Images from The Showdown - Part 2

What a nice crowd of Streeter fans at Tuesday's game. Head coach Scott Bergman said it was great to see so many people make the trip to support the girls in their quest for an undefeated conference season. The girls appreciate the support and it does make a difference!!

The Wildcats posed problems for Sauk Centre down low near the basket. Their much taller post players made it difficult for us to score down low and allowed them to push their 2-3 zone out to defend the Streeters' Kali Peschel, Megan Reiland and Maren Greenwaldt, whose strengths are shooting from long range. They pushed it out so far that by game's end Sauk was forced to shoot college range threes, usually with a couple hands in their face. Above, Kourtney Nelson is guarded by two NL-S players.

While the Streeters struggled to find a groove offensively, they did hold New London-Spicer scoreless for the first 8 minutes of the second half and to 45 points overall. I bet if you would have asked any Streeter fan or coach that if Sauk was going to hold NL-S to 45 all night, they would have guaranteed a win for the Streeters. Above, Kali Peschel guards Justine Dammermann.

Scott Bergman watches as Savana Weller looks for a passing lane Tuesday. Bergman was upbeat after the game, citing just an off night shooting, which happens, even with good teams. Although it would have been nice to go undefeated in conference play and win the title outright, the girls are more focused on getting to the state tournament.