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Basketball roundup: Deetz lifts McDonell girls past Elk Mound

By The Chippewa Herald
Thursday, February 7, 2008 9:55 PM CST

ELK MOUND � With no time on the clock, Rachel Deetz canned a pair of free throws, lifting the McDonell girls basketball team past Elk Mound in non-conference action Monday night, 44-42.

With the game tied and less than two seconds on the clock, Deetz received an in-bounds pass, drove to the basket and was fouled as the buzzer sounded.

The Macks, who snapped a five-game slide, trailed 34-31 after three quarter before going on a 13-8 run over the final eight minutes, capped off by Deetz’s free throws.

Ellen Plendl led McDonell (4-11) with 15 points as Jess Freagon added 13. Deetz was third on the team with 10.

“I am obviously very pleased with the win,” McDonell coach Kurt Geissler said. “There was a definite change in how we played in this one. We worked together and I think matured as a team along the way.”

Cornell 56, Bruce 34

In Cornell, Courtney Jensen and Kandice Bonander combined for 25 points as the Chiefs led 14-0 after the first quarter in a East Lakeland Conference bout.

Boys basketball

Bruce 52, Cornell 49

In Cornell, the Chiefs squandered a 30-22 halftime lead in a East Lakeland Conference defeat.

Bruce used a 17-11 run in the third quarter to get back in the game before outscoring Cornell 13-8 in the fourth.

Dyllan Smith led the Chiefs with 19 points.

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