Hearts Close Out Season With Win, T-town Beats Mt. Zion

Effingham was down 15-7 after the first quarter, then held Mattoon to a 9-9 second quarter standoff to trail 24-16 at halftime. The third quarter put the Lady Hearts up 38-36 and Effingham outscored Mattoon 13-11 in the final quarter to post the four-point win.

Effingham finished 21 of 37 from the field for the game, 57%, including 2 of 5 threes; Effingham made 7 of 12 free throws, grabbed 22 rebounds and committed 17 turnovers.

Mattoon shot 36% from the field, 19 of 53, including 7 of 20 threes. Mattoon made 2 of 6 foul shots, pulled down 25 rebounds and turned the ball over 10 times.

Annie Frost led Effingham with 17 points, 12 in the second half, on 8 of 11 shooting with nine rebounds. Madison Mapes stepped up with 13 points on four of eight shooting.

Also for Effingham: Sawyer Althoff 9, Taylor Armstrong 6, and Peyton Budde and Meredith Schafer 3 each; Mallory Ramage led Mattoon with 21 points. Effingham had defeated the Lady Green Wave at Mattoon 40-35 on February 6.

Effingham closed out the season with seven wins.

At Effingham

MATTOON (47)

Haacke 1-0 -- 3, Bryant 3-0 -- 8, Pruitt 4-0 -- 8, Niebrugge 3-1 -- 7, Ramage 8-1 -- 21, Ghere 0-0 -- 0. TOTALS 19 FG, 2 FT.

EFFINGHAM (51)

Frost 8-1 -- 17, Althoff 4-1 -- 9, Armstrong 3-0 -- 6, Mapes 4-4 -- 13, Budde 1-0 -- 3, Schaefer 1-1-- 3. TOTALS 21 FG, 7 FT.

Mattoon            15    9    12    11    --    47

Effingham          7    9    22    13    --    51

3-point FG -- Mattoon 7 (Ramage 4, Bryant 2, Haacke 1),  Effingham 2 (Mapes 1, Budde 1).

At Mount Zion

Teutopolis stepped out to an early opening quarter lead and went on for a 52-32 victory over Mount Zion Thursday.

The Wooden Shoes' Lexie Niebrugge nailed two three-pointers while Kaylee Niebrugge hit two baskets and two free throws in the opening quarter 14-10 run. The Shoes led 23-14 at halftime.

In the third quarter, L. Niebrugge scored nine points while Kaitlyn Schumacher tallied six in the third quarter 20-7 run and the Shoes led 43-21.

L. Niebrugge scored 22 points for the Shoes while K. Niebrugge added 11.

At Mount Zion

TEUTOPOLIS (52)

L. Niebrugge 9-0 -- 22, Cremens 0-0 -- 0, Hardiek 3-0 -- 6, Schumacher 2-4 -- 8, Tegeler 0-3 -- 3, Konkel 0-0 -- 0, K. Niebrugge 4-5 -- 11, Kremer 0-0 -- 0, Wall 1-0 -- 2, Zerrusen 0-0 -- 0, Gibson 0-0 -- 0. TOTALS 19 FG, 10 FT.

MOUNT ZION (32)

Duncan 2-0 -- 4, Sommer 0-0 -- 0, Becker 0-0 -- 0, Shumate 1-2 -- 5, Sloan 0-0 -- 0, Scharf 4-1 -- 10, Barnes 0-0 -- 0, Anderson 4-4 -- 13. TOTALS 11 FG, 7 FT.

Teutopolis             14    9    20      9    --    52

Mount Zion           10    4      7    11    --    32

3-point FG -- Teutopolis 4 (L. Niebrugge 4), Mount Zion 3 (Shumate 1, Scharf 1, Anderson 1).