The Fox Valley Lutheran boys basketball team clinched its third-straight North Eastern Conference title with a win at Freedom on Tuesday. (Photo courtesy of Julie Detjen)

Fox Valley Lutheran boys basketball clinches North Eastern Conference title with hard-fought win at Freedom

February 14, 2024 plecker

AppletonSportsPage.com

FREEDOM – The Fox Valley Lutheran boys basketball are North Eastern Conference champions after a pulling away in the second half to defeat Freedom 62-53 on Tuesday at Freedom High School.

The Foxes took a slim 30-28 lead into halftime before a strong second half secured an eight-point win and clinched the North Eastern Conference title as they improve to 19-2 overall and 16-0 in the conference.

Sam Ferge scored 18 points and Adam Loberger added 16 in the win for Fox Valley Lutheran.

FVL was 15-for-18 at the free throw line and held a nine-rebound advantage in the victory.

Asthon Peterson led Freedom (17-4, 13-3 NEC) with 20 points.

Fox Valley Lutheran hosts Little Chute on Friday at 7 p.m.

Foxes 62, Irish 53
Fox Valley Lutheran 30 32 – 62
Freedom 28 25 – 53
FOX VALLEY LUTHERAN (62): Sam Ferge 7-18 4-4 18, Graham Feidt 1-2 2-2 5, Lucas Papendorf 3-7 0-2 7, Adam Loberger 5-11 5-5 16, Trenton Heyn 1-4 2-2 4, Liam Heiges 2-7 0-1 4, Elijah Last 3-4 2-2 8. FG: 22-53. FT: 15-18. 3-pointers: 2-12 (Feidt 1-2, Loberger 1-4, Heiges 0-1, Papendorf 0-2, Ferge 0-3). Rebounds: 35 (Ferge 8). Record: 19-2, 16-0 North Eastern Conference.
FREEDOM (53): Matt Eberhardt 2-8 0-0 5, Drew Korth 3-10 3-4 9, Andrew Sowinski 0-5 1-2 1, Rudy Vosters 0-1 0-0 0, Owen Wedin 0-2 0-0 0, Donovan Davis 7-13 1-2 18, Ashton Peterson 8-11 1-2 20. FG: 20-50. FT: 6-10. 3-pointers: 7-20 (Davis 3-4, Peterson 3-5, Eberhardt 1-6, Kortz 0-1, Sowinski 0-2, Wedin 0-2). Rebounds: 26 (Davis 11). Record: 17-4, 13-3 North Eastern Conference.