SEW-G makes 30-point improvement against Trojets, wins 1A regional contest
Richardson scores 17 for NEH, which ends season at 14-9Fact Box
SE Webster-Grand 51, Northeast Hamilton 43
Northeast Hamilton (14-9)-Koreen Willems 1 0-0 2, Holly Heiden 3 3-4 9, Summer Anderson 5 0-0 11, Kelanie Claude 1 0-0 2, Kalli Richardson 5 4-5 17, Michelle Hoversten 1 0-1 2, Abby Rapp 0 0-0 0, Rachel Vaughn 0 0-0 0. Totals: 16 7-10 43.
SE Webster-Grand (9-14)-Becca Freeman 0 7-8 7, Maddi Hansen 7 2-3 17, Renee Castenson 3 0-1 6, Kelly Oeltjenbruns 1 0-0 2, Morgan Hansen 6 1-1 13, Katie Anderson 3 0-0 6. Totals: 20 10-13 51.
Halftime score-NEH led 18-15. 3-point field goals-NEH 4 (Richardson 3, Anderson); SEW-G 1 (M. Hansen). Rebounds-NEH 28 (Heiden 8, Richardson 7). Total fouls-NEH 17, SEW-G 17. Fouled out-none.
MADRID - A lot can change over the course of a basketball season.
With the season on the line for both squads, Southeast Webster-Grand went on an 11-2 run over the final three minutes to upend Northeast Hamilton, 51-43, in a girls' Class 1A Region 5 quarterfinal-round contest here on Tuesday.
Not only did the victory push the Eagles into Friday's semifinal round against third-ranked AGWSR Ackley, but it also avenged a 22-point loss to the Trojets back in late November.
"Anytime you lose at this point in the season it's disappointing, but it wasn't for a lack of effort," Northeast Hamilton head coach Brandon Frohwein said after his club ended its season at 14-9 overall. "The kids played hard, but we just couldn't get the one play that we needed down the stretch."
Northeast Hamilton led 41-40 midway through the final period, but then the shots simply stopped falling. SEW-G (9-14) took the lead with two minutes remaining and then hit a number of free throws in the final minute to seal the victory.
Maddi Hansen led the Eagles with 17 points and Morgan Hansen tossed in 13 - all in the second half - to help SEW-G overcome a three-point deficit at the intermission.
Kalli Richardson had a team-high 17 for the Trojets and Summer Anderson had one of her most productive offensive games with 11. Holly Heiden chipped in nine points to go along with a team-best eight rebounds.
