In what head coach Mark Zastrow called their most complete game of the season, the Algoma Wolves girls' basketball team used timely shooting and a strong defensive effort to beat Gibraltar on the road 55-33 Monday night.
The Wolves' defense held the Vikings to a pair of long scoring droughts at the beginning of each half to build double-digit leads. Nora Krause paced the Wolves out of the game, scoring nine first-half points as she knocked down a pair of three-pointers. The Vikings didn't get on the scoreboard until 10:48 left in the first half on a right-handed baby hook.
The Vikings' Mikala Gorham and the Wolves' Ryley Zimmerman matched each other in the latter stages of the first half before Algoma dribbled out the first half with a 21-12 lead.
The Wolves came out shooting in the second half while holding the Vikings without a field goal for the first nine minutes of the second half. They knocked down six threes in the period between Zimmerman, Brooke Mattson, Jaydn Nellis, and Sierra Slaby. Zimmerman scored a game-high 18 points in the contest.
Adding another dimension to the half was the Wolves' Therese Gerdman, who scored 10 of her 12 points in the second half all from five feet from the basket.
Andie Schar found her offense in the second half, scoring all 11 of her points after the break. Gorham ended her evening with nine points and three others scored at least three points.
The Vikings will play Stockbridge on Thursday night before preparing for its first-round matchup at Niagara on Tuesday.
The Wolves will wrap up Packerland Conference with a grudge match against county rival Kewaunee on Thursday night.
