Lady Mounders spear Somerset Spartans
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LOOKING TO pass the ball off during the December 20 contest against Somerset was the Mounders Sydney Simpson (#25) tried to find an open teammate for the pass. Simpson finished the game with nine points for her 2018-19 season high. —photo by Amber Hayden
By Amber Hayden
ELK MOUND — The Lady Mounders’ basketball put their feet to hardwood for the final time in 2018 with a home game against the Somerset Spartans last Thursday evening, December 20.
Elk Mound prevailed 53-36 in the non-conference home contest.
“I thought we came out moving the basketball well, we weren’t as consistent as we have been in the past few games,” said Mounders head coach Jordan Kongshaug.
The opening 20 seconds were exciting ones as Hailey Blaskowski stole the ball from Georgia Hammer of Somerset and got the pass off to center Morgan Radtke to put the first two points on the board at 17:40.
Radtke led the Mounders – with 16 points, 14 of which came in the first 18 minutes of the game. She netted six doubles and was four-of-four from the charity stripe.
A little over a minute later Victoria Fasbender managed the second steal from Hammer at mid-court and hit the layup for her only double of the evening, Fasbender was also one-of-two from the foul line for a total of three points.
The Mounders went on a seven-point run before Spartan player Taylor Paulson hit the rim for two with the lead still sitting 7-2 in Elk Mound’s favor.
The following two minutes would see several shots taken that either bounced off the rim or flew over the basket all together before Georgia Hammer would net a triple to bring the score to 7-5 at 14:30.
EYEING UP the net against Somerset was Mounder senior Alana Plaszcz (#13). Plaszcz suffered three fouls in the first half within mere minutes of each other and sat the bench until the last five minutes in the first. —photo by Amber Hayden
The Mounders’ Sydney Simpson earned her season high in the game with nine points off of a pair of threes and a double, as well as going one-of-two from the line.
Somerset’s inability to pass the ball throughout both halves played in the Mounders’ favor as Morgan Radtke, Hailey Blaskowski and Victoria Fasbender each added a steal to their tallies.
The second half began much like the first with Elk Mound getting on the board first off a triple from Brook Plaszcz. Plaszcz finished her evening strong with 13 points netting three doubles, two triples and was one-of-one from the line.
Elk Mound was eight-of-eleven from the foul line to give them a 72 percent free throw average.
As the game went on, Elk Mound began to relax just a little with their lead in the double digits which gave Somerset the opportunity to bring the game within 13 points with 9:43 left to play and a score of 38-25.
Hailey Blaskowski and Taya Schaefer netted nine points between the pair. Blaskowski hit the backboard for a pair of doubles and a trey, Schaefer entered the game with two minutes left and hit a double off a pass from Sophie Cedarblade.
“It was nice to go into the holidays on a winner note,” said Kongshaug.
Elk Mound won’t return to the court until this Friday, December 28, with an away game against the Altoona Railroaders.
ELK MOUND 53, SOMERSET 36
Elk Mound……..……………..30 23 – 53
Somerset……….………………14 22 – 36
TEAM STATISTICS (FG-FT-F-TP)
Elk Mound — B. Plaszcz 5-1-3-13, A. Plaszcz 1-1-3-3, S. Simpson 3-1-0-9, H. Blaskowski 3-0-2-7, V. Fasbender 1-1-1-3, M. Radtke 6-4-1-16, T. Schaefer 1-0-0-2.
Somerset — R. Gailsowski 1-0-3-2, G. Hammer 6-2-1-17, T. Paulson 5-2-2-15, D. Schactner , E. Goldstein 1-0-5-2.
THREE-POINTERS
EM— B. Plaszcz 2, S. Simpson 2, H. Blaskowski 1; S— G. Hammer 3, T. Paulson 3.