(Oakland) Audubon scored the final nine points of the first half and the first 12 points of the second half in a 58-32 girls basketball win at Riverside on Monday.
The Wheelers were led by 29 points from Aleah Hermansen. She made seven 3-pointers. They’ve won six of their last eight games with their only losses in that stretch being a five point game against Class 1A #3 Exira-EHK and a three point loss to to Class 2A #4 Treynor. Audubon is 12-6 overall and 8-3 in the Western Iowa Conference.
Jaci Christensen added 13 points in the win. Riverside’s high scorer was Lydia Erickson with 12. Riverside led 9-8 at the end of the first quarter and made the first basket of the second quarter to lead as large as three. However, Audubon allowed only three points the rest of the half and gave up just six points in the third quarter. The Wheelers took a 40-20 lead into the final quarter. “We changed our press a little bit in the second half and that bothered them a little bit.” Audubon coach Darran Miller says, “It was about effort. They were getting after loose balls and we were watching them. We were not diving after basketballs. We talked a lot about effort.”
Riverside falls to 6-11 on the season and 4-8 in the conference.
