Wausau Pilot & Review
WAUSAU – The Wausau East girls basketball team came up a bucket short in a valiant comeback attempt in the second half and dropped a 56-54 decision to Wisconsin Rapids on Tuesday night at East High School.
Wisconsin Rapids pulled out to a 31-21 lead by halftime and the Lumberjacks fought back but came up two points short in losing their third game in a row.
Claire Coushman scored 15 points, Tally Schlindwein added 11 and Geneva Michlig 10 for Wausau East, which falls to 6-14 overall and 2-8 in the Wisconsin Valley Conference this season.
Kristin Radtke went 8-for-8 at the free throw line and finished with a game-high 18 points for Wisconsin Rapids (7-14, 5-5 WVC).
Wausau East hosts Wausau West on Friday for its final regular-season home game of the season.
Raiders 56, Lumberjacks 54
Wisconsin Rapids 31 25 – 56
Wausau East 21 33 – 54
WISCONSIN RAPIDS (56): Emma Schillinger 0 0-1 0, Gabby Neilitz 3 1-2 8, Kristin Radtke 5 8-8 18, Lexi Cour 2 3-4 7, Syd Holberg 3 2-2 10, Jazz Redcloud 3 4-4 11, Riley Hasburgh 1 0-0 2. FG: 17. FT: 18-20. 3-pointers: 4 (Holberg 2, Redcloud 1, Neilitz 1). Record: 7-14, 5-5 Wisconsin Valley Conference.
WAUSAU EAST (54): Tally Schlindwein 4 0-0 11, Claire Coushman 6 1-2 15, Graysen Burger 3 0-0 8, Olivia Schjoneman 0 0-0 0, Evelyn Thome 0 0-0 0, Nyasia Herrick 1 0-2 2, Sydney Crawford 0 0-0 0, Ollie Liss-‘s-Gravemade 3 0-0 8, Geneva Michlig 4 2-5 10. FG: 21. FT: 3-9. 3-pointers: 9 (Schlindwein 3, Burger 2, Liss-‘s-Gravemade 2, Coushman 2). Record: 6-14, 2-8 Wisconsin Valley Conference.
