Wausau Pilot & Review
SCHOFIELD – The D.C. Everest girls basketball team used a dominant second half to pull past Wausau East 63-54 in a Wisconsin Valley Conference matchup Friday at the Greenheck Fieldhouse at D.C. Everest High School.
Wausau East led 28-26 before the Evergreens battled back, outscoring East 37-26 in the second half to grab the victory.
Kiara Hammond continued her torrid scoring run by pouring in 33 points for D.C. Everest, which improves to 8-10 overall and 3-4 in the Wisconsin Valley Conference. She has now scored 20 points or more in 15 of the team’s games this season. Friday’s performance was Hammond’s season-high and the third time she has reached 30 points in a game.
Ella Pavlovich chipped in 12 points for the Evergreens.
Madisyn Krueger had a team-high 28 points, including four 3-pointers, for Wausau East (2-11, 0-6 Wisconsin Valley Conference.
D.C. Everest plays at Wausau West and East will travel to Eagle River to take on Northland Pines on Tuesday.
Evergreens 63, Lumberjacks 54
D.C. Everest 26 37 – 63
Wausau East 28 26 – 54
D.C. EVEREST (63): Kirsten Hall 1 0-0 3, Braelyn Beiler 1 0-0 2, Schulz 0 0-0 0, Kiara Hammond 11 8-8 33, Riley Zuleger 0 4-6 4, Brenna Lehrke 1 0-0 3, Kennedy Stowell 2 2-2 6, Abby Kislow 0 0-0 0, Ella Pavlovich 5 1-2 12. FG: 21. FT: 15-18. 3-pointers: 6 (Hammond 3, Beiler 1, Lehrke 1, Pavlovich 1). Fouls: 14. Fouled out: none. Record: 8-10, 3-4 Wisconsin Valley Conference.
WAUSAU EAST (54): Sydney Crawford 0 0-0 0, Hailey Valiska 2 0-0 6, Claire Coushman 1 0-0 3, Graysen Burger 1 0-4 2, Lily Messman 4 0-0 10, Madisyn Krueger 9 6-7 28, Baley Berndt 0 0-0 0, Charlie Place 0 1-2 1, Jessica Nardi 2 0-0 4. FG: 19. FT: 7-13. 3-pointers: 09 (Krueger 4, Messman 2, Valiska 2, Coushman 1). Fouls: 16. Fouled out: Messman. Record: 2-11, 0-6 Wisconsin Valley Conference.
