Wildcats hold on to beat Cashton

The Blair-Taylor girls basketball team took a double-digit lead early and held on late to stay undefeated on the season.

B-T took a 10-point lead in the opening minutes, but Cashton stuck around for most of the game. The Wildcats made shots down the stretch to pull away with an 11-point victory.

The win moved B-T to 9-0 on the season and they’ll be in action again on Saturday when they host Bangor — the only team to beat B-T in the 2021-22 season. Next week, the Wildcats host Eau Claire Immanuel Lutheran on Tuesday and head to Gilmanton on Friday.

B-T 50 Cashton 39

Lindsay Steien got off to a fast start, scoring 13 points early as the Wildcats took an 18-8 lead.

Steien made six field goals in the first nine minutes of the game, including a three pointer as she helped her team surge ahead. However, Steien picked up three fouls in the first half, which helped Cashton get going.

Abby Thompson helped keep the Wildcats in the lead as she hit two three pointers and B-T took a 28-22 lead into halftime.

The teams were even in the first portion of the second half as B-T’s lead was still at six, 40-34 with nine minutes left. While the teams struggled from the field, a three pointer by Kierstyn Kindschy helped open the game up as B-T went on to win by 11.

The Wildcats shot 36.6 percent from the floor as the struggled from beyond the arc, making four-of-19 three-point attempts. They were also two-for-nine from the free-throw line.

Steien led the way with 21 points and 10 rebounds, while Thompson added 18 points, seven rebounds, seven steals and six assists.

B-T (field goals/attempts-free throws/attempts-rebounds-fouls-points) — Thompson 8/18-0/0-7-0-18 M. Frederixon 0/0-0/0-0-1-0 Kidd 1/4-0/0-4-3-2 L. Frederixon 0/0-0/0-3-1-0 Steien 10/22-0/1-10-3-21 Aguilar 1/1-0/0-1-0-2 Wagner 0/2-1/4-2-2-1 Kidnschy 1/8-0/0-2-2-3 Fremstad 1/2-0/2-2-4-2 Lofgren 0/3-1/2-4-3-1