The Shawano Community High School girls basketball team’s defense, as it did in its season opener against White Lake Friday night, held its opponent under 40 points.
It wasn’t enough, though, to get a win over Bonduel on the road Tuesday.
Bonduel, coming off scoring 80 points against Coleman, won the game 37-29.
Shawano (0-2) and Bonduel (3-0) struggled to get their offenses going throughout the game. The two teams finished the first half tied 13-13.
“We did a good job, especially in the first half, of controlling the tempo a little bit,” Shawano coach Ryan Koenig said. “The second half, they got us rushing a little bit, got some turnovers.”
“His (Koenig) goal is to hold you under 40 points, and he does a good job with that,” Bonduel coach Missy Dowden said. “They’re very intense with their defense. They’re scrappy.”
In the second half, Bonduel was able to put together a small lead, despite getting in foul trouble late in the third quarter.
Bonduel forced 29 turnovers to Shawano’s 20. The Bears’ switch to a 1-3-1 defense in the second half helped with turnovers and resulted in a few easy layups.
“We started anticipating instead of sitting back on them,” Dowden said. “We forced the issue, and then we got some key turnovers.”
Bonduel hit 14 of its 56 shots, 10 in the second half. The Hawks went 9 of 31 shooting.
Sophomore Hayley Sorenson and senior Jen Dowden led Bonduel with eight points each.
Sorenson scored all eight of her points in the final 10 minutes of the game to help Bonduel keep its lead.
“She’s done a nice job,” Missy Dowden said. “She started the first two games for Taylor Weier, who was out with an injury. She’s quick. She’s really quick.”
Jen Dowden had a game-high 16 rebounds.
Koenig said his team’s defense should be proud of how it played.
“We can play with anybody, any night, I really believe that,” Koenig said. “There’s not a team that we can’t beat. It’s just a matter of a few things. One is rebounding and putting a body on somebody, the other is taking care of the ball. We do that, we’re going to beat a lot of people this year. We don’t do that, we’re not.”
Junior Megan Klitzke led Shawano with 10 points.
“She played a really good game,” Koenig said. “She handled the ball, she attacked the basket, which we needed her to do. She needs to score more than she did last year. She’s an all-conference player that we need to step up and be a leader. I think she took a step in the right direction, definitely.”
In junior varsity action, Bonduel beat Shawano, 47-29.
Shawano (29)
Megan Klitzke 4 2-4 10, Boda 2 4-6 8, Ainsworth 1 2-2 5, Hokenstad 0 2-2 2, Vomastic 1 0-0 2, Shreiber 1 0-0 2
Bonduel (37)
Weier 2 1-1 5, Dowden 2 4-6 8, Reinke 1 1-2 3, Zernicke 1 0-0 3, E. Sorenson 1 1-2 3, Pedersen 2 1-2 5, Collier 1 0-0 2, H. Sorenson 4 0-0 8
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