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February 11, 2000
BEA too much for Eagle girlsBy DAVE CLARK Journal Sports Writer NEW ULM -- Thursday night, there was an inverse relationship between the outside atmosphere and the shooting of the New Ulm Eagles girls basketball team. The temperature dropped, but their shots didn't. The result was a 60-31 loss to the Blue Earth Area Bucs that still showed some positives -- New Ulm wasn't flustered by the Bucs' press as they were earlier in the season, resulting in few turnovers. Despite being down by at least 20 points most of the second half, the Eagles continued to play hard with their heads up, and some players who will be on the team next year put in some positive minutes. OK, so New Ulm didn't score until Liz Dannenberg hit a short jumper with 5:25 left in the second quarter, which cut the Bucs lead to 16-2. The first quarter saw the Eagles take many shots, most from long range, but nary a one found the net, and there were no offensive boards to be had. Considering the Bucs' press, overall great defense and the fact that BEA is ranked eighth in the state, at least the Eagles know if they had gotten hot and hit a few, the game would have at least been closer. "The first half, we were not very aggressive," said Eagles coach Paul Meyer. "We got some looks from the outside, but we just weren't aggressive offensively or defensively. We did a lot of standing around in the second quarter and we didn't execute. If we had done anything offensively or defensively in the first half I think it could have been a 10-point game." Another problem the Eagles faced was Bucs point guard Shannon Schonrock, who as a sophomore may be the best ballhandler, if not the best player, in the South Central Conference. Schoenrock had 27 points on the night, 16 in the first half, coming mainly on drives and spin moves to the hoop. The Bucs had a 31-9 lead going into the second half, and the Eagles never really mounted a comeback although Brittany Gorres hit two treys in the half. Amanda Rosenau scored five points in the third quarter which at least let the Bucs know the Eagles weren't going to just roll over. Kim Wendinger also had a trey, and co-led the Eagles along with Rosenau with nine points in the game, but the home crowd's biggest cheer came in the fourth quarter when reserve Molly Babel pulled up and swished one. The Bucs only outscored the Eagles 29-22 in the second half. The Eagles drop to 2-16, 1-9 in the South Central Conference, while BEA moves to 16-2, 10-0. New Ulm plays next Friday night in St. Peter at 7:30 p.m. The Eagles B-squad lost 39-31, dropping their record to 6-12. Allison Boddy had 15 points while Tiffany Drill contributed seven boards to the Eagles effort. The C-squad lost 42-30, with Stacy Stueber scoring 19. The C-squad is now 5-13.
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