The Bonduel High School girls basketball team continued its unbeaten streak Monday with a 51-30 victory over nonconference opponent Clintonville.
The win, which raised the Bears’ record to 13-0 (7-0 Central Wisconsin Conference-8), came just a few hours after Bonduel climbed to No. 4 in Division 4 of The Associated Press’ state prep basketball poll.
“Everybody knows we got a bulls-eye on our back, so we have to go in prepared every night,” Bonduel coach Missy Dowden said. “There is a little pressure, but if they just relax and play one game at a time and not worry about what the record is … if they take care of their own thing, then they will be fine.”
Dowden said the win over Clintonville (5-8, 5-5 Eastern Valley Conference) was about making adjustments at halftime, including slowing down the offense and finding the open shots.
“In the first half, they were rushing everything,” she said. “We had too many turnovers, because they were trying to get the ball to someone barely open. In the second half, it was about seeing what Clintonville was giving us and slowing down.”
Leading 22-13 at halftime, Bonduel outscored the Truckers 23-12 in the third quarter to break the game open.
Senior Lexi Reinke connected on two 3-point shots, and 6-foot junior Taylor Weier scored six of her 14 points in the quarter.
Jen Dowden led the Bears with a game-high 16 points, including one 3-pointer and five of six free throws.
“She is always our team leader and knows when she needs to get us pumped up,” Weier said. “We always come out strong in the third period, and just like every other game, after the first half, we are ready to go.”
The Bears held Clintonville without a field goal until late in the first period when 5-foot-11 junior Autumn Voigt scored on a layup in heavy traffic. Voigt led Clintonville with 10 points.
“Autumn did a great job getting some offensive rebounds and worked to get the ball in,” Clintonville coach Stephanie Wengelski said.
Wengelski said Bonduel’s ball control in the second half slowed the Truckers’ offense.
“We were hoping to get some fast breaks off of our defense, but they are a good team and they take great care of the ball,” Wengelski said.
Clintonville (30)
M. Sorenson 2 0-2 4, Betz 0 2-4 2, Carpenter 2 3-4 8, Voigt 4 2-3 10, Johnson 2 0-0 6.
Bonduel (51)
H. Sorenson 2 0-0 4, E. Sorenson 2 2-2 6, Dowden 5 5-6 16, Reinke 2 0-2 6, Weier 7 0-0 14, Zernicke 2 0-0 5.
Clintonville 3 10 12 5 - 30
Bonduel 12 10 23 6 - 51
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