Freedom slips past Fox Valley Lutheran girls basketball in low-scoring affair

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APPLETON – Freedom outscored Fox Valley Lutheran by four points in the second half to provide the final margin in a low-scoring 34-30 win in North Eastern Conference girls basketball action Thursday night at Fox Valley Lutheran High School.

Fox Valley Lutheran (4-10, 4-8 NEC) has now lost eight of its last nine games.

Eden Last topped the Foxes with 13 points.

Jaydah Bork led Freedom (13-4, 10-3 NEC) with 10 points. The Irish remain one-half game behind conference-leader Marinette (10-2) in the North Eastern Conference standings.

Fox Valley Lutheran’s will host Winnebago Lutheran for a nonconference game Saturday at 7 p.m., as a string of six-straight home games continues for the Foxes.

Irish 34, Foxes 30
Freedom   15   19   –   34
Fox Valley Lutheran   15   15   –   30
FREEDOM (34): Gracie Martzahl 6, Avery Lang 3, Jaydah Bork 10, Ava Calhoon 3, Breana Dickrell 6, Abbie Cropsey 6. Record: 13-4, 10-3 North Eastern Conference.
FOX VALLEY LUTHERAN (30): Halle Rademacher 2, Brianna Dahlke 8, Grace Meier 5, Taylor Johnson 2, Eden Last 13. Record: 4-10, 4-8 North Eastern Conference.