STOUGHTON - The Stoughton girls basketball team, the state's seventh-ranked Division 2 team, drilled eight 3-pointers and rolled to a 72-52 win over Monroe Thursday night.
Monroe (3-5, 1-3 Badger South) had the hot hand early on. Monroe sophomore Sydney Mathiason hit a 3-pointer and Sydney Hilliard made a layup to give the Cheesemakers a 5-0 lead in the first 50 seconds of the game.
Hilliard scored eight of the Cheesemakers' first 14 points.
Hilliard made a 3-pointer to give the Cheesemakers a 10-9 lead with
13 minutes, 15 seconds left in the
first half.
The Vikings went on a 13-0 run and opened up a 10-point lead. Stoughton's Payton Kahl had seven of the Vikings' first 12 points.
Hilliard scored a team-high 19 points and made one 3-pointer. Mathiason scored eight of her 10 points in the first half and made two 3-pointers but picked up her second foul about 5 minutes into the game and was forced to the bench.
Stoughton senior Hannah Hobson, a Division II Michigan Tech recruit, had a game-high 20 points, and junior Marissa Robson, who has gotten scholarship offers from Northern Iowa and Illinois State, scored 10 points.
"I thought we did a good job early on," Monroe coach Sam Mathiason said. "We were competing and right in it. Their defense and length really gave us trouble the later the game went on. They (Stoughton) shot the ball well and stretched our defense. We are scoring more. We have to keep working on getting better on the defensive end. We have to keep them out of the lane and be able to cover the 3."
Stoughton's Jenna Gardner and Marren Gryttenholm each drilled 3-pointers late in the first half to give the Vikings an 11-point lead. Robson scored on a putback and Hobson scored on a layup to give the Vikings a 42-26 lead at the half.
The Vikings led by as many as 29 points in the second half.
Four of Monroe's five losses have come to teams ranked in the top 10 in the state. It won't get any easier for the Cheesemakers. Monroe will play at Verona, ranked No. 3 in the Division 1 WisSports.net Coaches poll, at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 29.
"I think we are competing and getting better," Mathiason said. "We are aiming to get to the top of the conference. If we want to be at the top of the conference and make a tournament run these are the games we have to play."
Monroe (3-5, 1-3 Badger South) had the hot hand early on. Monroe sophomore Sydney Mathiason hit a 3-pointer and Sydney Hilliard made a layup to give the Cheesemakers a 5-0 lead in the first 50 seconds of the game.
Hilliard scored eight of the Cheesemakers' first 14 points.
Hilliard made a 3-pointer to give the Cheesemakers a 10-9 lead with
13 minutes, 15 seconds left in the
first half.
The Vikings went on a 13-0 run and opened up a 10-point lead. Stoughton's Payton Kahl had seven of the Vikings' first 12 points.
Hilliard scored a team-high 19 points and made one 3-pointer. Mathiason scored eight of her 10 points in the first half and made two 3-pointers but picked up her second foul about 5 minutes into the game and was forced to the bench.
Stoughton senior Hannah Hobson, a Division II Michigan Tech recruit, had a game-high 20 points, and junior Marissa Robson, who has gotten scholarship offers from Northern Iowa and Illinois State, scored 10 points.
"I thought we did a good job early on," Monroe coach Sam Mathiason said. "We were competing and right in it. Their defense and length really gave us trouble the later the game went on. They (Stoughton) shot the ball well and stretched our defense. We are scoring more. We have to keep working on getting better on the defensive end. We have to keep them out of the lane and be able to cover the 3."
Stoughton's Jenna Gardner and Marren Gryttenholm each drilled 3-pointers late in the first half to give the Vikings an 11-point lead. Robson scored on a putback and Hobson scored on a layup to give the Vikings a 42-26 lead at the half.
The Vikings led by as many as 29 points in the second half.
Four of Monroe's five losses have come to teams ranked in the top 10 in the state. It won't get any easier for the Cheesemakers. Monroe will play at Verona, ranked No. 3 in the Division 1 WisSports.net Coaches poll, at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 29.
"I think we are competing and getting better," Mathiason said. "We are aiming to get to the top of the conference. If we want to be at the top of the conference and make a tournament run these are the games we have to play."
