T-town Downs Effingham In Girls Basketball

The Wooden Shoes honored seven senior basketball players and two managers in between the junior varsity and varsity games.

Senior players are Kaylee Niebrugge, Emily Konkel, Courtney Gibson, Joleen Deters, Estella Mette and Taylor Bueker.

The two teams started slow as the Wooden Shoes took a 9-6 opening quarter lead. T-town hit only four of 14 shots while the Hearts were two of 12.

Kaylee Niebrugge led the way for T-town with seven points.

The only two baskets for the Hearts were three-pointers by Madison Mapes and Ella Niebrugge.

T-town got on a roll in the second quarter and started hitting with seven of nine baskets. Niebrugge added five points and Emily Konkel and Summer Wall had two baskets each. The Shoes held a 25-13 halftime lead.

Both teams opened up the scoring in the third quarter with both hitting 17 points. Niebrugge again was the catalyst for the Shoes with six points while Estella Mette hit a three-pointer and Konkel had four poitns.

Mapes went on a tear for the Hearts with four baskets for eight points and Niebrugge had five points.

But, while the Shoes continued, Effingham couldn't find the range in the final period, connecting on only one basket in 11 attempts.

T-town put the contest away with two three-pointers by Taylor Bueker and Courtney Gibson and an old-fashioned three-point play by Niebrugge.

Niebrugge finished with 21 points for the Shoes on nine of 12 from the field, two of two from three-point range and one of two from the line She also led in rebounds with eight.

Also in double figures for the Shoes was Konkel with 10.

Effingham was led by Niebrugge with 14 points on four of seven from the field, two of three from three-point range and four of four at the line. Mapes chipped in with 11. Mapes and Sidney Donaldson had four rebounds each.

T-town finished with 14 turnovers compared to nine for the Hearts. But the Shoes hit 22 of 40 from the field while the Hearts were only 13 of 46.

The Shoes improved to 22-3 while Effingham dropped to 17-8.

At Teutopolis

EFFINGHAM (35)

Mapes 5-0 -- 11, Niebrugge 4-4 -- 14, Althoff 1-0 -- 2, Beals 1-0 -- 2, Allie 0-0 -- 0, Wolfe 0-0 -- 0, Donaldson 2-2 -- 6, Moser 0-0 -- 0, Martin 0-0 -- 0, Wise 0-0 -- 0, Greene 0-0 -- 0, A. Cunningham 0-0 -- 0, R. Cunningham 0-0 -- 0, Hodge 0-0 -- 0. TOTALS 13-46 FG, 6-8 FT.

TEUTOPOLIS (53)

Deters 0-0 -- 0, Konkel 4-2 -- 10, Niebrugge 9-1 -- 21, Mette 2-0 -- 5, Wall 3-0 -- 6, Bueker 1-0 -- 3, Kremer 0-0 -- 0, Gibson 1-1 -- 4, Ruholl 2-0 -- 4. TOTALS 22 FG, 4 FT.

Effingham               6      7    17      5    --    35

Teutopolis               9    16    17    11    --    53

3-point FG -- Effingham 3 (Niebrugge 2, Mapes 1), Teutopolis 5 (Niebrugge 2, Mette 1, Bueker 1, Gibson 1).