PBL girls basketball defeats Watseka 38-33


 

 

WATSEKA – The Paxton-Buckley-Loda varsity girls basketball team won 38-33 over Watseka on Monday.

The Panthers (10-10) took a 10-3 lead in the first quarter as Lorena Arnett made two free throws and a 3-pointer to give PBL the early 5-3 lead before a basket by Losa Suaava extended the lead to 7-3 with 1:53 left in the opening quarter. Arnett converted a three-point play 28 seconds later to extend the advantage to 10-3.

In the second quarter, Trixie Johnson made three free throws and Maisy Johnson added two foul shots as PBL took a 15-8 lead into halftime.

After Watseka scored five straight points to start the third quarter, Arnett stole the ball and scored on a fastbreak layup to make the score 17-13. Arnett then made a free throw and a two-point basket to extend the Panthers’ lead to 20-14.

Right after Lillie Frichtl made a layup, Arnett recorded a backcourt steal and made another layup to extend PBL’s lead to 24-18 with less than 20 seconds left in the third quarter.

In the fourth quarter, a jump shot by Maisy Johnson made the score 26-19 before a 3-pointer by Frichtl made it 29-22. After making the front end of two shots from the charity stripe, Arnett grabbed her own miss on the back end before burying a trey to extend PBL’s lead to 33-22.

Following a 7-0 run by Watseka, Arnett made two free throws to make the score 35-29. A layup by Maisy Johnson and a free throw by Frichtl concluded the scoring at 38-33.

Arnett finished with 21 points for PBL while Frichtl and Maisy Johnson each had six points, Trixie Johnson had three points and Suaava – who played her first game since going out with an injury in December — had two points.

PBL 38, Watseka 33

PBL         10   5   9   11   — 38

WAT      3    5  10  13   — 33          

PBL (10-10)

Morgan Uden 0-0-0, Lorena Arnett 6-7-21, Trixie Johnson 0-3-3, Maisy Johnson 2-2-6, Losa Suaava 1-0-2, Lillie Frichtl 2-1-6, Bailey Bruns 0-0-0, Makenna Ecker 0-0-0. Totals 11-13-38.

Watseka (16-3)

Meyer 1-2-4, Dirks 0-0-0, Hoy 2-6-11, Gooding 1-1-3, Curry 1-0-2, McTaggart 3-1-8, Edwards 1-0-2, Newell 0-1-1, Miller 1-0-2. Totals 10-11-33.

3-pointers – PBL 3 (Arnett 2, Frichtl). Watseka 2 (Hoy, McTaggart).