Wausau Pilot & Review
STEVENS POINT – Emma Jossie poured in a season-high 39 points and Zoe Fink added 26 as the Stevens Point girls basketball team shot its way past D.C. Everest 87-81 in a high-scoring Wisconsin Valley Conference affair Thursday night at Stevens Point Area Senior High.
Kiara Hammond, the leading scorer in the WVC, scored 34 points for D.C. Everest (8-13, 3-7 WVC) and surpassed the 1,000-point mark for her career. She was 14-for-22 from the field and made four 3-pointers for the Evergreens.
Braelyn Beiler made five 3-pointers and added 19 points in the loss for D.C. Everest.
Jossie made five 3-pointers, and Fink sank eight long balls, as well as grabbed seven rebounds and dished out six assists for Stevens Point (8-12, 5-4 WVC) in the victory.
Jossie finished the game 14-for-14 from the floor, setting a school record for best field goal percentage in a game. She was 9-for-9 on two-point attempts and 5-for-5 on 3-point attempts. The previous record was held by Janel Mc Carville, who was 10-for-10 on Dec. 8, 2000, against Marshfield.
Fink’s eight 3-pointers tied her own school record that she set Jan. 4, 2021, against Wausau East.
D.C. Everest plays at Wisconsin Rapids on Tuesday.
Panthers 87, Evergreens 81
D.C. Everest 33 48 – 81
Stevens Point 34 53 – 87
D.C. EVEREST (81): Kirsten Hall 0-0 0-0 0, Braelyn Beiler 6-13 2-2 19, Katie Schulz 0-4 0-0 0, Kiara Hammond 14-22 2-2 34, Riley Zuleger 3-6 0-0 7, Kennedy Stowell 5-6 0-0 10, Abby Kislow 2-5 1-2 5, Ella Pavlovich 2-7 0-0 6. FG: 32-63. FT: 5-6. 3-pointers: 12-27 (Beiler 5-9, Hammond 4-9, Pavlovich 2-5, Zuleger 1-1, Schulz 0-3). Rebounds: 32 (Stowell 11). Record: 8-13, 3-7 Wisconsin Valley Conference.
STEVENS POINT (87): Adaleah Nest 5, Brittany Beadles 5, Avery Lilly 12, Kendra Czerneski 9, Abby Jossie 1, Zoe Fink 26, Emma Jossie 39. 3-pointers: 14 (Fink 8, E. Jossie 5, Nest 1). Record: 8-12, 5-4 Wisconsin Valley Conference.
