Appleton East girls basketball outlasts Menomonee Falls

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WALES – The Appleton East girls basketball team overcame a three-point halftime deficit to down Menomonee Falls 88-81 in a high-scoring affair at the Kettle Moraine Thanksgiving Classic on Friday.

East (3-0) outscored the Phoenix 51-41 in the second half as it made 16 of 20 free throws to finish off the victory. Ella Sweeney was 6-for-6 at the line and scored 10 of her 16 points in the second half for the Patriots.

Torie Neubauer led the Patriots with 23 points, which included three of East’s 10 3-pointers. Lindsey Gerrard added 18 points, Jenna Ott had 14 and Lilly Meulemans 12, with Ott also making three 3-pointers.

Jade Warren had a game-high 29 points for Menomonee Falls (1-1).

Appleton East plays Sun Prairie East at 11:30 a.m. Saturday at Kettle Moraine High School.

Patriots 88, Phoenix 81
Menomonee Falls   40   41   –   81
Appleton East   37   51   –   88
MENOMONEE FALLS (81): Clare Shea 6 3-3 16, Jade Warren 11 7-9 29, Macy Simon 1 0-1 2, Zariah Green 4 0-0 10, Sydney Redding 2 0-0 5, Sophia Trimble 6 2-2 15, Kate Janssen 1 0-0 3, Mylee Borbel 0 1-2 1, Makaela Paz 0 0-0 0. FG: 31. FT: 13-17. 3-pointers: 6 (Green 1, Shea 1, Redding 1, Trimple 1, Janssen 1). Fouls: 19. Fouled out: Janssen. Record: 1-1.
APPLETON EAST (88): Lucy Doszak 0 0-0 0, Ava Schwan 1 0-0 3, Jenna Ott 5 1-2 14, Lindsey Gerard 4 9-10 19, Marissa Schwartz 0 0-2 0, Lilly Meulemans 3 4-4 12, Tori Neubauer 9 2-4 23, Ella Sweeney 5 6-6 16, Ella Jazdewski 1 0-0 2. FG: 28. FT: 22-28. 3-pointers: 10 (Ott 3, Neubauer 3, Meulemans 2, Gerard 1, Schwan 1). Fouls: 10. Fouled out: none. Record: 3-0.