1998-99 GIRL'S BASKETBALL RECAPS

January 26, 1999  

North 51, Menomonie 53  .. North Boxscore

Huskies handed first loss in BRC

By Leader-Telegram staff

MENOMONIE -- The Menomonie girls basketball team halted Eau Claire North's march to an undefeated Big Rivers Conference season Tuesday night.

Meghan Fieber's eight-foot shot with six seconds left in the fourth quarter propelled the Indians past the Huskies 53-51 in a physical contest.

North (7-1, 11-2), which entered the game ranked No. 7 in the Associated Press' Division 1 state poll, was in position to send the game into overtime or win it outright.

With the score tied at 51, The Huskies had possession with just under a minute remaining. But they turned the ball over, and Menomonie (4-4, 10-4) worked the clock down to set up Fieber's shot from just inside the lane.

North still leads the Big Rivers by a half-game over Hudson (6-1, 9-4), which won 65-56 Tuesday over Eau Claire Memorial.

Jackie Dummer led Menomonie with 13 points. Fieber scored with 11 points and Sara Kahl had 10 for the Indians.

Rachel Evjen scored 14 points and Chandra Johnson 10 for North.

EAU CLAIRE NORTH (51)

FG-FT-F-TP: Kricket Whyte 0-0-1-0, Lindsey Rongstad 0-0-2-0, Scooter Aspen
1-1-4-3, Rachel Evjen 6-0-2-14, Erika Reber 2-0-1-4, Nicki Robinson 1-4-2-6,
Larissa Parr 5-2-0-12, Kristi Gehring 1-0-3-2, Chandra Johnson 3-4-2-10.
Totals 19-11-17-51.

MENOMONIE (53)

Meghan Fieber 4-3-1-11, Sarah Kahl 4-2-2-10, Jackie Dummer 5-1-2-13, Christina
Diller 0-1-0-1, Jess Larson 4-1-0-9, Lindsey Labs 0-0-1-0, Kim Swenson
0-1-3-1, Amanda Veith 2-4-4-8. Totals 19-13-13-53.

Eau Claire North 16  9 15 11 -- 51
Menomonie        13 14 10 16 -- 53

3-point goals: North, Evjen 2; Menomonie, Dummer 2. Rebounds: North 27,
Menomonie 24.

RECORDS: North 7-1, 11-2; Menomonie 4-4, 10-4.