MILTON - The Monroe girls basketball team couldn't overcome a tough stretch in the second quarter and lost 50-38 to Milton Friday night.
The Red Hawks, ranked No. 9 in the state in Division 2 in both the Associated Press and WisSports.net Coaches Polls, used a 13-2 second quarter run to take a 31-19 halftime lead.
"That got us on our heels," Monroe coach Sam Mathiason said. "We played even in the second half. We just got in a hole in the first half. We got close. We were never able to get that final run."
Monroe senior Kylee Ritschard scored a team-high 14 points and hit three 3-pointers. Junior Brooke McBain scored eight points and senior Kyleigh Sellnow added seven.
The Cheesemakers (8-8, 3-5 Badger South) scored five straight points in the third quarter to slice the Red Hawks' lead to 31-24.
"We made a run at the start of the third quarter," Mathiason said. "We couldn't sustain it."
Milton sophomore Morgan Blumer scored a game-high 19 points to lead the Red Hawks. The Red Hawks switched to a 1-3-1 zone in the second half.
"They had too much size and height," Mathiason said. "We couldn't convert like we were early."
The Red Hawks, ranked No. 9 in the state in Division 2 in both the Associated Press and WisSports.net Coaches Polls, used a 13-2 second quarter run to take a 31-19 halftime lead.
"That got us on our heels," Monroe coach Sam Mathiason said. "We played even in the second half. We just got in a hole in the first half. We got close. We were never able to get that final run."
Monroe senior Kylee Ritschard scored a team-high 14 points and hit three 3-pointers. Junior Brooke McBain scored eight points and senior Kyleigh Sellnow added seven.
The Cheesemakers (8-8, 3-5 Badger South) scored five straight points in the third quarter to slice the Red Hawks' lead to 31-24.
"We made a run at the start of the third quarter," Mathiason said. "We couldn't sustain it."
Milton sophomore Morgan Blumer scored a game-high 19 points to lead the Red Hawks. The Red Hawks switched to a 1-3-1 zone in the second half.
"They had too much size and height," Mathiason said. "We couldn't convert like we were early."
