The Solon Springs boys basketball team fell 46-32 to Mercer at home Friday night. The Eagles are now 1-2 overall and 0-2 in conference play, while Mercer is 2-0 both overall and in conference play.
Eagles' coach Matt Berger said the team couldn't seem to get anything going in the game. The team battled foul trouble, but Berger said the main problem the Eagles encountered in the game came from Mercer center Greg Roeder.
Roeder led all players in scoring with 22 points. The Eagles simply could not find an answer for the center, Berger said.
None of Solon Springs' players scored in double figures, but Kyle Polzin was the leading scorer for the Eagles with eight points.
Eagles 73, Tigers 23
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A crushing 73-23 victory over Mercer on Friday puts the Solon Springs girls basketball team at the top of the Indianhead Conference with a perfect 2-0 conference record and a 2-1 overall record.
The Eagles jumped to a big lead from the very beginning of the game, leading 19-7 after one quarter. By the end of the second quarter, Solon Springs had pushed its lead to 39-12.
Mercer wasn't able to lessen the Eagles' lead at all in the second half. In fact, Solon Springs outscored their opponents by at least 11 points in every quarter of the game.
Ciara Gilbert had a standout game for the Eagles as she led the team with 30 points. Three other Solon Springs players scored in double digits: Kate Klinzing with 13 and Rachel Hanley and Salann Gilbert with 10 points each.
Solon Springs is back in action at 7:30 p.m. Monday at Hurley.
Hurricanes 38, Tigers 36
The Northwestern High School girls basketball team is now 0-1 in the Heart O' North Conference after losing their conference opener to Hayward 38-36 Friday night.
It was a low-scoring first quarter, and Hayward took the early 8-5 lead going into the second quarter. Gretchen Grube had both of the Tigers' field goals in the opening quarter, and Sheila Follis added a free throw.
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In the second quarter Hayward forged ahead to take a 19-12 lead, but Northwestern came back in the third to tie it up at 28.
In the final quarter, however, the Tigers just couldn't hold on, and they fell 38-36.
Only one Tiger, freshman Anna Morgan, scored in double figures with 11 points. Grube added eight points for Northwestern, and four other Tigers chipped in as well.
Evergreens 65, Panthers 15
The Northwood Evergreens girls basketball team easily defeated Prairie Farm 65-15 Friday night in Minong.
Northwood led just 9-5 after one quarter, but then limited Prairie Farm to just six points in the second quarter and four points in the second half.
The Evergreens broke loose with a 27-point second quarter.
Taylor Fellbaum led the Evergreens with 15 points. Brenna Balcsik was next with 10 points and Ashley Albano, Erin Okonek and Alicia Block added seven points apiece.
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Haley Broten led Prairie Farm with six points.
The 'Greens play at Shell Lake at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday.
