Topper girls win two of three in five days on basketball court
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THE TOPPERS’ Anaka Eliason (#45) took and made one of the five three-point baskets she scored in the December 3 home basketball game versus Cornell. Eliason finished with a game-high 23 points as Glenwood City won 63-24. —photo by Shawn DeWitt
A busy week that featured three games in a five-day span, saw the Glenwood City girls’ basketball team win two of those contests.
The Lady Toppers started the week out last Tuesday, December 3 with a non-conference home game versus Cornell. Playing a early game in a doubleheader with the boys, Glenwood City started fast and ran to a 63-24 win over the Lady Chiefs.
Two days later, the team hosted Spring Valley for the Dunn-St. Croix Conference opener. The Cardinals took a double-digits led into intermission and went on to knock off the Hilltoppers 56-40.
On just a day’s rest, Glenwood City was back in action when it traveled to Colfax Saturday to play in the Western Wisconsin Girls’ Basketball Classic that features eight games between the Dunn-St. Croix teams and their counterparts in the Cloverbelt West Conference. Glenwood City faced Thorp in a mid-afternoon game that saw it prevail 66-31.
By taking two of three games, the Glenwood City girls improved to 3-2 on the season.
Cornell
A strong offensive first half propelled Glenwood City to a 63-24 win over Cornell in a December 3 non-conference contest played on the Toppers’ home court.
Anaka Eliason and Isabel Davis combined for 26 points in that first half as the Toppers bolted to a 39-11 lead over the Chiefs by intermission.
In that opening half, Eliason netted 15 points which included a trio of threes and Davis tallied 11 points on five deuces and a 1-for-2 effort at the line.
In the second half, Eliason added two more triples to her total to account for five of GC’s six makes from behind the arc. Davis added four more points as did Opal Voeltz and Tori Ohman to help the Toppers outpoint the Chiefs in the latter half, 24-13.
GLENWOOD CITY senior Isabel Davis took a shot during the girls’ December 3 home non-conference basketball game against Cornell. Davis scored 15 points and secured 14 rebounds in the Hilltoppers’ 39-point win. —photo by Shawn DeWitt
Eliason finished with a game-leading 23 points to go with four steals and three assists. Davis had 15 and 14 of the Toppers’ 37 rebounds and came up with five steals. Ohman had six points, five assists and four steals, Lillie McGee added five points and Voeltz, Kaylin Brandt and Kirah Krueger each tallied four points.
Spring Valley
Glenwood City found itself trailing by ten points at halftime and never recovered when it hosted Spring Valley Thursday, December 5 in the girls’ Dunn-St. Croix Conference opener for both squads.
Trailing 31-21 at the intermission, Glenwood City fell further behind in the second half and Spring Valley left town with the 56-40 win.
Three players did the majority of the scoring and damage for the Cardinals. Katie Matthys topped all scorers with 20 points, teammate Jada Hoolihan finished with 19 and Audrey Mathison chipped in for 12 points.
Although eight Hilltoppers scored points in the contest, no one cracked double figures. Anaka Eliason led Glenwood City with nine points and Brandt and Davis both finished with eight points.
Davis and Ohman led in the rebound department with ten and six, respectively. Davis also had three assists and a pair of picks.
Thorp
A good start got even better in the second half when Glenwood City faced Thorp in a mid-afternoon game last Saturday, December 7 in Colfax.
The contest, which was part of the 2024 Western Wisconsin Girls’ Basketball Classic, saw the Hilltoppers open up a 25-13 halftime lead over the Cardinals.
Glenwood City then came out of the locker room and had its best offensive half of the season as it scored 41 points as it routed Thorp 66-31. The 41 points was two better than the Toppers previous best earlier in the week when it scored 39 first-half points against Cornell.
Ten Hilltoppers scored points in the victory. Sophomore Tori Ohman led with 17 points, Davis netted 12 and Kaylin Brandt added ten. Eliason, who had been the Toppers’ leading scorer the previous two games, finished with seven points. Kyra Flick added six, Lillie McGee five and Opal Voeltz finished with four.
Glenwood City snagged a season-high 45 rebounds against Thorp. Davis had a high of 12, Ohman finished with seven boards, Flick five and Voeltz and Brandt had four and three each went to Ava Multhauf, McGee and Eliason.
Glenwood City also had 22 steals with six by Davis, and four each by Ohman and Eliason.
The Hilltoppers have a pair of conference games this week. They were in Mondovi Tuesday and return home Friday to host Durand-Arkansaw. Next Tuesday, the Toppers go to New Auburn.