High School Girls Basketball
2023 Manual Holiday Girls Basketball Tournament
Lady Railers defeat Peoria Manual 68-20

 

[December 28, 2023] 

The Lady Railers defeated the Peoria Manual Lady Rams 68-20 on Wednesday morning in the 2023 Manual Holiday Girls Basketball Tournament in Peoria.

Kloe Froebe led Lincoln with 30 points and Mia Clark added 11 points.

First Quarter

After an extended break for the holidays, the Lady Railers needed a few minutes to warm up on Wednesday morning versus the Lady Rams of Peoria Manual. With the score tied 2-2 after the first two minutes of play, it would be Kloe Froebe finding her shot from the three-point range and guiding Lincoln to an 8-4 lead. The Lady Rams did make it an 8-7 ballgame with under five minutes left in the quarter, but Froebe and the Lady Railers were finally awake and ready to move at full speed, with a much needed boost from sophomore Mia Clark. Clark entered the game halfway through the first quarter and she didn’t hesitate to make noise for Lincoln. After a couple quick free throws to stretch the lead to 10-7, Clark tossed in a three that caused Peoria Manual to call a timeout with the score 13-7.

It appeared that during the timeout the Lady Rams failed to discuss any strategy against Clark, as the sophomore was left unattended under the basket not once but twice and she was able to score both times on the assist from Froebe, steam rolling the lead to 17-7. After another steal by Froebe that she took to the basket herself, Lincoln was up 19-7 and the Lady Rams were clearing caving under the pressure of Lincoln’s defense. Clark and Froebe continued to pour in the points in the first quarter and with the Lady Rams only able to toss in a free throw during this scoring rampage, the score was soon 28-8. With just a few seconds remaining, Heitzig dumped in her first basket of the game just ahead of the buzzer and the Lincoln lead was 30-8.

Froebe poured in 17 first quarter points, while Clark scored all of her 11 points in just less than five minutes.

Second Quarter

Froebe would toss in six more points in the second quarter and with scoring from Jenna Bowman, Piper Whiteman, Tori Geriets and Heitzig the Lincoln lead grew to 48-11 at the half. The math is correct: Peoria Manual only scored three points in the second quarter. But they do worse, just follow along for the next quarter.

Third Quarter

Taryn Stoltzenburg outscored the Lady Rams in the third quarter with her basket, a three. Froebe finished the game with seven more points in the third quarter and with Heitzig and Whiteman also contributing two points each, the Lincoln lead just escalated. The score was 62-13 when these eight minutes ended. The math is right again: Peoria Manual only scored two points in the third quarter.

Fourth Quarter

A running clock in the fourth quarter was just enough time for Makinley Knapp to pour in six points. Lincoln makes it look effortless at 9:45 a.m. with a 68-20 victory over Peoria Manual.

The Lady Railers improved to 14-0 with the win over Peoria Manual.

Lincoln 68

Froebe 30
Clark 11
Heitzig 6
Knapp 6
Bowman 4
Whiteman 4
Geriets 4
Stoltzenburg 3

Peoria Manual 20

Taylor 7
Grayson 6
Wade 5
Peyton 2

[Teena Lowery]