ALBANY - Argyle junior Jena Saalsaa scored a game-high 24 points and eclipsed the 1,000-career point milestone to propel the Orioles to a 49-41 win over Albany Tuesday.
The game was tied at 40 with 3 minutes left. Albany (7-9, 4-4 Six Rivers East) had a couple chances down the stretch to take the lead, but couldn't convert.
"We had two possessions where we had clean and good looks at the basket," Albany coach Derik Doescher said. "We didn't knock them down. The girls played very hard. That's a good basketball team that is well coached. We preach that against a good team like Argyle, you just want to have a chance in the end and we did. It's a credit to Argyle. They did the little things down the stretch to take care of business."
Argyle (13-3, 7-2 Six Rivers East) made 26 of 44 free throws. Albany made 17 of 31 from the charity stripe. Albany junior Payton Zurfluh scored a team-high 14 points and senior Haley Freitag added 12.
"We have to do a better job of moving our feet," Doescher said. "We limited them to 49 points and that is pretty remarkable since we were called for 31 fouls."
In the final 2 minutes, the Comets were playing without Freitag, junior Libby Beck and junior Sydney Mortaloni since each fouled out.
"That really hampered us," Doescher said.
Argyle junior Alysabeth Lantz added 8 points and junior Kirsten Ostby chipped in 7.
Darlington 74,
Riverdale 54
DARLINGTON - The Darlington girls basketball team continues to keep pace with Cuba City atop the Southwest Wisconsin Activities League after the Redbirds cruised to a victory over Riverdale.
Darlington junior Kaylee Meyers scored a game-high 25 points and drilled two 3-pointers. Darlington (11-4, 8-1 SWAL) jumped out to a 43-18 lead at the half. Darlington junior Kathleen Mathias added 12. The Redbirds hit seven 3-pointers as a team. Seniors Meghan Douglas and Chelsie Golackson also made two 3-pointers.
Black Hawk 64, Juda 20
JUDA - Black Hawk sophomores Natalie Leuzinger and Hannah Butler combined to score 32 points to lead the top-ranked Warriors to a win over the Panthers Tuesday.
Leuzinger scored a game-high 17 points and Butler added 15. Black Hawk freshman Bailey Butler chipped in 12.
Black Hawk (17-0, 9-0 Six Rivers East) raced out to a 35-12 lead at the half. Juda sophomore Montana Steinmann scored a team-high 5 points. Senior teammates Maddie Roth and Erika Duecker each added 4. With the loss, Juda drops to 4-11 overall and 2-7 in the Six Rivers East Conference.
Dodgeville 76, Brodhead 48
BRODHEAD - Senior Erin Nyhus scored a game-high 30 points, but the Cardinals were no challenge for Dodgeville, which is ranked No. 9 in the Division 4 WisSports.net Coaches Poll.
Dodgeville jumped out to a 14-point lead at the break, 38-24. Dodgeville's Hannah Jones scored a team-high 29 points. Brodhead (7-8, 4-7 Rock Valley) made 12 of 26 free throws (46 percent) compared top the Dodgers, who were 9 of 9 (100 percent).
Brodhead senior Brooke Bescup added 11 points.
The game was tied at 40 with 3 minutes left. Albany (7-9, 4-4 Six Rivers East) had a couple chances down the stretch to take the lead, but couldn't convert.
"We had two possessions where we had clean and good looks at the basket," Albany coach Derik Doescher said. "We didn't knock them down. The girls played very hard. That's a good basketball team that is well coached. We preach that against a good team like Argyle, you just want to have a chance in the end and we did. It's a credit to Argyle. They did the little things down the stretch to take care of business."
Argyle (13-3, 7-2 Six Rivers East) made 26 of 44 free throws. Albany made 17 of 31 from the charity stripe. Albany junior Payton Zurfluh scored a team-high 14 points and senior Haley Freitag added 12.
"We have to do a better job of moving our feet," Doescher said. "We limited them to 49 points and that is pretty remarkable since we were called for 31 fouls."
In the final 2 minutes, the Comets were playing without Freitag, junior Libby Beck and junior Sydney Mortaloni since each fouled out.
"That really hampered us," Doescher said.
Argyle junior Alysabeth Lantz added 8 points and junior Kirsten Ostby chipped in 7.
Darlington 74,
Riverdale 54
DARLINGTON - The Darlington girls basketball team continues to keep pace with Cuba City atop the Southwest Wisconsin Activities League after the Redbirds cruised to a victory over Riverdale.
Darlington junior Kaylee Meyers scored a game-high 25 points and drilled two 3-pointers. Darlington (11-4, 8-1 SWAL) jumped out to a 43-18 lead at the half. Darlington junior Kathleen Mathias added 12. The Redbirds hit seven 3-pointers as a team. Seniors Meghan Douglas and Chelsie Golackson also made two 3-pointers.
Black Hawk 64, Juda 20
JUDA - Black Hawk sophomores Natalie Leuzinger and Hannah Butler combined to score 32 points to lead the top-ranked Warriors to a win over the Panthers Tuesday.
Leuzinger scored a game-high 17 points and Butler added 15. Black Hawk freshman Bailey Butler chipped in 12.
Black Hawk (17-0, 9-0 Six Rivers East) raced out to a 35-12 lead at the half. Juda sophomore Montana Steinmann scored a team-high 5 points. Senior teammates Maddie Roth and Erika Duecker each added 4. With the loss, Juda drops to 4-11 overall and 2-7 in the Six Rivers East Conference.
Dodgeville 76, Brodhead 48
BRODHEAD - Senior Erin Nyhus scored a game-high 30 points, but the Cardinals were no challenge for Dodgeville, which is ranked No. 9 in the Division 4 WisSports.net Coaches Poll.
Dodgeville jumped out to a 14-point lead at the break, 38-24. Dodgeville's Hannah Jones scored a team-high 29 points. Brodhead (7-8, 4-7 Rock Valley) made 12 of 26 free throws (46 percent) compared top the Dodgers, who were 9 of 9 (100 percent).
Brodhead senior Brooke Bescup added 11 points.
