Taylor Thiry hit two free throws with two seconds left in overtime to give the Luxemburg-Casco Lady Spartans a thrilling 42-41 victory over the Clintonville Truckers Tuesday night in Luxemburg.

 

The low-scoring affair started out with Clintonville taking an 8-5 lead in the first five minutes, only to see the Spartans score nine straight points to take a 14-8 lead.  The sluggish first half ended with L-C taking a 20-13 lead into intermission.  Thiry finished the first half with 13 points and only two points shy from hitting 1,000 points in her Spartan career.

 

Taylor was fouled after making a steal at half court early in the second half and hit both free throws to hit the 1,000 point mark with 17:20 left in regulation. 

 

 

 

Clintonville went on a run and took a four-point lead late in the game but the Spartans were able to tie up the game and send it into overtime.

 

Both teams struggled from the field in the overtime with Thiry hitting a free throw to open the scoring and Clintonville managing only one field goal.  That set up the last sequence that had Thiry fouled with two seconds left in the lane.  Calmly hitting both free throws with two seconds remaining, Thiry sealed the victory.  A desperation shot by Trucker’s Lauren Zwirschitz at the buzzer missed to the left and the Spartans survived in overtime. 

 

Thiry led Luxemburg-Casco with 22 points, hitting 11-17 free throws, and Lauren Adams added ten points.  Clintonville (7-7, 8-12 overall) was led by Zwirschitz with 16 points, but the Truckers hit only five of 12 free throws which proved costly. 

 

The Spartans (7-7, 8-11 overall) will now travel to Little Chute to face the Mustangs on Friday night.