A big first half helped the Bonduel High School girls basketball team withstand Weyauwega-Fremont forward Morgan Wilson’s 21 points in a Central Wisconsin Conference-8 matchup Thursday in Bonduel.
Bonduel held on to win 46-39.
The Bears (7-1, 3-1 CWC-8) jumped out to a 16-4 lead in the first quarter and expanded it to a 20-point lead shortly after halftime, but Wilson’s third quarter explosion kept the game close. Wilson, a 5-foot-10 senior, scored 12 of her points in the third quarter, including two 3-pointers.
“She took over the game right there,” Bonduel coach Missy Dowden said. “She wanted it. We didn’t box her out well. She’s very strong and we let her push us around.”
The coach said her team was sluggish in the second half after having a four-day break from practice because of the recent cold snap.
“They had legs in the first half, but in the second half, I think we tired out,” Dowden said. “Some of their cuts, we weren’t getting there.”
The Indians (5-4, 1-3 CWC-8) managed to close to within eight points with 4 minutes left on a Karissa Akey basket, but Bonduel forward Jennifer Dowden, a 5-11 junior, answered to put the Bears back up 40-30.
With 5.8 seconds left in the game Alyssa Goode hit a 3-pointer to cut the Bears’ lead to 44-39
“They shot outstanding here in the third and fourth quarter,” Missy Dowden said. “They were hitting 3s.”
Weyauwega-Fremont couldn’t contain the Bears on the ensuing inbound and a couple of passes put the ball in the hands of Courtney Schmidt, who was open under the basket for an easy bucket to seal the game.
Jennifer Dowden finished with 16 points to lead the Bears. She also had three assists, five steals, two blocks and seven rebounds. Sophomore Taylor Weier led the team in rebounds with eight.
Bonduel built its first-half lead mostly at the free-throw line, getting 12 points on 14 attempts from the charity stripe.
It was the first win for Bonduel over Weyauwega-Fremont in a season and a half after getting swept by the Indians last season.
“It was a nice win,” Missy Dowden said. “It’s a nice stepping stone for getting us going into the rest of the season.”
Weyauwega-Fremont (39)
Schroeder 0 1-2 1, Krause 1 1-2 3, Goode 1 3-5 6, Wilson 5 8-12 21, 4 0-1 8
Bonduel (46)
Dowden 6 4-6 16, Reinke 2 0-3 5, Weier 1 5-7 7, C. Schmidt 2 2-2 6, Zernicke 1 4-4 6, Sorenson 1 2-2 4, M. Schmidt 1 0-0 2
Weyauwega-Fremont 4 5 15 15 — 39
Bonduel 16 11 9 10 — 46
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