RIB LAKE GIRLS BASKETBALL - Redmen get plenty of shots up in rout to open Marawood play

RIB LAKE GIRLS BASKETBALL

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SPORTS EDITOR

The 33.3% shooting percentage wasn’t exactly what the Rib Lake girls basketball team wanted in Thursday night’s Marawood Conference opener with Chequamegon.

But, with a rarely-seen 93 shots attempted from the field, making onethird of them was more than enough to outscore the visiting Screaming Eagles 7223 and even the Redmen’s early season overall record at 1-1.

Rib Lake forced Chequamegon into 52 turnovers, with 40 of those being steals, and grabbed 63 rebounds, including 44 on the offensive end, to get all of those shots at the basket.

The struggles to put those shots in mostly came in the first half when the Redmen couldn’t seem to create much separation despite controlling the play on the court. That changed in the last five minutes of the half when Rib Lake went on a 19-0 run to take a 38-8 halftime lead. The run actually grew to 28 straight points early in the second half.

Rib Lake, who averaged about 46 points per game last year, is averaging 69 through two games this year.

All but one player on the roster got into the scoring column Friday. Rib Lake was led by senior Addison Gumz, who scored 16 points on seven-of-17 shooting from the field. Tessa Weik scored 14 points and missed a double-double by one rebound. Madison Grzanna came off the bench and scored 13 points and grabbed seven rebounds while making six of 12 shots.

Tahlia Scheithauer, who had six of Rib Lake’s steals, got the game-breaking run started with a steal that led to a Gumz basket. Dallmann’s steal led to a Gumz free throw and Dallmann drew a foul on an offensive rebound and made one free throw. Weik got the rebound on the miss and scored for a 25-8 lead.

Grzanna then went to work scoring Rib

Phillips 1 0 1 0 Athens 1 0 1 0 Rib Lake 1 0 1 1

Chequamegon 0 1 1 1 Abbotsford 0 1 0 2 Prentice 0 1 0 2 Nov. 21: Rib Lake 72, Chequamegon 23; Phillips 58, Prentice 45; Athens 54, Abbotsford 23.

Nov. 25: Colby 47, Abbotsford 27. Nov. 26: Athens at Rib Lake, Prentice at Abbotsford, Phillips at Chequamegon.

Dec. 2: Rib Lake at Flambeau, Chequamegon at Washburn.

Dec. 3: Rib Lake at Abbotsford, Grantsburg at Phillips, Prentice at Bruce.

Dec. 5: Newman Catholic at Athens, Chequamegon at Washburn.

Lake’s next five points. Isabelle Gumz scored twice. A steal from Addison Gumz led to a Grzanna bucket and Scheithauer’s steal got Addison Gumz the final score of the half and the 30-point lead for the Redmen.

Addison Gumz opened the second half with a 3-pointer, Weik scored twice and Scheithauer fed Emma Tlusty to push the lead to 47-8 and Rib Lake was able to put things in cruise control from there.

Dallmann led Rib Lake with 10 steals and she chipped in with five points. Madilyn Blomberg had six points, six rebounds and three steals. Isabelle Gumz scored five points and added seven steals and three rebounds. Tlusty gave the Redmen four points, five rebounds, four steals and two assists. Avery Niemi had three points, seven rebounds, three steals and two assists. Scheithauer had four rebounds and three assists.

Freshman Megan Komarek and Madelyn Anderson got some second-half time. Komarek scored four points and grabbed four rebounds. Anderson had a basket and five boards.

Rib Lake hosted Athens Tuesday in a Marawood North matchup and is at Abbotsford for another one on Tuesday, Dec. 3. A trip to Flambeau is also scheduled for Monday.

Rib Lake’s Tahlia Scheithauer pushes the basketball up the floor during a transition chance early in Thursday’s win over Chequamegon. MATT FREY/THE STAR NEWS