The Luxemburg-Casco Spartan girls dropped a tough-fought 55-41 North Eastern Conference game Thursday night in Oconto Falls.  The game was much closer than the final score as the Spartans were within three points as late as the final four minutes, trailing 39-36.  

 

The game started out ragged as both teams struggled with turnovers and missed shots.  Oconto Falls did open up a 14-7 lead midway through the first half before the Spartans went on  an 11 to three run to take an 18-15 lead.  The Spartans managed to take a one point lead into intermission at 26-25.

 

The second half started out slowly as Luxemburg-Casco held the ball the first few positions to try to bring the Panthers out of their 2-3 zone that caused fits for the Spartans' offense.  A back-and -forth second-half saw both teams battled with foul trouble and turnovers before Oconto Falls pulled away late hitting some key free throws at the end.

 

Oconto Falls was led by McKayla Goebel who scored a game-high 23 points and went 15-20 from the free throw line.

 

Lauren Adams scored 16 points for the Spartans with four three-pointers, while Taylor Thiry managed 13 points despite being double-teamed most of the night. 

 

Luxemburg-Casco (6-5, 6-6 overall) will now travel to Denmark on Monday night to take on the Vikings.  The game will be broadcast on 96.7 FM WBDK and streamed NewRadioSportsNetwork.com.  Pregame is set for 6:45 pm with the game scheduled to start at 7:15 pm.