Taylorville Hands EHS Girls Loss

Taylorville High School came calling and had a big scoring third quarter to defeat Effingham 55-40 in girls basketball action Tuesday evening.

The Hearts stayed even with Taylorville in the opening quarter 14-14 as Shelby Myers knocked in three baskets. Taylorville edged ahead to lead 28-25 at halftime. Effingham's Aly Armstrong nailed two trifectas in the second quarter.

But the third period was the Hearts' undoing as Taylorville had a 14-1 run to lead 42-26 going into the final quarter.

Jantzen Michael tallied 16 points to lead EHS. She scored 10 points in the final period. Myers finished with eight.

At Effingham

TAYLORVILLE (55)

Durham 6-0 -- 12, Brotherton 0-0 -- 0, Brandis 2-0 -- 4, Bitscherauer 3-2 -- 9, Talley 1-3 -- 6, Bollinger 5-1 -- 11, Finks 4-5 -- 13. TOTALS 21 FG, 11 FT.

EFFINGHAM (40)

Michael 6-4 -- 16, Beals 1-0 -- 2, Armstrong 2-0 -- 6, Steffen 1-1 -- 3,  Webster 0-1 -- 1, Nunamaker 0-0 -- 0, Field 0-2 -- 2, Vonderheide 0-0 -- 0, Barr 1-0 -- 2, Myers 3-2 -- 8, Conkling 0-0 -- 0. TOTALS 14 FG, 10 FT.

Taylorville            14    14    14    13    --    55

Effingham              14    11     1    14    --    40

3-point FG -- Taylorville 2 (Bitscherauer 1, Talley 1), Effingham 2 (Armstrong 2).