Elk Mound girls will return to the court next Tuesday, December 28 when they host Osseo-Fairchild, then go to Bloomer on Thursday, December 30, come back home to host Ellsworth on Monday, January 3 before playing in Somerset on Tuesday, January 4. All four are non-conference games.