Wausau Pilot & Review
WAUSAU – The Newman Catholic girls basketball team overcame a seven-point halftime deficit to defeat Edgar 55-49 in its regular-season and Marawood Conference South Division finale Thursday at Newman Catholic High School.
Edgar led 29-22 at halftime before the Cardinals stormed back with a 33-point second half to earn the win and finish their regular season with an 8-16 record and 6-10 in the Marawood South.
Evie Bates scored 11 of her game-high 20 points in the second-half comeback for Newman Catholic. Ashley Jankowski added 14 points, nine in the second half.
Brandi Halvorsen led Edgar (10-13, 7-9 Marawood South) with eight points.
The two teams will meet again in a WIAA Division 5 regional quarterfinal at Edgar on Tuesday.
Cardinals 55, Wildcats 49
Edgar 29 20 – 49
Newman Catholic 22 33 – 55
EDGAR (49): Taylor Lemmer 1 1-2 4, Malana Koehler 3 0-0 6, Emery Borchardt 2 0-0 4, Brandi Halvorsen 2 2-2 8, Maycie Yonker 2 1-2 5, Savannah Koepke 1 3-5 5, Chloe Mellenburger 0 0-0 0, Morgan Streveler 1 5-5 7, Natallya Radke 2 0-0 6, Isabella Kaiser 2 0-0 4. FG: 16. FT: 12-16. 3-pointers: 5 (Radke 2, Halvorsen 2, Lemmer 1). Fouls: 19. Fouled out: none. Record: 10-13, 7-9 Marawood Conference South Division.
NEWMAN CATHOLIC (55): Lily Shields 2 3-5 9, Mel Severson 0 2-2 2, Ashley Jankowski 5 3-7 14, Brianna Schulz 3 0-2 6, Lillian Bodenheimer 1 0-0 3, Aubrey Puent 0 0-0 0, Evie Bates 8 4-8 20. FG: 19. FT: 12-24. 3-pointers: 5 (Shields 2, Jankowski 2, Bodenheimer 1). Fouls: 18. Fouled out: Jankowski, Schulz. Record: 8-16, 6-10 Marawood Conference South Division.
