The Luxemburg Casco Spartans season has come to an end, as it fell to the Xavier Hawks 67-46 in the WIAA Division 2 Regional Finals as heard on 104.1 WRLU. 

 

Luxemburg Casco grabbed an early lead at 4-2 as both teams matched baskets early. The Hawks went on a 9-0 run before the Spartans got on back in the scoring column.  After the run ended, Sienna Blohowiak led a valiant charge back into the game, as the teams traded buckets.  The Spartans got the game as close as 25-20, before Xavier caught fire from behind the arc.  Thanks in large part to Brynn Krull's sharpshooting efforts, the Hawks closed the half outscoring LC 20-4 to take a 45-24 lead to the locker room.  

 

Luxemburg Casco and Xavier matched baskets early in the second half, but the Spartans were unable to make a significant dent into the Hawks' advantage.  The Spartans did clamp down on the perimeter defense, only allowing a single three-point make in the second half, compared to eight in the first half.  Unfortunately, the halftime deficit was too much to overcome, as the teams drew even in the second half.  

 

Sienna Blohowiak led all scorers with 21 points, with teammate Chloe Host also in double figures with 10 points for the Spartans.  Krull finished the game with 20 for Xavier, leading a trio of Hawks double digit scorers.  Annika Heimann added 12 points, and Hailey Hafner scored 11 to round out the double-digit scoring efforts. 

 

Luxemburg Casco's season comes to an end, with a final record of 13-13.  The Spartans will lose 4 seniors: Alana Mrotek, Brianna Bray, Chloe Host, and Alayna Deprez.  Xavier will move on to play West De Pere in the sectional semi-final on Thursday.