Before a big "Sting Cancer Night" home crowd, the Luxemburg-Casco Spartan girls hung on to beat the Denmark Vikings 44-41 Tuesday night in a North Eastern Conference basketball nail biter.

 

The Spartans come out strong taking an 8-0 lead early.  Denmark did not score until nearly seven minutes into the game on a Kiarrah Micolichek three-pointer.  Denmark and L-C then played a see-saw affair with the Vikings taking an 18-17 lead into halftime.

 

The second half was back-and-forth with the teams staying close.  Luxemburg-Casco played keep away in the final minute and seemingly clinched the game on a layup basket by freshman Alana Mrotek, with only five seconds to play, making the score 44-39.  Denmark, however, responded when Micolichek was fouled with 0.8 seconds left and hit two free throws to cut the lead to 44-41.  After a timeout, the Spartans had their inbound pass stolen by Miolichek, but her three-point shot was after the buzzer and came up short anyway.

 

Luxemburg-Casco (7-7, 9-10 overall) was led by freshman Brianna Bray who scored 11 of her team-high 13 points in the second half.  Sammy Treml chipped in 11 more, with seven of those coming in the first half.

 

Kiarrah Micolichek led the Vikings with 15 points and Abbey Hummel added 11 more in the defeat.  

 

The next Spartan broadcast will be on Thursday night as the boys host Denmark in Luxemburg. The pregame on 104.1 WRLU begins at 6:45 p.m. with tip-off scheduled for 7 p.m.  The game will also be streamed on New Radio Sports Network with Paul Schmitt and Reece Robillard on the call.