Grand Meadow girls pick up first win of the year

Published 10:30 pm Monday, January 10, 2011

The Grand Meadow girls basketball team picked up its first win of the season when it hung on to beat LeRoy/Ostrander 46-41 in LeRoy Monday.

The Superlarks (1-9 overall, 1-6 SEC) trailed 39-37 late in the game but they ran off a 7-0 spurt to put the game out of reach.

The Cardinals (2-10 overall, 2-5 SEC) had led 35-22 with 5:08 left in the game after Krista Bunne hit two threes in a 30-second span.

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GM scored the first 10 points of the game, but L/O scored the next eight as it was a close game throughout the night.

GM scoring: Autumn Thorsen, 20; Cortney Olson, 10; Hilary Churchill, 8; Hailey Hanken, 5; Stephanie Russell, 1; Beth Mallory, 1; Syndey Richardson, 1; free throws: 45 percent (9-for-20)

L/O scoring: Chanda Riedemann, 13; Becca Bunne, 9; Krista Bunne, 6; Anna Miller, 5; Lauren Servick, 4; Sam Hamlin, 2; Jessica Jennings, 2; free throws: 39 percent (9-for-23)