ELGIN — Playing one of their best games of the season, Elgin Public-Pope John girls defeated Clearwater/Orchard 67 to 36 to wrap up the regular season.
The victory boosted the Wolfpack’s record to 14-8 heading into the postseason.
They will begin the postseason this week at the C-2 Sub-district tournament to be played at O’Neill High School.
The postseason wasn’t on their minds when facing the Cyclones. The Wolfpack put 40 points on the scoreboard in the first half as they were nearly unstoppable.
Then, in the final two quarters the Wolfpack held the Cyclones to just 10 points, only two points in the fourth quarter.
“The girls played a great game on both sides of the ball,” Coach Randy Eisenhauer said. “They came out the second half with great intensity and held Clearwater/Orchard to only 10 points. We had great team effort with also some great individual stats.”
Junior Chelsi Mescher had a career-high 26 points.
Sophomore Stephanie Bode turned in another double-double with 17 points and 18 rebounds.
Senior Carey Eischeid made three three-pointers and finished with 12 points.
The Wolfpack were 18 of 51 from the field compared to the Cyclones who hit just 13 of 60 shot attempts. The biggest difference was at the free throw line where the Wolfpack shot 35 free throws, making 24. The Cyclones made just six of 20 free throws.
Rebounding was another key statistic as the Wolfpack pulled down 39 compared to just 25 for the Cyclones.
Wolfpack 67, Cyclones 36
Cyclones……12 14 8 2 — 36
Wolfpack……18 22 12 15 — 67
Wolfpack — Chelsi Mescher 9-17 4-6 26, Stephanie Bode 1-14 15-21 17, Carey Eischeid 3-5 3-4 12, Sydney Schumacher 4-6 0-0 8, Kelsie Kuhlman 1-4 2-4 4, Ashley Bode 0-1 0-0 0, Madison Voborny 0-1 0-0 0, Ivy Prater 0-2 0-0 0, Hannah Kerkman 0-1 0-0 0, Sharla Schindler 0-0 0-0 0, Hayley Stamp 0-0 0-0 0. Team totals: 18-51 24-35 67. Cyclones team totals: 13-60 6-20 36.
Rebounds — Wolfpack 39 (Stephanie Bode 18, Chelsi Mescher 8, Kelsie Kuhlman 7), Cyclones 25. Assists — Wolfpack 11 (Carey Eischeid 5). Steals — Wolfpack 14 (Stephanie Bode 5, Kelsie Kuhlman 3). Turnovers — Wolfpack 23, Cyclones 9.
