Appleton East girls basketball nails nine 3-pointers in second half, tops Eau Claire Memorial
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APPLETON – Appleton East made nine 3-pointers in the second half to comeback from a slight halftime deficit and defeated Eau Claire Memorial 59-43 in a nonconference girls basketball game Saturday afternoon at East High School.
Memorial led 22-20 at halftime in the rematch of last year’s WIAA Division 1 sectional final that the Patriots (11-1) won on their way to the state tournament, but East was able to rally with some hot shooting from outside.
Emilia MontMarquette made three 3-pointers, and Jenna Ott, Aburie Erickson and Ella Sweeney each had two in the second-half burst to lead the Patriots to their 11th-straight win.
Ott finished with a game-high 17 points and Sweeney had 13 for Appleton East, which had 14 3-pointers in all.
Raya Shaw led Memorial (7-3) with 12 points.
Appleton East returns to Fox Valley Association play Tuesday at Appleton West.
Patriots 59, Old Abes 43
Eau Claire Memorial 22 21 – 43
Appleton East 20 39 – 59
EAU CLAIRE MEMORIAL (43): Raya Shaw 4 3-6 12, Norah Kling 0 8-8 8, Ava McCarthy 2 1-2 5, Addy Larson 0 0-1 0, Evelyn Bast 2 0-0 5, Katie Toutant 1 0-0 2, Delaney Clark 0 0-0 0, Cora Graham 0 1-2 1, Veronica Fesenmaier 1 0-0 2, Ava Hoitomt 2 0-0 6, Lydia Paulmier 1 0-0 2. FG: 13. FT: 13-19. 3-pointers: 4 (Hoitomt 2, Shaw 1, Bast 1). Fouls: 8. Fouled out: none. Record: 7-3.
APPLETON EAST (59): Jenna Ott 6 1-2 17, Brooklyn Feller 0 0-0 0, Amria Fischer 4 0-0 9, Aubrie Erickson 4 0-0 11, Emilia MontMarquette 3 0-0 9, Ella Sweeney 4 2-2 13, Audria Hallman 0 0-0 0, Allena Neubauer 0 0-0 0, Jaci Demerath 0 0-0 0. FG: 21. FT: 3-4. 3-pointers: 14 (Ott 4, Erickson 3, MontMarquette 3, Sweeney 3, Fischer 1). Fouls: 14. Fouled out: none. Record: 11-1.