HUMBOLDT — Despite a valiant effort from Humboldt High’s girls in the first half of Tuesday night’s game versus Fredonia, an offensive onslaught from the Yellowjackets had the Lady Cubs feeling their “sting” by the end of the game.
The contest ended 52-18, which did not reflect the Cubs’ effort, head coach Sherri Nelson said.
“I know we are super close to putting it all together,” Nelson said, noting Humboldt missed 35 baskets within a few feet of the hoop.
“That is very frustrating to do the right things and take good shots, but not be able to finish,” she said.
The game started slowly for both teams.
Sheri Middleton dropped a 2-pointer underneath for Humboldt and Delaney Umholtz went 1 for 2 from the foul line. The Yellowjackets retaliated with a 6-0 run, polished off with a free throw to end the quarter at 7-3.
The tempo picked up in the second quarter.
Middleton struck early with a big block on Fredonia’s Shelby Baker. Breanna Kline, Middleton and Umholtz each contributed baskets for the Cubs.
Fredonia’s Baker and Malorrie Kukovich both heated up in the second, the latter dropped back-to-back long-range jumpers with five minutes remaining in the half to lead 20-11.
The second half told the story for the Lady Cubs. A strong scoring performance from Baker and Danielle Shay for Fredonia proved to be too much.
The Cubs scored only four points in the third, compared to 20 from the Yellowjackets.
Fredonia applied a full-court press for much of the game, which led to numerous turnovers from Humboldt.
The only points for the Lady Cubs in the fourth quarter came from three free throws from Lakota Wilson and Kline.
Wilson led the team in scoring with six points, followed by Kline and Middleton, each with three points. For Fredonia, their top three scorers were Morgan Finley, Baker and Shay with 13, 11 and 10 points.
Fredonia (7-13-20-12—52)
Humboldt (3-8-4-3—18)
Fredonia (FG/3pt-FT-F-TP) Finley 5-3-2-13, Baker 5-1-1-11, Shay 4-2-2-10, Couch 1-0-3-2, Plummer 0-2-0-2, Van Leeuwen 1-2-0-4, Kukovich 2-0-3-4, Robinson 3-0-1-6. TOTALS 21-10-12-52.
Humboldt (FG/3pt-FT-F-TP) Kline 1-1-4-3, Middleton 1-1-2-3, Strack 1-0-2-2, Wilson 2-2-0-6, Umholtz 1-0-4-2, Morris 1-0-2-2. TOTALS 7-4-14-18.
Lady Cubs fall to Fredonia
